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A photograph of a ritual scene in an open-sided hall with a corrugated roof and a whitewashed wall with red painted border. Five standing men in white dhotis and white shirts wear yellow shawls and hold lit oil lamps (aarti) aloft in their right hands while ringing small handbells in their left. Behind them, framed photographs and a printed banner line the wall, and green leaves and gold tinsel hang from the ceiling. In the foreground, several women in white and a woman in a red blouse sit on the floor before a long stainless steel counter, with brass lamps, a tiered brass lamp stand, trays of yellow sweets and a small red cloth bundle. The scene appears to be an aarti offering. a person is not clearly identifiable among the men.

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