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September 24 2013

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A photograph of a tiered brass aarti lamp with multiple rows of lit oil lamps flickering against a dark background. The ornate golden lamp stand has three tiers with lit wicks along each rim, and a blurred figure with a hand near the right edge appears to be performing the aarti. Smoke and warm light fill the night scene.2011-11-09A multi-tiered silver lamp stand with many lit oil lamps glows against a dark background, as a blurred figure in a red-pink garment holds a brass lamp toward it. The flames are arranged on several tiered plates. The person's face is not visible, and no other people are seen.2011-11-09November 09 20112011-11-09March 01 20132013-03-01A tiered brass lamp stand with five circular trays, each holding many lit oil lamps, rises through the dark frame. A hand reaches in from the upper right to hold or tend the top lamp, and a second hand appears at the lower right. Smoke or incense wisps rise past the flames. No people's faces are visible and no other figures are present in the frame. This appears to be an aarti-style lamp offering set against a black background.2011-09-19Close-up photograph of a two-tiered brass lamp stand holding many lit oil lamps with bright orange flames in a row along each tier, set against a dark background. No people are visible. The lamp stand has an ornate pedestal base. Blurred depth of field emphasises the flames.2011-09-21March 03 20132013-03-03 +1 copiesA multi-tiered silver aarti lamp stand with several tiers of lit oil lamps and wicks burning brightly, with smoke rising, set against a deep red velvet curtain. On the right, a partially visible person in an orange and yellow garment, with a shaved head and wearing glasses, faces the lamp stand and holds a silver tray with small lamps. Only the back and side of the head are visible. Soft warm lighting highlights the metal and flames. The scene suggests an evening aarti ritual.2011-11-09A tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps arranged on multiple round shelves around a central vertical stem, flames glowing against a dark background. It is held for ritual offering during a pancha aarti. No people are visible, only the lit lamp.2016-12-22A tiered brass lamp, a multi-level deepam with many lit oil lamps arranged on concentric ring-shaped trays that rise up a central stem, against a dark background. Flames glow along every tier, and a hand holding a long-handled oil lamp enters from the right edge, lighting the top. Warm light scatters across the backdrop. No people are clearly visible other than the partial hand. Ritual lamp lighting, possibly an aarti or deepa puja setting.2013-03-03 +1 copiesOctober 04 20112011-10-04A tiered brass lamp stand, a deepa-style lamp, lit with many oil lamps on its multiple round trays that narrow toward a top cup. Each tray has rows of small oil wicks burning with warm flames. On the right a hand, with dark skin and an orange-brown sleeve, holds a small brass oil lamp, and on the left edge another lit brass lamp is partly visible. The background is a plain pale wall with light spots. Only partial hands are visible, no full person is shown, and no a person candidate appears in the frame.2013-03-07