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A nighttime ritual in a hall with a painted decorative pillar in yellow, blue and red at left. A man in orange robes holds a silver lamp with several flames aloft in one hand while his other hand is raised in greeting, standing before a seated group. Around him, many devotees sit on the floor in orange and white clothes, many with palms pressed together, some raising hands. Two more men in white stand in the background near a carved stone wall, and a seated figure in orange with a microphone sits at right beside metal vessels and offerings. A white pedestal fan and a steel urn are visible. The scene suggests an aarti being performed for a group of devotees.

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