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Indoor evening ritual in a hall with a corrugated metal roof, with several standing and kneeling devotees performing aarti with oil lamps and handheld bells. Standing in front are two women in white garments with orange shawls, one holding a lit oil lamp and a bell. A young woman in white with an orange shawl and a tilak on her forehead also holds a bell. Behind them is a decorated peetha/throne draped in green and orange cloth, garlanded with flowers, flanked by tall painted banners in blue, red and yellow. Seated children and adults in white line the room, and a kalasha sits at the left. Printed text on a banner reads Dhyanapeetam.

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Evening aarti ceremony in a hall at Aadi Kailaasa, Bengaluru. Three women in white dhotis or saris with orange shawls stand in front of a throne-like seat draped with a green and orange cloth banner reading Dhyanapeetam. The woman at centre-right holds a brass bell and flaming oil lamp, the woman at centre-left holds an oil lamp and bell, and the woman at far right holds a lamp and bell. A seated girl in white and orange kneels in front, and rows of seated devotees in white line the right side. A kalasha wrapped in marigold garlands stands at the left. Colourful woven panels hang from the ceiling.2007-10-16Indoor evening aarti ceremony in a hall with white walls and a corrugated metal ceiling. A woman in the centre wears a white sari with an orange shawl and holds a brass bell in one hand while raising a flaming brass lamp, her hair pulled back. Two women to the left and right, also in orange shawls, raise oil lamps and a flame. Behind them a banner reading "Nithyanandapeetam" hangs with orange and teal drapes, colourful pillars and a seated deity murti decorated with a garland. Children sit along the right side watching. The scene suggests a puja or aarti offering in a dhyanapeetam hall.2007-10-16Indoor evening aarti at a hall with a tiled floor and corrugated roof. Several women and young people in white dhotis and white saris with saffron/orange shawls stand and kneel, raising lit oil lamps and brass bells. A kneeling woman in front holds a lamp high while a standing woman in white and orange lifts another. Behind them, a seated audience in white clothes sits on mats. A decorated canopy with orange drapes and a colourful banner hangs above a seat draped with cloth and garlands. Brass lamps and bells lie on the mats in the foreground.2007-10-16October 16 20072007-10-16October 16 20072007-10-16October 16 20072007-10-16October 15 20072007-10-15A photograph inside a plain whitewashed hall with a corrugated metal roof, showing a fire ritual. Three standing men in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls hold up flaming lamps, one on the left swinging a burning torch, the middle two lamps raised. Behind them a row of seated devotees in white clothing sits on mats with brass lamps and vessels on the floor. Tall decorated pillars with coloured patterns and an orange cloth hang at the back, and a seated man in an orange shawl sits in a white chair on the right. The scene suggests an aarti with oil lamps.2007-10-15A covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and white walls hosts a group ceremony. Several standing and kneeling devotees in white dhotis and saffron/orange shawls perform a ritual with brass lamps and vessels on low orange stands, and a standing man in white holds an offering. Behind them a seated crowd in white clothes fills the floor, and tall striped cloth-wrapped pillars hang from the ceiling. On the left a man in an orange shawl stands near a drum. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the visible people are devotees and priests in white and saffron.2007-08-09October 14 20072007-10-14August 09 20072007-08-09October 16 20072007-10-16