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December 23 2009

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October 17 20072007-10-17July 09 20102010-07-09A photograph inside a plain whitewashed hall with a corrugated metal roof, showing a fire ritual. Three standing men in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls hold up flaming lamps, one on the left swinging a burning torch, the middle two lamps raised. Behind them a row of seated devotees in white clothing sits on mats with brass lamps and vessels on the floor. Tall decorated pillars with coloured patterns and an orange cloth hang at the back, and a seated man in an orange shawl sits in a white chair on the right. The scene suggests an aarti with oil lamps.2007-10-15October 03 20082008-10-03A ceremonial aarti scene in a covered open-sided hall decorated with hanging leaf garlands. Several men in saffron-orange robes stand at a long steel-topped table holding up tiered brass lamps with lit flames. Behind them, a seated row of men in orange and white robes and rudraksha malas watch. On the floor in front, women in white saris sit in rows tending many small brass oil lamps (oil lamps) and kalasha-style brass vessels. A man in an orange shirt photographs the ritual at the lower right. Lamps and a brass pillar appear at the right edge.2008-12-30October 03 20082008-10-03December 31 20082008-12-31December 29 20082008-12-29December 27 20082008-12-27A photograph of an aarti ceremony under a corrugated metal roof. Several men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand at a long metal table, raising large brass lamps with flames, and one holds a tall multi-tiered brass lamp. Women in white saris sit along the table with small brass oil lamps and a brass bell, while rows of brass lamps line the floor in front. Behind them, seated devotees watch, and on the right a figure wearing an orange-red cloth and a white turban sits beneath a multicoloured umbrella with a trident finial. Smoke hangs in the air and T-shirts hang on the back wall.2008-12-29October 15 20072007-10-15December 24 20092009-12-24