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A photograph inside a dim hall filled with smoke or haze, showing several men in white dhotis and white shirts with red shawls draped over their shoulders. In the foreground a man holds a brass bell in one hand and an aarti lamp with a lit flame in the other, while others beside him hold lit lamps and stand in a row. Behind them, seated devotees in white sit on mats near brass vessels and offerings. On the right a framed portrait of a woman in pink and a small harmonium-like instrument are visible, with plants and colourful pillars in the background. This appears to be an aarti ceremony.

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A photograph of a temple-style hall where several men in white dhoti and kurta with orange shawls perform an aarti, holding bells and lit flames while smoke fills the air. The standing man in the foreground, with long hair tied back, smiles and holds a bell and a lamp. Behind them a framed portrait of a figure in orange hangs beside garlands and green leaves, and two young boys in white sit at the right with hands pressed together. A printed sign reads Anandalahari Ashram. The people are seated on mats near a decorated stage.2007-10-14Smoky indoor ritual scene in a pale-walled hall with a corrugated ceiling and hanging woven banners. Three men in white dhotis and white kurtas with orange shawls stand in a row performing an aarti. The man on the left holds a brass vessel toward the viewer, the middle man holds a brass lamp with a lit flame, and the man on the right holds a lit oil lamp and brass vessel. Several seated devotees in white are visible at the lower left. Smoke fills the air. The men have white tilak marks on their foreheads.2007-10-14August 26 20072007-08-26August 26 20072007-08-26Smoky indoor ritual scene under a white corrugated roof with decorative cloth hangings. Several young men in white dhotis and white kurtas stand holding brass oil lamps and ritual vessels, with a thick haze of incense or smoke drifting through the air. The man in front wears a red-orange shawl over his shoulder and a white tilak mark on his forehead, and he holds a brass vessel. Other people sit in the lower left and background, partly obscured by the smoke. The scene appears to be an aarti or puja.2007-10-14October 14 20072007-10-14Evening aarti in a plain corrugated-roof hall with smoke hanging in the air. Three men in white dhotis and kurtas with orange shawls raise brass oil lamps with lit flames high overhead. The man on the left has a tilak on his forehead and holds one lamp aloft; the man in the centre holds another lamp with a bell in his other hand; a third man on the right lifts a lamp. Several seated devotees in white are visible at the lower left and right, and colourful hanging decorations are suspended from the ceiling beams.2007-10-14Three standing young men in white dhotis and white kurta-style tops with orange shawls perform aarti in an indoor hall with pale walls. The man on the left holds a brass lamp plate and bell, the centre figure holds a lit oil lamp and a bell, and the man on the right holds a flaming lamp aloft with a bell. Behind them seated attendees in white and an orange-robed person sit near brass ritual items, and colourful flower-patterned cloth hangings with orange borders decorate the walls.2007-10-15Three young men in white kurta-style clothing with orange shawls stand in a plain whitewashed hall performing aarti. Each holds a lit oil lamp or flame vessel, with the nearest man holding a brass bell in his other hand and a lamp in the first. Several seated devotees in white clothes sit along the left and right walls behind them. A hanging cloth banner with floral borders and a bird emblem is on the left wall, and a doorway opens to the right.2007-10-04A night-time aarathi at a temple hall with a corrugated roof and plain white walls. Two men in white dhotis and white kurtas, with orange shawls over their shoulders, hold brass aarathi lamps with flames rising from them. A third lamp-bearer stands partly behind them, and on the left, several young people in white sit with palms pressed together in prayer. A striped cloth hangs on the wall at left, and a speaker is mounted near the ceiling. The scene shows people performing aarathi with burning oil lamps.2007-10-04A photograph of an aarti ceremony in a plain whitewashed hall with a dim, low-light look. Three standing men in white dhotis and white kurtas, with orange shawls over their shoulders, hold brass lamps with lit flames, one on each side and one raised in the centre-right. Behind them a patterned hanging banner with floral motifs and a bird emblem hangs from the ceiling beside a speaker. Around a dozen seated men in white clothing, several with white or red sacred threads and some with tilak marks, sit on the floor watching, with brass vessels in the foreground. No swami figure is visible, so the scene shows only ritual attendants and devotees.2007-10-04Three men in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls hold up lit oil lamps on long metal stands inside a dim hall with a painted pillar and a corrugated ceiling. The man on the left has a white tilak on his forehead and a bangle on his wrist; the man in the centre holds a lamp with his arm extended, and a third person on the right lifts another lamp. Smoke haze fills the blue-lit room.2007-10-14