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A photograph of a hall with a corrugated roof and orange pennant banners. In the foreground, a row of young men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged on a mat behind a long table, arranging rows of small brass oil lamps. Behind them, four men in white with orange sashes raise lit lamps high, flames rising, while a man in an orange robe holds one aloft. Devotees stand and sit in the background. At the far right, a decorated altar holds a tall statue of a deity and an orange cloth, with a man in orange seated nearby. Several framed pictures hang on the wall. Aarti and lamp offering, with visible flames.

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