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Evening aarti ceremony in a covered hall with a corrugated roof. Standing on the right, several sannyasis in saffron-orange robes hold up tall brass lamps with flaming wicks, while a young man in white and orange-shawl stands at the far right. Seated on the floor in white ritual clothes, a row of young devotees tends many small brass oil lamps and bells arranged along a mat in front. Behind them, a few seated devotees watch, and a wall bears a framed picture and a small orange wall hanging.

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A photograph of an evening aarti ceremony in a covered hall with a corrugated metal roof. Several men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls stand at a long table holding large multi-tiered brass aarti lamps with flames aloft. Younger boys and young men in white kurtas and dhotis sit cross-legged on a mat in front, tending rows of small brass oil lamps and bells. Audience members are seated in the background. Walls show framed pictures and a small shrine area.2008-10-03A photograph of a ritual aarti in a covered hall at dusk. Five men in saffron-orange robes stand in a row behind a long table, each holding a large lit lamp of many flames and swinging it. Seated on mats in front of the table, young people in white clothes and some in grey shirts tend rows of brass oil lamps with lit wicks, and several wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Brass bells and lamps line the floor. Plain walls, a corrugated roof and a framed picture are visible in the background.2008-10-03A photograph of an evening aarti ritual in a covered hall with a corrugated metal roof. Five standing men in saffron-orange robes hold up tall, tiered brass lamps lit with flames, each lamp ringed with small lights. Beside them, several young people in white clothes sit cross-legged on a mat behind long metal-topped tables, tending rows of small brass oil lamps and bells. A seated figure in the foreground holds a lit flame in a brass dish. Devotees sit in the background. The room is warm with lamplight and dusk-lit walls.2008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03A photograph of a covered outdoor hall at dusk where a long row of brass oil lamps and lit diyas stands on a low mat along the floor. Several young men in white dhotis and shirts sit cross-legged tending the lamps, while standing figures in saffron/orange robes hold up lit lamps along a raised metal rail behind them. A dark curtain hangs at the left edge and a white column with red banding stands at the right. Other people are seated further back in the shadowy hall. The lamps suggest an aarti or lamp-lighting ritual during Navaratri celebrations, shown as a visible ritual of brass lamps rather than any named event.2008-10-03Evening ritual on an open pavilion with a corrugated roof. Several people in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis stand behind a long metal table, holding aarti lamps with flames. Seated people in white clothes play small hand bells and sit along a mat beside rows of brass bells and oil lamps. Tall tiered brass lamps glow on the table, and a seated boy in white plays a drum. A small sign on the wall and a plain white wall frame the scene. This is an aarti ceremony with lamps and bells.2008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03Evening aarti in a covered hall with a corrugated roof. Four standing men in saffron-orange robes hold lit oil lamps, and a man in white on the right holds a lamp as well. Seated in white clothing along the floor, several young people and children play brass bells and ring hand bells, with rows of brass lamps and bells in the foreground. Two seated attendants wave white feather fans or chamaras. Crowd members are faintly visible in the background. A small brass lamp stand sits on a table near the altar. Oil lamps and bells suggest a Navaratri puja performed in a temple-style hall.2008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03Evening aarti ritual in a covered hall with a corrugated roof. Standing priests in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls hold lit multi-tiered brass aarti lamps aloft, with flames and smoke rising. Seated young devotees in white clothes sit along a long mat before rows of small brass oil lamps and bells, several tending flames. Audience members are seated in the background. A large pink cloth and a hanging banner are visible on the walls.2008-10-03