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A dim, greenish-tinted photograph of a small room with brick walls. In the foreground a small open flame burns on a low dark platform, with a metal lamp or ritual vessel beside it. Three people stand behind it in white clothing; the central figure wears a dark bead necklace and white garments, with two others to the right in white shirts. The image is grainy and low-light, with a small blue logo in the upper right corner.

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A dim hall lit mainly by flames during an evening ritual. Four men in white ceremonial cloths stand in a row, several holding lit torches or lamps aloft, and rudraksha malas hang across their chests. Small oil lamps flicker on a long low altar table in the foreground. A tall ornate shrine structure is faintly visible in the background, and the room has a corrugated roof.2010-11-10Evening photograph of a homa fire ritual in a hall with corrugated metal roofing. In the foreground a fire pit blazes with flames and smoke, with offerings laid around it. A man in a white dhoti on the left holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame. Several people in white clothing stand and move about in the background near a small stage or platform, and a man in a light shirt stands at right beside the fire. A ceiling light glows above. No one with a clearly distinctive ceremonial appearance is identifiable, so no candidate is asserted.2005-11-24November 24th To 27 2005 - Highlights Of NSP in Salem2005-11-24Smoky indoor ritual scene in a pale-walled hall with a corrugated ceiling and hanging woven banners. Three men in white dhotis and white kurtas with orange shawls stand in a row performing an aarti. The man on the left holds a brass vessel toward the viewer, the middle man holds a brass lamp with a lit flame, and the man on the right holds a lit oil lamp and brass vessel. Several seated devotees in white are visible at the lower left. Smoke fills the air. The men have white tilak marks on their foreheads.2007-10-14A blurred indoor photograph of a small room with cream walls and a framed religious picture at upper right showing a seated deity figure. Several men in white ritual clothes with orange shawls stand together. A man in the centre, in white, holds a lit flame or aarti lamp, while another man in orange shawl and white clothes stands beside him. A further man bends at the far right near a table of flowers. The motion blur makes faces and details uncertain.2006-11-05November 10 20102010-11-10November 27 20052005-11-27November 24th To 27 2005 - Highlights Of NSP in Salem2005-11-24A dimly lit hall with a dark ceiling where three men in white ritual garments stand holding lit torches or lamps. The man in the centre wears a beaded rudraksha-style necklace over bare shoulders and holds his palms together; the figure on the right holds a flame and wears a necklace as well. A row of small oil lamps burns on a low table in the foreground, and a wall-mounted fixture is visible behind. The scene suggests an evening aarti or puja being performed.2010-11-10November 27 20052005-11-27A photograph of an aarti ceremony in a plain whitewashed hall with a dim, low-light look. Three standing men in white dhotis and white kurtas, with orange shawls over their shoulders, hold brass lamps with lit flames, one on each side and one raised in the centre-right. Behind them a patterned hanging banner with floral motifs and a bird emblem hangs from the ceiling beside a speaker. Around a dozen seated men in white clothing, several with white or red sacred threads and some with tilak marks, sit on the floor watching, with brass vessels in the foreground. No swami figure is visible, so the scene shows only ritual attendants and devotees.2007-10-04November 24th To 27 2005 - Highlights Of NSP in Salem2005-11-24