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Three young men in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl clothing, bare-chested and wearing rudraksha malas, perform an aarti ritual with lit oil lamps and handbells in a hall. The man on the left holds a lit multi-wick lamp, the centre man rings a bell with a leopard-print headwrap, and the man on the right holds a flame and bell. Behind them seated devotees, many women in saris and some in white, sit on red chairs and floor mats. A golden deity murti stands on a raised altar under red and yellow drapes, with a striped cloth covering a low table on the left.

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January 01 20182018-01-01January 01 20182018-01-01January 01 20182018-01-01January 01 20182018-01-01A photograph inside a large decorated hall with red and yellow drapes and a gold-framed deity murti at the back. Five men in orange-saffron dhoti-style wraps with bare chests and rudraksha malas stand in a row along a long table draped in a colourful striped cloth, each holding a small silver-toned cup or lamp-like vessel, several with lit flames, as in a ritual offering. Each wears a patterned headband, and the foremost men have dreadlocked hair and armbands. Seated devotees in the background watch, some with hands joined, and a bright orange-clad person sits in the lower right. Smoke rises from the front.2018-01-01January 01 20182018-01-01January 01 20182018-01-01Three bare-chested male priests in saffron-orange dhotis with gold borders perform an aarti-style ritual in a hall. The nearest priest on the right holds a silver kalasha-shaped lamp aloft and a small bell, wearing rudraksha malas and armbands; the middle priest holds a bell and a small hand lamp, and the left priest holds a lamp stand. Seated devotees in orange and red clothing fill the floor behind them, with a gold-framed deity murti and a shrine decorated with gold on the right. Wall posters hang above.2016-10-12May 02 20162016-05-02January 01 20182018-01-01May 24 20162016-05-24January 01 20182018-01-01