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A photo inside a hall hung with orange and red decorative lanterns and framed photographs on the walls. A bare-chested man with dreadlocks, white ash marks on his chest and arms, rudraksha and bead necklaces and a brown shawl stands center-right holding a brass lamp with several burning flames aloft in both hands, performing aarti. Around him, many people in orange and red saffron-coloured robes stand with palms pressed together in prayer. In the lower left a figure in a pink and green sari with dark hair and garlands sits with hands folded. a person is the man holding the aarti lamp, identified by his dreadlocks, ash markings, bead necklaces and shawl; the lamp is an oil lamp rather than a homa fire.

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A photograph inside a hall with hanging decorative lamps and framed pictures on the walls. In the centre a bare-chested man with a grey-black topknot and white markings on his arms and chest holds a brass aarti lamp with several flames and rising smoke, a rudraksha-style bead necklace and a reddish-brown cloth draped at his waist. Around him a line of women in orange-red saris and bead malas stand with palms pressed together in prayer, one holding a black book. A bystander in a pink-and-green garment sits lower left. A video camera on a tripod is at right. The scene looks like an aarti performed during a ritual gathering.2019-05-18May 18 20192019-05-18Four 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.2016-10-12May 18 20192019-05-18September 10 20122012-09-10A man with long dark hair and a beard stands in the foreground holding a brass multi-wick oil lamp with flames, a ceremonial aarti offering. He wears a red-orange shawl over his shoulders, a beaded necklace, rudraksha-style beads and white sacred markings on his arms and chest. Behind him, a hall with red and gold draped curtains and framed photographs on the walls holds seated devotees in orange, red and yellow saris and robes, some standing among them. A red and gold throne-like seat appears at left.2019-05-18October 12 20162016-10-12September 10 20122012-09-10October 12 20162016-10-12May 18 20192019-05-18September 10 20122012-09-10October 12 20162016-10-12