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September 29 2013

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A 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 copiesA tiered brass lamp stand with many lit oil lamps, the flames burning on multiple circular trays stacked on an ornate central column. Cotton wicks rest in the small cups around each tier, and the top lamp has a tall flame. Behind it is a pale wall and a dark background; no people are visible.2013-09-28A 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.2013-03-07March 01 20132013-03-01July 27 20132013-07-27A tiered brass lamp stand, a multi-level deepam with many lit oil lamps on concentric scalloped trays, glowing against a dark background. A hand on the right holds a lit taper to light the top tier, and a dark silhouetted arm appears at the left edge. No people's faces are visible. Warm light flickers across the surrounding wall in soft orange spots.2013-03-03March 03 20132013-03-03March 01 20132013-03-01October 11 20132013-10-11A tiered brass oil lamp stand, known as a deepam or nanda deepa, with four circular levels of lit wicks in small cups along each tier, the flames bright against a dark brownish background. The topmost cup holds a single flame, and the lower tiers have many more burning lamps. No people are visible.2013-03-01March 01 20132013-03-01July 27 20142014-07-27