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A woman in a white sari stands with her back to the camera on a hall stage, raising a lit camphor flame on a metal holder toward a shrine. Incense smoke rises before a painted backdrop of banyan trees and an ornate deity murti with garlands. Seated devotees in front, many with long braids, face the aarti; some wear orange and patterned clothes. Brass lamps and silver vessels sit on the floor, with a table of fruit and flowers before the shrine. The scene shows an evening aarti ceremony in progress.

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October 26 20112011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26A priest in a white dhoti-style garment with a gold-bordered cloth stands with his back to the camera, holding a lit camphor flame in an aarti or puja before a decorated shrine. The backdrop is a large photographic print of a temple with a tree; a deity murti stands on a flower-garlanded altar with offerings, plates, and a kalasha-like vessel. Several devotees, mostly women in sarees and salwar, sit on the floor in rows facing the altar, while smoke rises from incense. Hanging yellow and green paper decorations and a ceremonial lamp stand frame the hall.2011-10-26A woman in a white sari with a gold border, hair in a long plait, stands at left holding a flaming oil lamp or camphor flame near a ritual altar. Smoke or haze fills the hall. Several seated devotees, mostly with hair pulled back, sit in rows at lower right and bottom edge facing the altar. The altar is decorated with flower garlands, fruit, brass vessels and a kalasha-like offering. Behind it, a large backdrop shows a deity murti with a painted temple scene and a partial landscape. Its fire-ritual character is visible from the flame. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in appearance.2011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26Indoor photo of a devotional aarti in a hall with a stepped platform and a decorated backdrop painted with a temple-style shrine and trees. A woman in a white sari with a red border stands at the centre holding a lit lamp toward a deity murti at the shrine. Seated devotees on mats in the foreground face her: a woman in a yellow-orange outfit, women in blue and patterned clothes, and men in shirts. Orange and yellow bunting hangs above, with brass lamps and plates on the floor. No candidate for a person is clearly visible in this frame.2011-10-26A photograph of a ritual aarti in a hall with a large printed backdrop of a temple gopuram with a deity murti and a tree-lined setting. A woman in a white sari with a red border stands at left raising a lit oil lamp toward the shrine. Seated on mats in front of the shrine are several women and girls with long braided hair, wearing orange, white, green and patterned clothing, facing the altar. The altar has a decorated platform with flower offerings, a kalasha-like vessel, and a garlanded deity figure. Brass lamps, plates and bells sit on the floor at left, and a small seated woman in beige is at the far left edge. A yellow and gold draped valance hangs across the top of the scene.2011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26A photograph of a puja inside a hall with a large backdrop printed with a temple gopuram and tree foliage. A woman in a white sari with a long braid stands at left swinging a smoking incense or camphor vessel toward the altar. Seated devotees in front, several with long braids and dresses in orange, green, blue and purple, face the altar. The altar holds offerings on plates, a deity murti draped in garlands at the centre, and brass lamps and vessels on the floor in front. Smoke drifts through the air. Some people are visible at the left and right edges.2011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands at left, raising a lit oil lamp (aarti) before a shrine. Behind her, a framed portrait of a woman in orange clothing with a garland sits above a seated deity murti draped in flower garlands, with a kalasha-like vessel, sheaves of wheat and fruit offerings on a white-draped altar. A small fire burns in front of the altar among fruit, flowers and brass vessels. Seated devotees, including several women in patterned and yellow clothes, watch from the lower right and left. Large painted backdrop panels show temple-style illustrations and a tree. The scene reads as a puja with aarti and fire offerings.2011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26