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Indoor aarti ceremony in a hall with red-curtained windows and wall posters. Several bare-chested male priests in saffron dhotis stand in a row holding flaming oil lamps and lit lamp stands, with rudraksha malas on their chests. Women in orange saris sit on the floor at the left with brass pots and a kalasha-style vessel, and a gold-and-red throne with a seated figure stands at the far left. A large seated crowd of devotees fills the right side of the hall.

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October 12 20162016-10-12October 12 20162016-10-12Photo of an indoor ritual hall in warm lamplit light during a puja. In the foreground, several people in white and orange-red garments sit behind a long white-draped table holding brass lamps, lit oil lamps and offering trays. Standing figures in saffron-orange dhotis and orange garments, some with rudraksha malas and bare upper bodies, face the table with hands raised. Behind them, a large seated audience in orange, white and red clothing fills the hall. Red velvet valances hang along the upper walls, framed pictures decorate the back wall, and a golden deity murti stands near the left side. Ceiling fans and recessed lights hang overhead.2016-10-12October 12 20162016-10-12October 12 20162016-10-12October 12 20162016-10-12Photograph of an indoor ritual hall during an evening puja. Several men in orange-red dhotis stand along a long table draped in white cloth, holding lit flames and oil lamps aloft; one bare-chested man at right holds a flaming lamp overhead with his arm raised, and another wears a rudraksha mala. Seated women in orange and red saris tend brass lamps and ritual items on the left, and a crowd of seated devotees fills the right side. A small golden shrine with a pink deity murti sits at the back left, with framed pictures on the walls and a ceiling fan overhead. Several people are visible, including the standing ritual performers and the seated devotees.2016-10-12October 12 20162016-10-12October 12 20162016-10-12October 12 20162016-10-12October 12 20162016-10-12Four young men in saffron-orange dhotis, bare-chested and wearing rudraksha malas, stand in a row performing aarti with lit brass oil lamps held high. The man on the far right has a shaved head with white tilak markings and a rudraksha mala, and holds his lamp at shoulder height. Behind them, a golden shrine houses a pink deity murti under a golden arch on the left. Seated devotees in white fill the lower left and right foreground. A camera on a tripod records the scene near a white-covered table. Red curtains and framed photographs line the hall walls.2016-10-12