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March 16 20172017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16April 17 20112011-04-17November 12 20102010-11-12November 18 20152015-11-18April 01 20132013-04-01November 18 20152015-11-18Night ritual outdoors under a tin-roofed pavilion. In the foreground, a bare-chested young man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala, wearing an orange dhoti with gold border, raises a silver multi-wick aarti lamp with flames. Behind him, several people in orange and saffron garments stand and sit holding brass plates and offerings; some wear white and garlands. At right, a richly decorated deity murti is near a lit oil lamp and a fire pit burning on a stone platform, with marigold petals scattered on the ground. A framed portrait hangs on the back wall above a green-lit banner.2016-10-29November 18 20152015-11-18December 13 20132013-12-13Night outdoor ritual at a temple-like courtyard with a white marble floor. A young priest in white dhoti and shawl with maroon-red borders stands barefoot, holding a silver plate with a lit flame, offering aarti to a row of devotees who extend their hands toward the fire in gesture of receiving blessings. Women in saris, including a woman in a purple shawl, a woman in an orange sari with green, and a woman in a light blue sari, press palms together. Hanging decorative banners in red, orange and yellow line the background, with more devotees in white seated and standing behind. An aarti ceremony with devotees receiving the flame.2010-11-12July 09 20132013-07-09