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Night aarti on wide red stone steps beside a water tank, crowded with seated devotees in white and colourful clothes. Five temple attendants in orange dhotis stand on the steps, several holding lit oil lamps and a tall brass lamp stand, with marigold garlands around their necks. A bare-chested man in white dhoti photographs them from the right, and a photographer in white kneels lower down. Red flags on poles line the left side, and a dark stone figure of a bull with marigold garlands sits at the upper right. Lit lamps decorate the scene. A tall stone structure with string lights glows at the upper left.

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December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06Night outdoor ceremony on red stone steps lined with a crowd of seated devotees behind metal safety railings. Five young men stand in a row, bare-chested, wearing orange-red dhotis with yellow borders and yellow-and-white garlands, holding small lit flames or oil lamps and brass vessels. Behind them, white-clad priests sit beside brass lamps and ritual vessels, with a bright metal pipe running along the stairs. Red ceremonial flags on poles stand in the foreground.2016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06Night aarti at a lit temple tank with stone steps. Several priests in orange and saffron dhotis stand on the lower steps holding oil lamps and ritual lights toward the water. A bare-chested attendant in white dhoti stands at the water's edge. Behind them, a large seated crowd fills tiered steps lined with red and orange flags, and strings of warm lights decorate the wall and railings. Floodlights illuminate the scene against a dark sky.2016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06