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A photograph of a temple ritual in outdoor daylight. A long-haired man in an orange saffron shawl and a white and orange flower garland raises a lit multi-branched brass aarti lamp with a tall flame, performing an aarti. Behind him, a bare-chested young man in orange clothes with a rudraksha mala sits with hands folded, and another seated man is partly visible at the lower right. Behind them is a corrugated white roof, a wall clock, and a sign reading Divyangerlam and Ananda Sabha. Strings of marigold garlands and bulbs hang from the arch. a person is performing the aarti as the central figure, with devotees seated beside him.

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A long-haired man in an orange saffron wrap, bare-shouldered, with a white and red flower garland and a gold-beaded mala, raises a lit brass aarti lamp with a flame while chanting at the entrance of a temple. A seated attendant in orange with a gold mala stands behind him with palms pressed together. A black board reads Dhyanapeetam Bidadi and a donor name list. Several devotees watch from below. A clock hangs on the pillar and string lights line the ceiling.2008-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01December 25 20072007-12-25January 01 20082008-01-01A man in saffron-orange robes stands under a temple roof archway holding a brass lamp on a long stand with an open flame and smoke, and a brass handbell in his other hand. He wears a red headband with a peacock feather, a long white and red flower garland, and a gold bracelet, with long dark hair. Behind him people in white and orange clothing and red headbands gather, and a man in a dark suit and red headband stands at left. Corrugated roofs, a clock and banana-style plants appear in the background. a person is shown performing an arati-style offering with the lamp during the procession, identified by saffron robes, long swept hair, feather headband and garland cues.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20082008-12-25 +1 copiesA standing man in an orange saffron cloth wrap and a white, orange, and green flower garland performs aarti with a lit oil lamp held in both hands, flame rising high. He has long swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead, and wears a rudraksha mala. Seated around him in white and orange-shawled clothing, a man with hands pressed together, a young man looking up, and others sit on the floor. Behind, a man in white with an orange shawl holds a lamp overhead near a decorated deity murti with yellow flower garlands. A white wall, a wall fan and a microphone stand fill the room.2007-12-25March 02 20112011-03-02A photograph of a Hindu ritual with a standing figure in rust-brown and gold-bordered cloth and a multicolored pink, yellow and green flower garland with a rudraksha mala. The figure, with long dark hair swept back, holds a brass bell in one hand and a flaming camphor aarti lamp in the other, eyes lowered. Beside them an attendant in orange dhoti and saffron top with white tilak presses palms together. Other devotees in orange and rust robes stand behind, and a man in a white shirt and beige trousers stands at right. Brass vessels and a bright flame mark an aarti ritual.2013-05-17December 25 20082008-12-25 +1 copiesA photograph of a ceremony in a plain whitewashed hall. A long-haired man in an orange saffron shawl and a white-and-orange garland stands centre, holding a flaming lamp or arati tray over a metal stand while a second man in white with an orange shawl tends the flame. Seated devotees in white and orange clothing sit at left with hands in anjali. Two decorated deity murti sit on an orange-draped platform at right beneath ornate umbrellas, one garlanded in yellow and white flowers. Ceremonial staffs stand at left.2007-12-25