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A photograph of an aarti ceremony in a colourfully painted temple hall. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in an orange-saffron robe raises a tiered silver aarti lamp with many burning flames toward the shrine. Behind him, a figure in orange-brown robes sits on an ornate gold throne with a gold-backed seat and a tiger-striped cloth, flanked by hanging lamps and brass oil lamps. Other people in saffron and white clothing sit nearby, and a woman in a pale green garment is at left. The walls are painted in pink, green and yellow patterns.

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April 01 20132013-04-01April 01 20132013-04-01April 01 20132013-04-01 +2 copiesA shaved-headed priest in an orange-red robe and rudraksha beads raises a tiered brass aarti lamp with many flames toward a seated figure on a gold throne. The throne sits within a colourful painted shrine doorway of pink, green and yellow. The seated figure wears orange-red robes, long beads and sits on a zebra-striped cloth. Brass lamp stands flank the doorway, and a man in white sits at the base of the throne, with a small bowl and flower offerings at the lower corners. Oil lamps and fairy-light sparkle create a festive glow. The scene looks like an aarti performed before a revered seat in a temple-style hall.2013-03-16March 21 20132013-03-21March 21 20132013-03-21A photograph inside a temple shrine with painted pink, yellow and blue walls. A tiered silver lamp stand holding many lit oil lamps stands in the foreground, flames rising from each tier. Behind it a golden throne-like seat with carved gold ornamentation is partly visible, with a seated figure in orange-saffron cloth in the centre. Hanging brass lamps and strings of small lights frame the doorway. At right a painted deity guardian figure with a club and red-orange skin stands beside the entrance. At lower left, partially visible devotees in white and red clothing and a bald head are present; a woman in a maroon sari stands near the lamps and a child in a maroon top is visible at lower centre. A brass lamp with a bird finial sits on the right.2013-04-01April 01 20132013-04-01 +2 copiesA photograph of a ritual aarti in a temple hall with brightly painted blue and pink walls and two large painted dvarapala guardian figures holding clubs flanking a doorway. In the centre a tiered silver lamp with many lit flames is held up by a shaved-headed priest in an orange-brown dhoti with a white tilak and rudraksha mala, at left. Beyond the lamp, a seated figure in orange robes and a red-bead mala sits on an ornate gold throne draped with a striped cloth, with a dark background of small lights. At right a man in white clothes sits with hands folded in anjali, and brass oil lamps stand on the floor. The scene reads as an aarti or puja offered before a seated teacher.2013-03-13A bald priest in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, with a sacred thread and wrist bands, holds up a large multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit flames in the foreground. Beyond him, a figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a bindi/tilak sits on an ornate gold throne with a tiger-striped cloth, framed by a doorway with hanging oil lamps and a colourful painted temple facade in turquoise, pink and green. Devotees in orange and white sit near the throne, one wearing a white shawl, and additional brass lamps stand on the floor.2013-03-16March 06 20132013-03-06April 04 20132013-04-04