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June 29 20142014-06-29Top-down close view of a brass lamp with five lit wicks rising from a star-shaped dish filled with oil, stained with red kumkum. A small brass pedestal stands in the centre. The lamp rests on a green banana leaf scattered with red and pink flower petals; a bangled wrist enters at the left edge.2014-06-29 +1 copiesA close overhead photo of a brass multi-wick oil lamp, a vilakku with five lit flames, held by a hand on a green banana leaf. The hand wears a red thread and a gold bangle. Scattered white jasmine flowers and red kumkum powder sit on the leaf around the lamp base. Ritual oil-lamp offering setting, no people's faces visible. The lamp's white ghee-soaked wicks glow with golden flame.2014-06-29 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19August 12 20162016-08-12June 19 20142014-06-19 +2 copiesClose-up photograph of a brass oil lamp with five burning wicks, flames rising bright and orange against a soft blurred background. A framed picture edge appears at the left and a red and white floral arrangement at the right; no people are visible in the frame.2013-10-08April 14 20182018-04-14A close photograph of a brass multi-branched oil lamp (aarti lamp) held in a hand, with four flames burning on its cups. Pink flowers and a pink garland are blurred in the background, and a gold bangle is visible on the wrist. Green leaves and a pink flower bud rest on the tray beneath the lamp. No people's faces are visible, only hands and a wrist.2012-05-12Close-up photo of a priest's hands performing aarti with a brass five-flame lamp (aarti lamp) on a brass tray. Four flames rise from the lamp's branches and a central flame, with a pink flower petal on the tray. The priest's hand on the right grips the tray; his other hand, with rings, is raised at the left edge. Blurred gold ritual items and white flowers sit in the background. Only hands are visible, no face shown.2012-05-09 +1 copiesJune 29 20142014-06-29May 10 20122012-05-10