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Night aarti in a hall lit by hanging ornate red and gold paper lanterns. Four young men in saffron-red dhotis and bare upper bodies, wearing rudraksha and flower garlands, hold up lit camphor flames in brass lamps while smoke rises. Behind them, rows of seated devotees fill the floor, some with folded hands, and brass ritual instruments stand on the side. Low tables covered in red and multicoloured striped cloths hold lamps and offerings in front of the seated crowd. A few people are visible in the foreground, including a woman in a green sari with a flower garland. The scene reads as an evening puja ceremony with aarti.

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A dimly lit hall where several devotees in saffron-red dhotis and draped cloths stand in a row behind a long table covered with colourful striped woven cloth. Each holds a lit oil lamp, and the lamps glow warmly in the dark room. Hanging paper lanterns with red and gold shades hang from the ceiling. Seated devotees fill the background, and garlands and framed pictures hang on the walls. The scene resembles an aarti offering with oil lamps.2018-12-31December 31 20182018-12-31 +2 copiesDecember 31 20182018-12-31Indoor puja in a large hall with red-tinted lighting and a dropped ceiling. Several young men in saffron-orange dhotis, bare-chested, with rudraksha malas and white body markings, stand on a raised platform holding lit multi-wick oil lamps aloft, with one holding a small bell. Seated devotees in orange and white fill the floor, and women in orange saris sit in the foreground beside a small table with oil lamps and brass items. A golden throne with a seated figure stands at the left. Red curtains and framed posters line the walls.2016-10-12Photograph of an indoor ritual hall during an evening puja. Several men in orange-red dhotis stand along a long table draped in white cloth, holding lit flames and oil lamps aloft; one bare-chested man at right holds a flaming lamp overhead with his arm raised, and another wears a rudraksha mala. Seated women in orange and red saris tend brass lamps and ritual items on the left, and a crowd of seated devotees fills the right side. A small golden shrine with a pink deity murti sits at the back left, with framed pictures on the walls and a ceiling fan overhead. Several people are visible, including the standing ritual performers and the seated devotees.2016-10-12Evening photograph of an aarti in a dimly lit hall. Four or five people in red-orange and saffron wraps and beaded rudraksha necklaces stand in a row behind a long table covered with colourful striped cloth, each holding a lit oil lamp. Hanging red and orange paper lanterns and garlands decorate the ceiling. Seated devotees fill the background, watching the ritual.2018-12-31October 12 20162016-10-12October 12 20162016-10-12Inside a white tented hall, several men in orange-saffron dhoti-style garments with orange shawls and rudraksha malas stand in a row holding lit oil-lamp aarti plates and kalasha-style lamps over a long steel-topped offering counter. Their hair is tied in high topknots and their foreheads and arms bear white markings. Brass bells and small hanging lamps are on the counter. Seated devotees in red and patterned saris fill the red-carpeted floor, and a cameraman in white clothes films from a tripod at right. The scene is a ritual aarti in progress.2016-05-21Indoor aarti ceremony in a hall with red-curtained windows and wall posters. Several bare-chested male priests in saffron dhotis stand in a row holding flaming oil lamps and lit lamp stands, with rudraksha malas on their chests. Women in orange saris sit on the floor at the left with brass pots and a kalasha-style vessel, and a gold-and-red throne with a seated figure stands at the far left. A large seated crowd of devotees fills the right side of the hall.2016-10-12October 12 20162016-10-12December 31 20182018-12-31