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September 21 2013

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Close-up photograph of a hand holding a silver oil lamp with a flame burning in its bowl. The hand wears a silver bangle and is raised in front of blurred ritual items, including silver plates and pink flowers. In the soft background a person in a yellow-green top is partly visible. The scene suggests a ritual lamp offering during a puja setting.2011-01-29August 02 20172017-08-02Close-up photo of silver oil lamps (deepams) on a metal tray during a lamp-lighting ritual. A hand holds a flame to the wick of the central lamp, which has a rounded silver bowl with two small decorative handles and a footed base; cotton wicks rise from the oil. Pink and red rose petals lie in the lower left, and a reddish-brown cloth edge is visible at the bottom. No people are visible other than the partial hand.2013-05-31September 15 20132013-09-15Close-up photograph of a lit oil lamp on a silver stand, its fluted brass or silver bowl filled with oil and a wick flame burning upward. White jasmine-like flowers and green leaves surround it, with a gold tray and a red flower petal in the lower left. No people are visible. The shallow focus blurs a golden background.2015-07-17May 16 20132013-05-16Close-up photo of a ritual oil lamp: a flame rises from a wick sitting in a small silver lamp cup filled with oil. Behind it are ornate silver bowls and vessels with engraved floral patterns, and an amber liquid in one bowl. A forearm in pale skin with a silver bracelet is partly visible at left. No people's faces are shown; the scene suggests a puja or aarti setting.2013-04-12April 04 20132013-04-04Close-up photo of a lit silver oil lamp on a footed stand, its single flame burning above a pointed wick holder. Behind it are heaps of red rose petals or flowers and yellow marigold garlands, with soft blurred light in the background. No people are visible in the frame.2017-09-26 +1 copiesApril 04 20132013-04-04 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a small silver oil lamp with a lit wick and flame, its shallow cup filled with oil, held on a curved silver stand. The background is softly blurred, showing gold-toned draped fabric and red and white flowers. A fingertip is visible at the right edge. No people are clearly visible and no a person candidate appears in the frame.2013-03-06 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a small silver oil lamp with a scalloped rim holding golden ghee or oil and a lit flame on the right. A small silver Shiva linga stands in the centre of the lamp, and a vertical silver trident-like shape rises from it. Blurred silver vessels and a pink-rimmed plate fill the background. No people are visible.2018-05-29 +2 copies