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December 22 2016

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Close-up photo of a brass multi-branch oil lamp (deepa) with several lit flames on a striped multicolour woven cloth, placed beside a polished brass hand bell (ghanta) on the right. A red flower petal sits blurred in the lower left foreground. Out of focus in the background, more flames glow and a few blurred figures are faintly visible. No clearly identifiable person is in sharp focus.2016-12-22December 22 20162016-12-22A brass five-lamp oil lamp stand, called an aarti or deepa lamp, holds several lit wicks in cups on a striped multicolour woven cloth, with a pink flower petal at right. A blurred hand reaches in from the right edge, and dim figures sit in the background, out of focus. The image appears to show a lamp offering in a devotional setting; no clear face of any person is visible, and no one is identifiable as a person from the image itself.2016-12-22A close-up photograph of a brass pancha aarti lamp with five wick flames burning on separate cups, mounted on a tray over a striped multicolored cloth with red, blue, yellow and white stripes. Smoke curls upward from the flames against a deep red background. No people are visible.2016-12-22A close shot of a brass five-flame aarti lamp held in a bare hand at the lower right, its flames rising from multiple wicks. Behind it, out of focus, a white jasmine garland and a pink flower petal arrangement sit on a tray, with a golden deity murti or ornate altar piece in the background. A partial hand appears at the far left edge. No face is visible. The scene suggests an evening aarti offering during worship.2012-05-09 +1 copiesA close view of a brass multi-branched oil lamp (arati lamp) with five lit wicks, their flames rising in warm gold against a blurred background of reflective metal and glowing bokeh. Only a fingertip holding the stand and a few pink flower petals appear at the bottom edge. No people are clearly visible.2012-05-13 +1 copiesA 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.2012-05-12June 27 20172017-06-27Close photo of an ornate brass multi-cup oil lamp with several flames burning in its cups, on a footed base with carved curling supports. A blurred warm background of orange, red and yellow tones surrounds it, and a sliver of a person's arm in a dark sleeve with a red thread appears at the lower left edge. No people's faces are visible. The lamp is a ritual oil lamp; the page does not establish a specific rite, so none is named.2017-08-09August 25 20142014-08-25 +1 copiesOctober 11 20152015-10-11A close photograph of a brass multi-wick oil lamp, a deepam with five lit flames on a polished brass tray, set on an orange cloth. Behind it sit a silver bowl of white flower petals or powder and a dish of yellow turmeric pieces, with a silver-handled implement at left. No people are visible; the scene suggests a puja setup.2011-12-31