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Evening aarti in a covered hall with a corrugated roof. Four standing men in saffron-orange robes hold lit oil lamps, and a man in white on the right holds a lamp as well. Seated in white clothing along the floor, several young people and children play brass bells and ring hand bells, with rows of brass lamps and bells in the foreground. Two seated attendants wave white feather fans or chamaras. Crowd members are faintly visible in the background. A small brass lamp stand sits on a table near the altar. Oil lamps and bells suggest a Navaratri puja performed in a temple-style hall.

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