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A photograph of a ritual in a hall. In the foreground a man with long swept-back dark hair, white and red tripunda marks on his forehead, a red bindi, a white dhoti with a gold border and bare upper body stands holding a long silver aarti handle topped with a multi-tiered brass lamp, flames burning. Strands of rudraksha beads and gold bangles on his wrists. Behind him a large tiered oil lamp blazes, and a projected image shows a figure. Seated devotees in white clothing sit on mats on the floor, some with hands folded, and a man in a light shirt sits at the left edge. Lights hang from the wooden wall panel behind them.

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A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti holds a brass multi-tiered aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps aloft in a hall. He wears a long rudraksha mala, white sacred ash marks on his forehead and shoulders, and a red kumkum dot. His attention is on the flame as he performs the ritual, with blurred maroon curtains and framed pictures behind him.2016-08-24June 05 20122012-06-05A shaved-headed priest in an orange saffron robe with white tilak on his forehead and a gold bead necklace performs aarti, holding a tall silver multi-tiered lamp with several burning oil lamp flames on a long handled silver tray. Behind him, seated devotees in orange shawls and white dhotis sit on mats in a hall with orange curtains and a projector screen showing an image of a deity. A man in a striped shirt stands at right beside a light stand. The scene looks like a satsang or puja gathering.2012-07-22September 15 20112011-09-15September 03 20122012-09-03October 09 20122012-10-09A young man in a white kurta and an orange shawl performs aarti in a covered hall. He raises a brass lamp with a bright multi-flame fire in his right hand, and a small bell or handled vessel is in his left. A rudraksha mala hangs around his neck, a vertical tilak marks his forehead, and gold bangles are on his wrist. Seated devotees in plain shirts and dhotis fill the floor, a man in a dhoti stands at the left, and colourful woven hangings with bird motifs hang from the pillars and beams.2007-08-26August 04 20172017-08-04A young man with long dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead stands in the centre performing arati. He wears a white kurta with an orange shawl draped over one shoulder and a rudraksha mala around his neck, and holds a multi-flame brass arati lamp in one hand and a brass bell in the other. Seated devotees in white clothes line the floor behind him in a hall with a metal-framed roof, fluorescent light, and red and orange banners on the walls.2007-08-26A shaven-headed priest in saffron-orange robes and a gold bead necklace holds a silver multi-tiered aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps, turning toward the flames. A white vertical tilak marks his forehead. Behind him seated devotees in white and orange hold lamps and offerings, and a projector screen shows a photograph of a deity murti and people. Curtains and audio equipment fill the room.2012-07-14A young man in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders stands centrally holding a silver aarti lamp with three flames raised in his right hand and a silver bell in his left. He wears a long gold bead necklace with a rudraksha mala and a pendant. Behind him a white cloth hangs and several people, some with hands folded in prayer, watch the aarti; an older woman and a girl in the foreground join their palms.2012-06-05March 10 20132013-03-10