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Evening aarti at a covered temple courtyard during Navaratri. Five men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls stand in a row along the back, holding lit oil lamp flames aloft in their hands. In front, a long line of seated young boys and men in white clothes tend many brass oil lamps and kalasha-style vessels lit with flames on a low mat. A dark blue curtain hangs at left, white walls with red trim line the space, and a small crowd of seated devotees watches from the dim background beyond a metal railing.

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