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A woman in a white sari with a red border stands at the centre of a hall, holding a lit flame in front of a small shrine. Seated on mats on the floor in rows, a group of devotees faces the altar: several women wear salwar kameez and sarees in orange, yellow, blue and pink, and a few young men sit in shirts and trousers. The shrine has a red and gold decorated backdrop with a deity murti, flanked by a painted tree scene, with a brass and steel puja tray and small vessels laid out on the floor. Strings of orange triangular bunting and gold drapery hang across the ceiling, and haze or smoke hangs in the air.

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October 26 20112011-10-26A photograph of a ritual aarti in a hall with a large printed backdrop of a temple gopuram with a deity murti and a tree-lined setting. A woman in a white sari with a red border stands at left raising a lit oil lamp toward the shrine. Seated on mats in front of the shrine are several women and girls with long braided hair, wearing orange, white, green and patterned clothing, facing the altar. The altar has a decorated platform with flower offerings, a kalasha-like vessel, and a garlanded deity figure. Brass lamps, plates and bells sit on the floor at left, and a small seated woman in beige is at the far left edge. A yellow and gold draped valance hangs across the top of the scene.2011-10-26Indoor photo of a devotional aarti in a hall with a stepped platform and a decorated backdrop painted with a temple-style shrine and trees. A woman in a white sari with a red border stands at the centre holding a lit lamp toward a deity murti at the shrine. Seated devotees on mats in the foreground face her: a woman in a yellow-orange outfit, women in blue and patterned clothes, and men in shirts. Orange and yellow bunting hangs above, with brass lamps and plates on the floor. No candidate for a person is clearly visible in this frame.2011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26A photograph of a puja inside a hall with a large backdrop printed with a temple gopuram and tree foliage. A woman in a white sari with a long braid stands at left swinging a smoking incense or camphor vessel toward the altar. Seated devotees in front, several with long braids and dresses in orange, green, blue and purple, face the altar. The altar holds offerings on plates, a deity murti draped in garlands at the centre, and brass lamps and vessels on the floor in front. Smoke drifts through the air. Some people are visible at the left and right edges.2011-10-26A priest in a white dhoti-style garment with a gold-bordered cloth stands with his back to the camera, holding a lit camphor flame in an aarti or puja before a decorated shrine. The backdrop is a large photographic print of a temple with a tree; a deity murti stands on a flower-garlanded altar with offerings, plates, and a kalasha-like vessel. Several devotees, mostly women in sarees and salwar, sit on the floor in rows facing the altar, while smoke rises from incense. Hanging yellow and green paper decorations and a ceremonial lamp stand frame the hall.2011-10-26A photograph of a ritual worship room in which a woman in a white sari stands at left, raising a smoking bundle or fan of incense in her right hand toward a shrine. Seated on the floor in rows are about eight women with long braided hair, wearing white, orange, green and purple garments and a blue head covering, facing the shrine. The shrine is a large printed backdrop of a South Indian style temple gopuram and deity murti flanked by tree foliage, with a central deity figure and garlands, a brass kalasha and oil lamps, flower offerings and brass vessels in front. Rows of brass lamps and plates sit on the floor at right.2011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26Indoor ritual scene in a white-walled hall with a yellow and gold valance and yellow flower strings overhead. A woman in a white sari with a red border stands at right, holding a lit lamp or camphor flame toward a shrine. Seated devotees on striped mats in the foreground, mostly women in white and cream clothing, face the altar. The altar at right holds fruit, flowers, brass vessels and oil lamps, with a painted backdrop of a temple tower and a large Bodhi-style tree painting behind it. A small number of seated figures are visible at left, along with a speaker and recording equipment. This appears to be a puja or aarti with lamps and offerings.2011-10-26A photograph of an aarti being performed before a large projected backdrop of a temple shrine with carved stone pillars, green foliage, and a deity murti with garlands and a kalasha-like altar in front. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a long dark braid stands with her back to the camera, holding a lit oil lamp toward the shrine. Several seated devotees, seen from behind, watch from the lower right, and small flames burn on the platform edge. No one is clearly identifiable as a person in the visible scene.2011-10-26