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Indoor puja at a temple-style hall under a corrugated metal roof with ceiling fans. Three standing people in white clothes with yellow shawls raise lit aarti lamps toward the upper area. Seated devotees in white and yellow sit on mats; one wears an orange shawl. Brass oil lamps, a tiered brass lamp stand and kalasha-type vessels sit on a long counter and floor, with incense smoke rising at left. Framed pictures hang on the wall behind. a person is not visibly identifiable among the people, so no candidate is claimed.

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Indoor puja in a plain hall with a corrugated metal roof and white-washed walls. A row of standing attendants in white dhotis or tunics with yellow shawls holds lit oil lamps and bells over a long white altar table lined with brass ritual items and small brass lamps. Seated devotees on mats, some in white with yellow shawls and one in an orange shawl, face the altar. Brass kalasha-style vessels and lamps sit on the floor in front, and a small fire pit with offerings smoulders at left. A framed picture and banner hang on the back wall.2010-06-06December 29 20092009-12-29July 09 20102010-07-09July 09 20102010-07-09December 24 20092009-12-24Evening aarti at a temple hall with a long low stone platform. Three standing men in white kurta-style clothes with yellow shawls and rudraksha malas swing lit multi-wick lamps toward the viewer. Seated devotees along the platform tend rows of brass oil lamps with flames, and a small child sits in the foreground beside the lamp rows. Walls are plain with a painted border; the setting is dim and lamp-lit.2010-07-13December 24 20092009-12-24Night aarti in a open-sided corrugated-roof hall with white walls. Two standing men in white dhotis and white kurtas with orange shawls raise lit brass lamps toward the ceiling, flames visible at the lamps. Other men in white clothes sit cross-legged on the floor at left, some with hands folded, near brass vessels and a wooden stand. A third standing man is partly visible in the background, and another person in orange appears at the right near a doorway. The page names Sri Anandeshwar Temple at Bidadi, but the image shows no visible a person candidate; the standing men are priests or devotees. Photograph is taken with a flash-lit night exposure.2007-10-04October 03 20082008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03July 09 20102010-07-09A photograph of an evening arati in a covered temple hall with a corrugated roof and ceiling fans. Three standing men in white kurta-style clothes with yellow shawls raise lit brass arati lamps overhead on a long raised stone platform. Seated below, several people in white and colourful clothes tend rows of brass oil lamps and lit wicks. A small kalasha-like brass vessel and offerings sit on the platform. A framed notice and a painted wall border are visible behind them, and a monk in orange robes stands at the far right.2010-07-13