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A photograph inside a temple shrine. A priest with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron cloth over his shoulders and a gold-trimmed garment, raises a flaming oil lamp or aarti lamp toward a deity murti. The shrine is decorated with a multicoloured garland of pink, green, white, yellow and purple beads, draped brown and maroon curtains, and a carved ornate wooden door on the left. Smoke or incense haze fills the air. Two brass oil lamps stand before the murti on a stone platform. Two devotees, one woman in a green saree and a man at the right edge, watch the aarti. The image is a photo.

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January 24 20062006-01-24January 24 20062006-01-24A photograph of an aarti ritual inside a temple shrine. A figure with long dark hair in an orange-saffron garment with gold trim stands at left, raising a lit flame on a lamp toward a deity murti draped in a colourful multi-coloured garland. Two brass oil lamps flank the murti, and red and gold curtains frame the shrine. Several devotees in white and green clothing watch at lower right and bottom edge.2006-01-24A photograph inside a temple sanctum. A long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe with a gold-bordered shawl stands at the left, raising a silver fan or arati plate with his right hand toward a deity murti draped in red and adorned with silver ornaments and a garland. The shrine is hung with multicoloured flower garlands, brass lamps flank the image, and a silver kalasha sits on the altar. Several devotees in white clothing with their hands folded watch from the right side of the frame.2006-01-24A photograph inside a temple shrine where a figure in an orange saffron garment with a gold-bordered shawl raises a flaming lamp toward a deity murti. The figure has long dark hair swept back and is seen from behind. Colourful multi-strand garlands in pink, yellow, blue and white hang in a swag above the shrine, with red and gold drapes behind. Two brass lamps flank the altar, which is decorated with flowers. Several devotees sit at the lower right, some in white and green clothing, watching the ritual. Overhead is a white ornate ceiling medallion and a small purple logo appears in the upper right corner.January 24 20062006-01-24A photograph inside a temple shrine decorated with a multicoloured flower garland and draped brown and red cloth. A long-haired man in an orange and gold garment holds a silver vessel with a flame above it, performing an aarti or lamp offering before a deity murti adorned with garlands. Brass oil lamps and a fire burn on the altar in front. A boy in white stands at left and an older woman in glasses and green sari watches at right, with other devotees seated in the lower right.2006-01-24January 24 20062006-01-24January 24 20062006-01-24January 24 20062006-01-24January 24 20062006-01-24A photograph inside a temple shrine doorway decorated with a multicoloured garland of pink, yellow, green, blue and white flowers draped across the arch. A person with long dark hair and a red-orange tilak mark, wearing an orange cloth and gold necklaces, holds a silver aarti plate with a flickering flame near a deity murti partly visible behind a dark red curtain. A carved lotus medallion is on the ceiling above, under bright fluorescent light.2006-01-24