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Indoor aarti ceremony in a hall with a metal-roofed ceiling hung with green leafy garlands. Four to five standing men in orange robes and white dhotis hold large brass aarti lamps with lit flames aloft, while a row of women in white saris sits along a metal-topped table tending many small brass lamps and oil lamps on a mat. Seated devotees in white and orange fill the background, and a man in an orange robe with a garland sits at the right near a red cushion. A photographer's hand holds a phone at the lower right. Printed photo frames and shelves line the back wall.

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