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Close-up photograph of a hand holding a silver oil lamp with a flame burning in its bowl. The hand wears a silver bangle and is raised in front of blurred ritual items, including silver plates and pink flowers. In the soft background a person in a yellow-green top is partly visible. The scene suggests a ritual lamp offering during a puja setting.

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A close-up photograph of a hand holding a silver oil lamp (deepam) with a lit flame, its ornate scrolled stand adorned with a small stone, a gold bangle on the wrist. Behind it, blurred figures include a person with a white horizontal forehead band and white clothing, and another person in yellow in the background. Additional lit oil lamps appear at the left and right edges, and gilded ornamentation sits at the left. The scene suggests an aarti or lamp offering during a puja.2010-10-16Close-up photograph of a hand holding a silver ornamental oil lamp with a curled, scrolled handle and a lit flame in its bowl. The blurred background shows a golden textile or decorated surface on the left and a person with a white forehead marking on the right. The lamp is an aarti or puja lamp used in worship.2010-10-16A close-up photograph of a hand holding a silver ornamental oil lamp (aarti lamp) with a scrolled handle and a small decorative bird figure on its stem, a flame burning in the shallow cup with a thin trail of smoke rising. The background is heavily blurred, showing indistinct figures in white and dark clothing. No identifiable person is clearly visible.2011-01-29May 29 20132013-05-29July 10 20132013-07-10Close-up photograph of a silver aarti lamp with a curled, scrolled handle held by a hand at the right edge, its shallow bowl holding a lit flame that rises upward. The background is blurred, showing indistinct figures in white and a darker-skinned arm.2011-01-29 +1 copiesJanuary 23 20132013-01-23A close photograph of a hand holding a silver oil lamp with a flame burning in its cup. The lamp has a scrolled handle, a small bird-like ornament on the stem, and a flat base. The background is blurred, with warm brown and grey tones. No people's faces are visible, only the hand holding the lamp, consistent with a puja or aarti setting.2011-01-29December 19 20162016-12-19Close-up photograph of a brass oil lamp with a single tall flame, held in cupped hands wearing red nail polish. The lamp has a slender curved stem with a scrolled handle and a small base. The background is softly blurred in white and warm tones, with a sleeve of orange-red fabric at the right edge. The hands suggest a lamp-offering moment.2013-06-27Close-up photograph of a ritual being performed. In the foreground, a hand with a gold bangle holds a small silver lamp with a lit flame, its wick and oil cup visible. Behind it, a blurred arm in white clothing and silver ritual vessels fill the frame, and at right a person with long light-brown hair is out of focus. The setting appears to be a puja or aarti with an oil lamp.2010-10-28 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a hand holding a silver oil lamp with a curled handle and tall flame rising from its bowl. The background is blurred warm orange and red cloth. Only the hand and lamp are visible; no face is shown. The lamp is being held for an aarti or puja offering.2013-03-17