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Close-up photo of a hand holding a small brass oil lamp (diya) with a flame burning in its shallow bowl and a conical stand at the base. The background is soft-focused grey and white, with no visible people beyond the hand and a sleeve.

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Close-up photograph of a single hand holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame, the flame flickering at the left edge. The lamp has a shallow cup-shaped bowl with a wide conical stem and contains a small amount of liquid and a wick. The hand is a man's, wearing a white garment at the lower right; the background is a soft pale green-grey blur.

Close-up photograph of a hand holding a polished brass oil lamp (deepa) with a single lit flame on a tall stem and a wide shallow base. The background is a soft blur of warm orange and beige tones. Only the hand and lamp are in sharp focus; no faces are visible. The lamp is held for an aarti or puja offering.

Close-up photograph of a hand holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame, the lamp raised in an offering gesture. The wearer has silver and engraved bangles on the wrist. The background is softly blurred with warm light and unidentifiable figures in pale clothing. No face is visible and the person's identity cannot be determined from the image.

Close-up photograph of a person's hand holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame, the lamp on a short pedestal stand. The hand wears a thin bangle on the wrist. The background is blurred with warm tones and a white sheet or paper visible at right. No face is visible and no one else is clearly shown.

2012-08-22 +1 copies

Close-up photograph of a person's hands holding a small ornate brass oil lamp, its flame burning from a wick in the shallow bowl. The lamp has a decorated rim with engraved patterns. The person wears a dark sleeve, and a blurred figure in a cream garment stands behind.

February 01 2017

Close-up photograph of a hand holding a small brass oil lamp (deepam) with a lit flame, the wick burning in a shallow cup with a conical stand. The background is soft-focused and pale, with a white garment visible at the right edge. No face or full person is visible, so no a person candidate can be identified from appearance.

Close-up photograph of a hand holding a small brass oil lamp with a single lit flame, the lamp's wide saucer-shaped bowl and flared stem catching warm light. Blurred figures and a second glowing lamp appear in the soft-focus background. No face is visible. The scene conveys a ritual lamp offering in a devotional setting.

A close photograph of a brass oil lamp with a single lit flame, held on a matching brass plate by a hand entering from the lower right. The lamp has a footed stem and a spouted bowl, and the background is a soft, blurred pale wall with a red band across the top. No face is visible. The lamp is an oil lamp used in ritual worship.