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Photograph of a ritual hall during a puja. Several young men in saffron-orange dhoti-style cloths with rudraksha malas and beaded necklaces stand in a row, holding large cream-white feather fans (chamaras) raised overhead and small hand bells. Their heads are wrapped in patterned headbands and their hair is dreadlocked. Behind them, a long table covered with a colourful striped cloth stands in front of a seated audience in white and bright clothing. Yellow draped canopy and red curtains frame the hall, and a deity murti is partly visible at the back.

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January 01 20182018-01-01January 01 20182018-01-01January 01 20182018-01-01January 01 20182018-01-01A photograph inside a large decorated hall with red and yellow drapes and a gold-framed deity murti at the back. Five men in orange-saffron dhoti-style wraps with bare chests and rudraksha malas stand in a row along a long table draped in a colourful striped cloth, each holding a small silver-toned cup or lamp-like vessel, several with lit flames, as in a ritual offering. Each wears a patterned headband, and the foremost men have dreadlocked hair and armbands. Seated devotees in the background watch, some with hands joined, and a bright orange-clad person sits in the lower right. Smoke rises from the front.2018-01-01Four male priests in saffron-orange dhotis and wraps, bare-chested with beaded rudraksha-style necklaces, stand in a row holding aloft lit brass oil lamps and small hand bells during a temple ritual. Their arms are raised and they face toward a golden deity shrine decorated with white and gold ornaments and flower garlands. Behind them red draped curtains and colourful striped cloth cover the floor, with long low tables draped in striped fabric in the foreground where seated women in white clothes sit with hands folded. Overhead hang red and multicoloured decorative banners under a canopy tent. a person is not clearly visible in this scene.2016-12-12January 01 20182018-01-01January 01 20182018-01-01January 01 20182018-01-01Five young men in saffron-orange dhotis and rudraksha malas perform an aarti ceremony on a stage with a red draped backdrop and striped mats. The foreground man, bare-chested with long dreadlocks and a bracelet, raises a brass oil lamp in one hand and holds a bell in the other. Behind him, others lift lit lamps and a brass tool. Seated rows of devotees, many in white and yellow clothing, sit on the mats, with brass lamps and offerings at the right edge. Speakers and a camera on a tripod are visible at the sides.2016-12-23January 01 20182018-01-01Four young men stand in a row in a decorated tent, bare-chested in orange dhotis with gold-edged borders, wearing beaded rudraksha-style necklaces and armbands. Each holds a brass oil lamp (deepam) in one hand and a small handbell in the other, lifting the lamps in ritual worship. Behind them is a gold-framed altar with an illuminated deity murti and an adorned throne, while a fifth figure in orange stands at the far right. Striped cloth covers the floor and red drapes and paper lanterns hang overhead.2016-12-12