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Night view of a large outdoor ghat-style temple tank with stepped stone and steel-railed stairs lined with red flags and string lights. Several priests in orange and saffron garments stand on the steps holding lit oil lamps and aarti flames, while a bare-chested priest in white dhoti stands nearby. Hundreds of seated devotees fill the tiered bleachers above, many holding small lamps, with floodlights and a camera crane over the water. Ritual aarti at a festival procession setting.

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Night aarti at a lit temple tank with stone steps. Several priests in orange and saffron dhotis stand on the lower steps holding oil lamps and ritual lights toward the water. A bare-chested attendant in white dhoti stands at the water's edge. Behind them, a large seated crowd fills tiered steps lined with red and orange flags, and strings of warm lights decorate the wall and railings. Floodlights illuminate the scene against a dark sky.2016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06Night aarti on wide red stone steps beside a water tank, crowded with seated devotees in white and colourful clothes. Five temple attendants in orange dhotis stand on the steps, several holding lit oil lamps and a tall brass lamp stand, with marigold garlands around their necks. A bare-chested man in white dhoti photographs them from the right, and a photographer in white kneels lower down. Red flags on poles line the left side, and a dark stone figure of a bull with marigold garlands sits at the upper right. Lit lamps decorate the scene. A tall stone structure with string lights glows at the upper left.2016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06Night photograph of a large outdoor gathering on tiered red-brick steps beside a water body, lit by bright floodlights on poles. Hundreds of people in saffron and orange robes sit in rows, many with palms pressed together in namaskar. Rows of small black stone lingams with brass bowls line the steps. Yellow and orange marigold garlands hang along a white railing over the water, and a white-clad figure kneels at the lower right. A figure in orange near the centre sits raised on the steps under a decorated canopy. Strings of coloured lights and flags decorate the banks behind. Crowd size is in the hundreds, though the exact number is unclear.2016-12-23December 06 20162016-12-06December 23 20162016-12-23August 02 20172017-08-02Night outdoor ceremony on red stone steps lined with a crowd of seated devotees behind metal safety railings. Five young men stand in a row, bare-chested, wearing orange-red dhotis with yellow borders and yellow-and-white garlands, holding small lit flames or oil lamps and brass vessels. Behind them, white-clad priests sit beside brass lamps and ritual vessels, with a bright metal pipe running along the stairs. Red ceremonial flags on poles stand in the foreground.2016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06