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Evening aarti in a covered open-sided hall with a tin roof and white walls. Several tiered brass oil lamps, lit with flames, stand on a long low table. Rows of small brass lamps and bells line a red-and-cream mat on the floor. Seven or so people are visible: white-clad devotees kneeling and seated on the left and centre, a young man in a white shirt kneeling at right tending a lamp, and standing figures in orange and saffron garments at the back. A dark blue curtain hangs at the left edge, and a painted red-and-white pillar stands at right.

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