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Indoor aarti ceremony in a hall with a corrugated roof and white walls. Three young men stand in front, each raising a brass multi-wick oil lamp with flames overhead. Two wear white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls; the central man wears an orange robe and shawl. The man on the right holds a brass bell in his other hand, and the man on the left also holds a bell. Seated devotees fill the floor on the right, many with hands folded, including young girls in pink and orange clothing. Brass vessels and a dark wooden stand sit on the floor at left. Framed pictures hang on the wall, and a blue 'Silence please' sign is visible. A pink curtain edges the left side.

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Indoor 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.2009-02-16February 16 20092009-02-16Evening aarti in a covered hall with a blue wall and corrugated roof. Three young men stand at the front holding brass lamps with flames aloft: the left one in white dhoti with an orange shawl, the middle one in saffron-orange robes, the right one in white with an orange shawl. Seated devotees in orange and white fill the floor and rows behind, many women and children among them. Brass oil lamps and a small brass kalasha sit on mats in front. Framed photographs and printed panels hang on the wall to the right, and a pink curtain edges the left side.2009-02-16Evening aarti in a covered hall with a corrugated roof and white walls. Three male devotees stand at the front raising lit multi-wick brass lamps in one hand and ringing handbells in the other. The two on the left wear white dhotis with orange shawls; the one in the centre wears a white kurta with an orange shawl and a red thread around his neck. A boy in white with a yellow shawl kneels at the lower left, and rows of seated devotees in white and orange clothing fill the floor on the right. Rows of brass oil lamps stand on a mat in front, and framed photographs hang on the wall behind them.2009-02-16A photograph of an evening ritual in a covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and white walls. Several men in ceremonial dress stand at left and centre, raising brass lamps with multiple flames above their heads; one wears white with an orange shawl, another an orange robe and shawl, and a third white clothing with an orange sash. Seated rows of devotees in white and orange sit on the floor, with brass oil lamps arranged in front of them on a mat. Framed photographs and banners line the back wall, and a woman in red sits at right.2009-02-16February 16 20092009-02-16A photograph of an evening ritual in a open-sided hall with a corrugated metal roof. Four men in saffron-orange robes stand in a row raising lit oil lamps on tall stands above their heads, with a fifth lamp held by a man in white robes and red shawl at the left. Seated devotees in white clothes and rudraksha malas sit in front at a low table, and a large crowd sits in rows in the background. A colourful striped pillar and framed pictures decorate the walls.2008-10-03Evening aarti in a covered hall with a corrugated roof and white walls. Three men stand in the foreground holding lit brass oil lamps aloft; the central one wears an orange saffron wrap over a white kurta and holds a small bell, while the man on the left wears an orange shawl over white and the man on the right wears white with an orange sash. Seated devotees in orange and white fill the floor, and a row of brass oil lamps and a small brass kalasha-style vessel rest on a mat in front. Framed photographs hang on the back wall.2009-02-16Photograph of an evening aarti ritual on a raised platform in a whitewashed hall. A man in orange robes and a flower garland holds a flaming wick lamp high in each hand, mid-swing. Beside him, a figure in white robes with an orange shawl holds a lit lamp aloft, and a third person in white on the right blurs as they move. Seated devotees in colourful clothing watch from the floor, including a woman in pink and children in blue and red. Gold bangles are visible on the wrists of the central figure.2008-10-02July 17 20082008-07-17Three standing men in white dhotis and white kurta-style garments with orange shawls perform aarti, each raising a brass lamp with a bright flame at head height in a covered open hall at night. Seated devotees in white and orange sit on a mat in the foreground and along the sides, several with hands folded in prayer. Brass bells and a brass lamp stand rest on the floor in front. On the left wall a banner-style notice with photographs is displayed, and a colourful fabric hanging with orange tassels hangs from the roof beam. No a person candidate is visibly identifiable among the performers.2008-01-03February 16 20092009-02-16