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Three women in white saris with orange shawls raise lit oil lamps (aarti) toward a ceiling in a hall with painted cylindrical pillars decorated with flowers and birds. A seated audience of children and adults sits in the foreground, and a sound system and a wooden lectern are visible at the back. The scene resembles a ritual lamp offering during a devotional programme.

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October 17 20072007-10-17Three women in white saris with orange-red borders raise lit oil lamps on long brass stands high above their heads in a smoky hall. Smoke or incense haze fills the room. The woman on the right wears gold-embellished dress and bangles. Seated devotees in white fill the lower left and centre foreground. A tall painted pillar with geometric bands and a white bird motif stands behind the lamp bearers, and a small loudspeaker sits on a stand. This appears to be a lamp-waving aarti during a ritual.2007-10-17October 17 20072007-10-17October 17 20072007-10-17October 16 20072007-10-16October 15 20072007-10-15October 16 20072007-10-16Three young women stand in a row in a plain hall with a corrugated metal roof and white walls, holding ritual objects during a worship. Each wears a white sari with a gold border and an orange-red shawl over the shoulders; the woman on the right has a gold-patterned sari. They hold oil lamps with flames and small brass bells or handheld vessels. Behind them, several people in white sit on mats on the floor, and two hanging banners with floral and bird patterns and orange fringe decorate the walls. The concrete floor is bare and the lighting is dim.2007-10-17A photograph inside a plain whitewashed hall with a corrugated metal roof, showing a fire ritual. Three standing men in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls hold up flaming lamps, one on the left swinging a burning torch, the middle two lamps raised. Behind them a row of seated devotees in white clothing sits on mats with brass lamps and vessels on the floor. Tall decorated pillars with coloured patterns and an orange cloth hang at the back, and a seated man in an orange shawl sits in a white chair on the right. The scene suggests an aarti with oil lamps.2007-10-15Indoor evening ritual in a corrugated-roof hall with whitewashed walls and painted cylindrical pillars in blue, red and yellow. Three men in white dhotis and white kurtas with orange shawls stand barefoot, raising brass aarti lamps with lit flames overhead. Seated devotees in white fill the lower left, and a bearded man in orange sits at a wooden stand near a sound system. Smoke drifts through the air.2007-10-15October 14 20072007-10-14Indoor ritual scene in a plain whitewashed hall with a corrugated metal roof, hanging banners in orange, blue and white, and a sound system at right. Three women stand in front, each holding a tall brass oil lamp (deepam) with multiple lit wicks and flames. The woman at left wears a white sari with an orange shawl and a small mark on her forehead; the woman in the centre wears a white outfit with an orange shawl; the woman at right, with long light-brown hair, wears a white sari and orange shawl and holds a lamp in each hand. Seated on mats behind them are rows of people in white clothing, and in front are many brass oil lamps set on the floor. The scene suggests an aarti-style lamp offering.2007-10-17