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Tall Shiva sculpture in Hardwar, Haridwar, India

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Islamic mats sold outside Jamma Masjid (Delhi Great Mosque), Delhi, India

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Yoga class at Patanjali Yog Vidyapith, Haridwar, India

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Boy performing ablutions at Jamma Masjid (Delhi Great Mosque), Delhi, India

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Friday ablutions at Jamma Masjid (Delhi Great Mosque), Delhi, India

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Woman reading at Jamma Masjid (Delhi Great Mosque), Delhi, India

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Friday prayer at Jamma Masjid (Delhi Great Mosque), Delhi, India

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Puja in a Hindu temple : flower offering, Haridwar, India

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Brahmin priest's thread indicating his high caste, Haridwar, India

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Puja in a Hindu temple : offerings, Haridwar, India

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Brahmachari (Hindu temple students) receiving money offerings from a lay woman, Haridwar, India

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Durga puja in a Hindu temple , Haridwar, India

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Nandi bull statue in Lakshman temple, Rishikesh, Rishikesh, India

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Shiva trident and om in Lakshman temple, Rishikesh, Rishikesh, India

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Shiva statue in Mangal Manjusha near Delhi, , India

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Sitting Shiva picture, Rishikesh, India

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Shiva statue in Lakshman temple, Rishikesh, Rishikesh, India

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Brahmachari singing in Parmath, Rishikesh, Rishikesh, India

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Yoga in Rishikesh, Rishikesh, India

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Sadhu smoking cannabis, Rishikesh, India

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Hindu god Shiva, , India

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Man making & selling garlands, Haridwar, India

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Sadhu smoking cannabis, Rishikesh, India

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Woman about to float a diya (floral float with lamp), Haridwar, India

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Hindu couple and priest on a ghat by the Ganges, Haridwar, India

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Har-ki-Pauri ghat in the evening during the Kumbh Mela, Haridwar, India

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Crowd waiting for the aarthy ceremony on Har-ki-Pauri ghat in Haridwar, Haridwar, India

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Crowd waiting for the aarthy ceremony on Har-ki-Pauri ghat in Haridwar, Haridwar, India

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Aarti is generally performed at the end of a puja or bhajan sessionIt is performed during almost all Hindu ceremonies and occasionsIt involves the circulating of an 'Aarti plate' or 'Aarti lamp' around a person or deity and is generally accompanied by the singing of songs in praise of that deva or personIn doing so, the plate or lamp is supposed to acquire the power of the deityThe priest circulates the plate or lamp to all those presentThey cup their down-turned hands over the flame and then raise their palms to their forehead - the purificatory blessing, passed from the deva's image to the flame, has now been passed to the devotee, Haridwar, India