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Night-time aarti at an outdoor procession. A young man in white ceremonial dress with a golden-patterned head wrap holds up a brass oil lamp with a bright flame, his hands raised beside a woman in a cream salwar with a light scarf and a lanyard. Around them, devotees with raised hands and glasses watch and join in the lamp ceremony. A blurred lantern stands in the left foreground.

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December 23 20092009-12-23A photograph of devotees during an evening ritual. In the foreground a woman with white forehead markings and a red bindi holds a brass oil lamp with three bright flames, and a second hand near it also holds up a lamp. On the left a younger woman in a white garment with a red border and a dark beaded mala looks on, with white sacred ash marks on her forehead. Another lit lamp is visible at the top, with soft background figures and warm lighting.2013-01-25November 18 20152015-11-18December 20 20152015-12-20December 18 20102010-12-18Close-up photograph of a hand holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame, the lamp on a footed stand. The wrist wears rudraksha beads, a thin dark cord and gold bangles, and a red thread. Blurred figures in white clothing sit in the background, and a partly visible brass object appears at the right edge.2013-12-12December 23 20062006-12-23 +1 copiesOctober 31 20112011-10-31A woman in a white blouse with gold-bordered sleeves and a yellow shawl holds a brass oil lamp with several lit flames in both hands, raised before her as part of a ritual. She has a white vertical tilaka and a red kumkum dot on her forehead and wears a beaded bracelet and gold bangle. Behind her, another woman with a white forehead mark and people in maroon and gold clothing sit close together in a devotional gathering. The photograph is taken at close range, with the lamp and her face in sharp focus.2013-01-25December 23 20092009-12-23April 17 20112011-04-17December 01 20112011-12-01