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Close photo of several hands holding small brass oil lamps with lit flames during an evening ritual. The foreground hand, wearing a dark beaded bracelet, lifts a brass lamp with a burning wick toward the upper frame. Other lamps glow in blurred hands at the right and lower right, with bokeh lights in the background. Only hands and forearms of several people are visible, with no faces shown.

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A close photograph of a hand raising a brass oil lamp with three flames during an evening gathering. The hand wears a wristwatch and a beaded bracelet, and the blurred background shows other people holding small lit lamps, with warm candlelike lights scattered across the dim room. No a person candidate is clearly visible in this frame.2011-02-02February 01 20172017-02-01February 01 20172017-02-01A close photograph of several people lifting small brass oil lamps with lit flames, held out in a row toward the right. Visible are hands with gold bangles, a boy in white at left and other children and adults behind, with orange cloth at the lower edge. The background is a plain pale wall. The scene suggests a devotional lamp offering during a temple ritual.2011-09-27Close-up photograph of hands holding small brass oil lamps with flames. A woman's hand in the foreground holds a brass lamp, wearing a rudraksha mala bracelet and a silver wristwatch, with a white sleeve. Other hands with lit lamps blur in the background against a pale wall. Only hands and forearms are visible, so the people are not fully in frame.2013-10-02Close photograph of a hand holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame, with bangles and rings visible on the wrist. Blurred figures in white clothing sit behind, and warm lamp lights glow in the dim background. Offerings sit on a tray at the lower edge.2011-02-13A close photograph of a hand holding a small brass oil lamp with a flame, its wick glowing in the centre of the frame. The hand wears a gold ring and a thin bangle on the wrist. Behind it, several blurred seated people in white and pale clothing are also raising hands with lamps or offerings, with warm bokeh lights and a pink-walled hall in the background. The scene suggests a lamp-lighting or aarti moment during a group session.2017-02-01December 19 20112011-12-19August 11 20162016-08-11Close photo of an aarti in progress: a hand raised high holds a brass multi-flame oil lamp with several lit wicks and a decorative stand, flames glowing warmly. Other brass lamps with lit flames are blurred in the background held by other raised arms. Partial figures of people with dark hair and a red-and-white wrist thread are visible at the right edge and behind the lamps, against a pale pink-white backdrop.2016-05-20September 29 20132013-09-29Close-up photo of several hands raising small brass oil lamps (diyas) with lit flames during an aarti. The hands wear silver bangles and cuffs, one with red stone inlays. Behind them an orange-clothed figure is partly visible at the lower right, along with a blue tray and blurred warm lights in a plain beige room.2011-08-09