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Indoor ritual scene in a hall with cream walls and barred windows. A standing priest in saffron-orange robes raises a lit oil lamp toward a flower-decorated altar, wrapped in white and pink garlands, holding a deity murti. Beside him, a seated priest in saffron robes and a woman in a cream sari attend the puja. Floor is covered with green-and-red striped mats set with brass vessels, aarti plates, a large brass lamp and offerings. Rows of seated devotees in white clothes and saffron shawls watch the aarti.

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November 11 20052005-11-11Indoor puja in a whitewashed hall with a striped green-and-red mat laid on the floor. A standing man in orange robes holds a small object up while speaking, with a microphone stand nearby. Seated beside him, another figure in orange sits cross-legged facing the altar, and a woman in a cream sari sits near brass trays and steel vessels. Behind them a tall flower-garlanded shrine is decorated with white and pink blossoms and holds a framed picture under a lit oil lamp. Brass oil lamps and offering plates line the mat. Around two dozen seated devotees, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis along with children and some women, sit facing the altar. Barred windows light the wall behind them.2005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11Indoor ritual aarti in an ashram hall with a white-walled room and barred windows. A standing figure in a saffron-orange robe holds a large lit brass aarti lamp high with flames rising. Seated devotees in white and orange garments sit on a green and red striped mat, with several saffron-clad priests kneeling beside brass pots, plates of offerings and oil lamps. On the right, a tall altar is decorated with white flower garlands and pink-magenta floral borders, framing a framed portrait-style image. Roughly fifteen to twenty people are visible.2005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11Indoor puja in a plain whitewashed hall with barred windows and a speaker box. A standing man in a long saffron robe with long hair and a red-orange shawl holds up a large lit brass aarti lamp toward a flower-decorated shrine on the right, covered in white and pink garlands and holding a framed deity image. Seated devotees in white and saffron clothing line the floor on striped green and red mats, with brass kalasha vessels, plates of offerings and small oil lamps in front of the shrine. Several onlookers sit on the left side of the room.2005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11