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Photograph of a Navaratri evening ritual in a hall with a corrugated metal roof and ceiling fans. Four young men in saffron-orange robes stand at a long table holding brass aarti lamps, tiered conical lamps with flames rising from the top. Behind them, younger boys and young people in white clothes sit cross-legged on a mat before rows of brass lamps and bells. Framed photographs and banners hang on the white walls, and a seated audience watches from the back. The setting suggests an aarti ceremony with lamp offerings.

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October 03 20082008-10-03Indoor evening ritual in a hall with a corrugated roof and white walls. Standing at left, several men in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls hold up lit oil lamps and small handbells during an aarti. Seated on the floor in front, rows of men in saffron-orange robes and white garments sit beside a brass lamp stand and a row of brass oil lamps on a mat. Behind them a large crowd of devotees, mostly in white, fills the room. Framed photographs and a painted banner hang on the walls, and a few people in white and yellow sit at the lower right edge.2009-02-16A photograph of a hall with a corrugated roof and orange pennant banners. In the foreground, a row of young men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged on a mat behind a long table, arranging rows of small brass oil lamps. Behind them, four men in white with orange sashes raise lit lamps high, flames rising, while a man in an orange robe holds one aloft. Devotees stand and sit in the background. At the far right, a decorated altar holds a tall statue of a deity and an orange cloth, with a man in orange seated nearby. Several framed pictures hang on the wall. Aarti and lamp offering, with visible flames.2009-02-23A photograph of a night arati in a covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and orange triangular bunting strung across the ceiling. Several men in white kurtas with orange shawls raise brass arati lamps overhead, some holding a flaming lamp high. Seated devotees in white and blue clothing sit along a long low table draped with cloth, behind rows of brass oil lamps and dark metal lamp stands. Behind them, many people in orange and white stand and watch on a raised platform with a metal railing, and a framed picture hangs on the wall.2009-02-23 +1 copiesOctober 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.2008-10-03Evening 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.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.2008-10-03December 27 20082008-12-27A 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.2008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03