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Several men in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls sit cross-legged on a bare stone floor in a temple hall, hands folded in prayer and eyes closed. Three brass oil lamps with flames burn on the floor in front of a carved stone plinth with floral relief panels. Other people in white stand or sit in the background near a wall, and a partially visible figure is at the top right. The scene suggests an evening aarti or puja. Two brass lamp-holders, one with a flame, sit on the floor beside the plinth.

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A photograph of devotees seated on a bare concrete floor during an evening aarti at a temple hall. Three young men in the foreground wear white kurta-style clothing with orange saffron shawls draped over their shoulders, hands folded in prayer and eyes closed. Three brass oil lamps with flickering flames sit on stands to the right. Several other seated people in white clothing are visible in the background. Walls are plain and light-coloured.2007-10-04October 13 20072007-10-13A photograph of an aarti ceremony in a plain whitewashed hall with a dim, low-light look. Three standing men in white dhotis and white kurtas, with orange shawls over their shoulders, hold brass lamps with lit flames, one on each side and one raised in the centre-right. Behind them a patterned hanging banner with floral motifs and a bird emblem hangs from the ceiling beside a speaker. 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