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A photograph of an evening aarti ceremony in a covered open hall with a corrugated metal roof and white walls. Five standing priests in orange and saffron robes and shawls hold or tend tiered brass lamps, several of them blazing with oil flames. Seated along the floor in front are a row of devotees in white and grey clothing, with many small brass bells and handbells laid out on a mat. Two young men in white on the far right stand near a lit lamp. Bright lamp light illuminates the scene against the dim hall. A few more people sit in the background.

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October 03 20082008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03A photograph of an evening aarti ritual in a covered hall with a corrugated metal roof. Five standing men in saffron-orange robes hold up tall, tiered brass lamps lit with flames, each lamp ringed with small lights. Beside them, several young people in white clothes sit cross-legged on a mat behind long metal-topped tables, tending rows of small brass oil lamps and bells. A seated figure in the foreground holds a lit flame in a brass dish. Devotees sit in the background. The room is warm with lamplight and dusk-lit walls.2008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03A photograph of an evening aarti ceremony in a covered hall with a corrugated metal roof. Several men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls stand at a long table holding large multi-tiered brass aarti lamps with flames aloft. Younger boys and young men in white kurtas and dhotis sit cross-legged on a mat in front, tending rows of small brass oil lamps and bells. Audience members are seated in the background. Walls show framed pictures and a small shrine area.2008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03Evening aarti in a covered hall with a corrugated roof. Four standing men in saffron-orange robes hold lit oil lamps, and a man in white on the right holds a lamp as well. Seated in white clothing along the floor, several young people and children play brass bells and ring hand bells, with rows of brass lamps and bells in the foreground. Two seated attendants wave white feather fans or chamaras. Crowd members are faintly visible in the background. A small brass lamp stand sits on a table near the altar. Oil lamps and bells suggest a Navaratri puja performed in a temple-style hall.2008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03Evening aarti ritual in a covered hall with a corrugated roof. Standing priests in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls hold lit multi-tiered brass aarti lamps aloft, with flames and smoke rising. Seated young devotees in white clothes sit along a long mat before rows of small brass oil lamps and bells, several tending flames. Audience members are seated in the background. A large pink cloth and a hanging banner are visible on the walls.2008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03