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A photograph of a Pradosha puja at Aadi Kailaasa. A standing priest in white dhoti and white kurta, with an orange cloth at his waist, bends forward at a brass vessel placed on a low stone platform. Two young men in white kurtas kneel beside him: the one at left holds a brass vessel topped with red flowers, while the one in the centre reaches toward the offering. Plates of red and yellow flowers, a brass lamp and a small brass container sit on a tray in the foreground. A blurred orange-robed figure occupies the right edge. The white-clad priest's face is not visible, so no identity can be assigned from appearance.

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October 08 20072007-10-08A photograph inside a plain whitewashed hall at night, with a corrugated metal roof and a speaker mounted high on the wall. Three standing young men in white dhotis and white kurtas wear orange shawls and hold ritual lamps: the left figure holds a small lamp dish, the centre figure holds a brass aarti plate, and the right figure holds a lit oil lamp with a flame. Several seated people in white clothes sit along the floor at left and right, some with red sacred threads, and brass ritual vessels are arranged on the floor in front. The scene reads as an aarti in progress.2007-10-04Three 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. 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