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Photograph of an outdoor ritual aarti under a corrugated metal roof decorated with hanging strings of leaf-shaped palm fronds. Four men stand on a raised platform performing aarti with lit oil lamps and brass bells. The three men in front wear saffron-orange robes and beaded garlands; the man on the far left wears white with an orange shawl. The rightmost man in orange holds a brass bell in one hand and a lamp in the other. Behind them are framed pictures and a painted wall, and devotees' heads are visible at the bottom of the frame.

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Four men perform an aarti with brass lamps on a covered outdoor stage under a corrugated metal roof strung with hanging yellow-green leaf garlands. The three central men wear saffron-orange dhotis and shawls with rudraksha or flower malas; the man at far left wears white. Each holds a lit brass oil lamp in one hand and a brass bell in the other, raising them toward the front. Devotees are seen at the lower edge, and a framed photo hangs on the white wall behind.2008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30A photograph of an aarti ceremony inside a hall with a corrugated metal roof, strung with white flower garlands. Five men stand along a raised platform holding lit oil lamps aloft in both hands; four wear saffron-orange dhotis and shawls with orange-bead garlands, while the man on the right wears white with an orange shawl and holds a bell. Brass bells and an oil lamp are visible, and a brass trishul hangs on the wall at right. Seated and standing devotees, mostly women in white saris, fill the foreground and background.2008-12-31Photograph of a ritual under a corrugated metal roof with hanging strands of yellow-green leaf garlands. Several young men in orange-saffron dhotis and shawls stand in a row raising hands; they wear beaded and flower garlands and hold brass handbells, and some raise yellow fan-like whisks. A man in white on the left and another in white at the far right are part of the line. Behind them a wall displays framed photographs and a printed poster, with painted decorative pillars on the right. Several spectators' heads are visible in the foreground.2008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30December 31 20082008-12-31December 30 20082008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30Several young male priests in saffron-orange robes and orange shawls perform aarti with tiered brass lamps holding flaming wicks, arranged on a long metal rail at an open-sided hall with corrugated roof. Some men wear white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls. Hanging leafy garlands decorate the ceiling, and a seated crowd of devotees watches from the lower left and right. Brass bells and small lamps sit on the counter. A fan hangs from the ceiling and a framed picture is on the wall.2008-12-30