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Indoor evening ritual in a hall with a corrugated roof and fluorescent light. A young man in a white kurta stands centre, wearing a saffron-orange shawl over one shoulder, a rudraksha mala, a white forehead marking and bangles, holding a metal aarti fan and bell. Seated devotees in white and checked shirts fill the floor behind him, and a boy in white kneels at lower right beside a lit oil lamp and brass vessels. Striped and saffron-bordered hangings with bird motifs hang from the pillars. The scene reads as an aarti performance, a ritual of lamp waving.

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A photograph inside a plain hall under a metal roof with fluorescent lights and banners with geometric patterns hanging on the walls. A young man with long dark hair, a white tilak on his forehead, wearing a white kurta with rolled sleeves, an orange shawl draped over his shoulders and a rudraksha mala, stands holding a silver bell in his right hand and a small plate or tray in his left, performing arati. Seated people in plain shirts and dhotis sit on the floor in rows behind him, and a boy in white with a tilak sits at the lower right playing a small drum. Several other people in white stand near the doorways at the left.2007-08-26A young man stands at the centre of a dimly lit hall performing aarti, holding a burning lamp in his right hand and a brass bell in his left. He wears a white kurta with an orange shawl draped over one shoulder, a rudraksha mala around his neck, and a white tilak on his forehead. 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