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Evening aarti in a covered hall with a long metal table laid with brass oil lamps and a lit lamp tray. Standing priests in white clothing with red-orange shawls hold lamps before a shrine of deity murti and framed pictures on the back wall. A seated woman in a red garment and a man in white sit on the floor beside brass vessels. Seated audience in white and light clothing fills the left side, and orange drapes hang beside decorated pillars.

June 01 2009

June 01 2009

A photograph of an evening puja in a covered hall with a corrugated roof and a metal railing. A standing priest in white robes and an orange stole raises a lit flame over a shrine decorated with orange and red cloth and garlanded deity murtis. To the right, a figure in an orange robe holds a lamp near a lit oil lamp on the altar. Brass oil lamps and a small brass object sit on the floor in front, where a seated man in white clothing tends the ritual items. A blurred woman in a red sari sits in the foreground, and a seated audience in white watches from the left behind a railing. Painted tall pillars with bold geometric colours frame the scene.

A photograph of an indoor ritual hall under a corrugated metal roof, with tall painted cloth banners in red, yellow and blue patterns hanging from the ceiling. A woman in a pink and red sari kneels on a mat in the foreground, lighting a brass oil lamp among rows of brass lamps and a small lit tree-shaped lamp stand. Behind a long table, a man in white with a shawl sits near the altar and a second man in white is seated nearby. Seated devotees in white and orange sit on the floor in rows. The altar holds painted deity murti and framed pictures, with an orange cloth draped over a pillar and a tiger-striped cushion on a chair at left.

A covered outdoor-style hall during evening ritual worship. Three men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand at a long table lifting brass lamps and ceremonial vessels toward a shrine with a deity murti. Behind them a small kalasha-like brass item and a lit oil lamp stand. A man in an orange robe with shaved head stands at right, holding a brass lamp, in front of a red-and-orange shrine table. Seated devotees in white clothes line the left side. In the foreground a young girl in a pink sari and a man in white kneel among many brass lamps, a conch shell, and puja items spread on a mat. A tall orange cloth and banners with blue, red and yellow patterns hang from the ceiling. Oil lamps are lit.

Interior of a long metal-roofed hall during an evening ritual. Three standing men in white dhotis and white kurtas wear orange-red shawls draped over their shoulders and stand before a decorated shrine on the left, where a deity murti sits on a green cloth under a maroon backdrop with gold motifs. Several seated men in white clothes hold brass lamps and ritual vessels on the floor, with a lit flame visible in front. Tall cloth-wrapped pillars with orange tassels hang from the ceiling, and a large seated audience in white fills the back of the hall. The scene suggests an aarti or puja with oil lamps and lit wicks.

October 13 2007

A night aarti ceremony in a covered hall with orange pennants strung across the ceiling. On a raised dais, a man in an orange robe with bare chest and orange shawl holds up a lit lamp, and several men and boys in white clothes with orange shawls raise flaming lamps overhead. Behind them stands a decorated deity murti set on an orange-draped platform with a golden kalasha. Rows of seated devotees in white watch from the lower floor, and many brass oil lamps and tall brass lamp stands are arranged on the floor in front. A display board and portrait panels hang on the back wall.

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February 16 2009

A photograph of an evening aarti ceremony under a corrugated roof. Five men stand in a row holding lit torches or oil lamps aloft; four wear saffron-orange robes and one wears white with an orange shawl. Seated in white clothes before them are several people with brass bells and ritual implements arranged on the floor. A crowd of onlookers sits in the background, and wall-mounted pictures are visible at left.

A photograph inside a covered temple pavilion with a corrugated metal roof and orange-painted walls. In the background, a shrine holds an ornate golden deity murti framed by red and gold drapery, with a figure in orange clothing seated before it. In the foreground, a row of devotees sits cross-legged on the floor in white dhotis and shawls, some with orange garments, several holding small lamps. Two stainless steel railings and a red carpet run down the right side. Wall-mounted framed photographs and a banner line the walls, and a hanging red-and-blue striped cloth is visible on a pillar. This appears to be a puja or satsang with seated devotees before a deity shrine.