A row of devotees in white and light clothing sit on the floor holding and tending brass multi-tiered oil lamps (aarti lamps) with flames burning brightly. Several smaller brass lamps and bells line the cloth-covered floor in front of them. The setting is a plain whitewashed wall with a small sign reading Silence please. The scene appears to be an evening puja or aarti offering. - Nithyanandapedia

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A row of devotees in white and light clothing sit on the floor holding and tending brass multi-tiered oil lamps (aarti lamps) with flames burning brightly. Several smaller brass lamps and bells line the cloth-covered floor in front of them. The setting is a plain whitewashed wall with a small sign reading Silence please. The scene appears to be an evening puja or aarti offering.

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