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A close-up photograph of a silver tray holding a row of lit oil lamps with cotton wicks in silver cups with small decorative handles. The tray rests on a red, blue and cream patterned carpet, and a person in a blue garment sits beside it, with only an arm and lap visible. A matchbox lies on the carpet at left. Several lamps are burning with small flames, and the others are unlit.

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Close photograph of a silver tray holding several small silver oil lamps with lit wicks, arranged in a row beside a row of small silver cups filled with white material. A seated person in a blue garment rests one hand, adorned with a silver ring, on a red, blue and cream patterned carpet edged in orange. Only a hand and lap are visible, so no face is shown. The lamps and tray suggest a ritual setting such as an aarti or puja offering.2010-09-16A close photograph of a polished silver aarti tray resting on a deep red carpet. Several small silver oil lamps with flames sit on the tray, including a tall lamp with a curled handle and two cup-shaped lamps with ornate handles. Two lotus-shaped silver incense holders hold lit incense sticks, and smoke rises from them. Small white wicks or cotton pieces are scattered on the tray. No people are visible, only the ritual lamps, incense and tray on the carpet.2010-09-07June 21 20132013-06-21 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a ritual scene on an orange cloth. Silver oil lamps with flames and burning incense sticks sit on a silver stand and on silver dishes. Several people in white clothes are visible at the edges, their hands reaching toward the lamps, and scattered yellow petals lie on the cloth. A colourful striped mat and an orange-and-gold fabric appear at the right. No face is visible and no one can be identified.2010-08-06A large round brass tray holds many small brass oil lamps with lit wicks and oil cups, several flames burning brightly. A person's arm, with a brown skin tone, gold bangle and orange-red sleeve or cloth, reaches in from the left to tend the lamps. The surface beneath is pale marble, and a white cloth lies at the upper left. No faces are visible, and no a person candidate is shown. Only the hand and arm of one person are visible.2017-03-14June 06 20132013-06-06 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a puja tray on a polished silver-toned metal surface. Three small silver oil lamps with ornate handles hold lit wicks, and a flame is being touched to a fourth lamp by a hand holding an incense stick. Small white sugar crystals sit on the tray beside the lamps. Behind them is a brass bowl with embossed floral and scroll patterns, and a rust-orange cloth lies in the background. No people's faces are visible, only a hand at the right edge. No a person candidate is visible in the frame.2010-08-28A close photograph of a silver ritual tray on an orange cloth. Several small oil lamps with lit wicks sit on the tray, including a central lamp set before a gold-toned repousse figure with a crown-like top. Incense sticks stand upright in a silver flower-shaped holder at left. Behind, a second tray holds folded orange cloth and a stack of small sacred items. No people are visible.2011-12-02Close-up photograph of a polished silver ritual tray holding small silver oil lamps with flames, several lit wicks, and incense sticks standing in lotus-shaped silver holders. Silver stands with curved arms rest at the left edge, and a saffron-orange cloth is visible behind the tray. No people are visible in the frame.2010-08-16Close-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.2013-05-31April 13 20132013-04-13Close-up photograph of a lit oil lamp, a small brass deepam with a bright open flame, held on an ornate silver-and-gold tray. Around it are several embossed silver bowls with heart-and-scroll repoussé patterns, some filled with liquid, and a curved silver handle. The background is blurred with a hand and soft warm light. No people are clearly visible beyond fingers at the top edge, and no a person candidate is visible.2013-06-21 +1 copies