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Night aarti outdoors under a corrugated tin roof with smoke haze in the air. Three men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand in a row, raising lit brass oil lamps with bells in their hands; the front man holds a silver bell and a rudraksha-style mala. Behind them, other devotees kneel on mats near brass lamps and a painted white bull figure. Flames rise from the lamps, and a decorated red and orange cloth hangs beside them.

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October 14 20072007-10-14Three men in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls perform an aarti in a hall filled with smoke or incense haze. Each holds a lit brass oil lamp in one hand and a bell in the other, raising the flames toward the front. Two of them face left, the one on the right smiling with long hair swept back and a rudraksha mala. A cylindrical pillar with painted floral and bird motifs stands behind them, with potted plants at right and hanging decorations at left.2007-10-14October 14 20072007-10-14August 26 20072007-08-26October 13 20072007-10-13Evening ritual at an ashram courtyard at night. Three young men in white dhotis and white kurtas, with orange shawls draped over their shoulders, stand in a row holding silver aarti lamps with lit flames. Each has white vibhuti marks on the forehead. Behind them a dark doorway and a whitewashed wall with a painted decorative column; a few seated figures are visible at the right and lower left edges. The lamps are held up in front of them as they perform aarti.2007-10-14Three men perform an aarti at night, each holding a tiered brass lamp aloft with flames rising high. The central man wears an orange robe and a beaded necklace, and his face is partly shadowed. The men on either side wear white dress with orange shawls. Seated devotees watch from below against a dim hall with a wooden railing and small brass lamps in the foreground.2008-10-02October 14 20072007-10-14October 14 20072007-10-14October 13 20072007-10-13Night photograph at an outdoor temple area lit by a large copper deepam bowl with a tall flame, mounted atop a white-cloth-wrapped pillar. A man in saffron-orange robes with a beaded necklace and gold border holds a small oil lamp and a bell while looking up at the flame. Behind him stand other people in orange, and a man in white dhoti with an orange-red shawl stands to the left among palm trees and foliage. A large grey stone deity sculpture stands at right, and small flames burn on the ground at lower left. The scene depicts a lamp-lighting ritual during a Karthikai Deepam celebration.2010-11-21Evening aarti in a plain corrugated-roof hall with smoke hanging in the air. Three men in white dhotis and kurtas with orange shawls raise brass oil lamps with lit flames high overhead. The man on the left has a tilak on his forehead and holds one lamp aloft; the man in the centre holds another lamp with a bell in his other hand; a third man on the right lifts a lamp. Several seated devotees in white are visible at the lower left and right, and colourful hanging decorations are suspended from the ceiling beams.2007-10-14