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Photograph of an aarti ceremony in a large hall with a corrugated metal roof and yellow steel trusses. Several sannyasis in saffron-orange robes stand in a row holding flaming oil lamps aloft toward a raised altar on the left. A woman in a white sari stands at the altar holding a lamp. Tall columns wrapped in colourful patterned fabric with tassels rise beside the altar. Seated devotees fill the foreground and background, many in white, with a white-clad attendant standing near the centre. A white-draped table with offerings sits in front of the sannyasis.

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Photograph of an evening aarti in a hall with a corrugated metal roof and tube lights. Four saffron-robed sadhus stand in a row holding up lit oil lamps in both hands, flames rising above their heads. A younger man in white clothes and an orange shawl stands at the far left, also holding a lamp. Seated devotees in white garments with rudraksha malas occupy the foreground, and a larger seated crowd fills the background behind a metal railing. A small kalasha-like pillar and framed pictures decorate the wall.2008-10-03Evening aarti ceremony in a covered hall with a corrugated roof. Standing figures in saffron-orange robes and white garments hold flaming lamps aloft, the flames glowing against the dim interior. Seated devotees in white clothes with mala beads sit at the front beside rows of small brass oil lamps and offerings laid along the low platform. A seated crowd fills the background behind a metal railing.2008-10-03January 01 20062006-01-01October 03 20082008-10-03Night aarti ceremony in a covered open hall. Four monks in saffron-orange robes stand in a row, raising lit camphor flames on metal lamps toward the high roof, while a fifth, at left, swings a handbell. Seated devotees fill the floor behind a white draped platform, and a woman in a cream sari with green border stands on a raised stage at left. Colourful hanging banners and a yellow pillar frame the scene, with smoke rising from the flames.2006-01-01January 01 20062006-01-01October 03 20082008-10-03July 17 20082008-07-17October 12 20162016-10-12A 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 20082008-10-03Indoor ritual scene in a large hall with striped pillars draped in colourful patterned cloth. In the centre, a man in white robes raises a lit flame on a lamp, while a man in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl stands beside him holding a burning lamp aloft. Another man in white stands at the right, and a bearded man in orange clothing stands near a tripod camera. Many seated people in white clothes sit on the floor in rows along the left, some holding small items and a brass vessel. Two large framed portraits of a smiling woman in traditional dress hang on the back wall. Flowers decorate the lower right corner.2006-07-11