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Close photograph of a brass oil lamp (kuthuvilakku-style) with a lit flame, placed beside a small gilded Ganesha figure seated on a pedestal. Behind it, long strands of yellow marigold garlands alternate with red and white flower strands draped across a pillar or altar. A blurred person's bare shoulder and dark hair appears at the left edge, and brass vessels sit in the background.

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October 15 20102010-10-15October 15 20102010-10-15October 15 20102010-10-15October 15 20102010-10-15October 12 20132013-10-12March 02 20182018-03-02Close-up photo of a small gold-coloured metal figure of Ganesha, with an elephant head and four arms, standing on a tall stem above a shallow brass oil lamp. A flame burns in the lamp's bowl at left, with an ornate gold border and a warm red background. No people are visible.2010-11-09A close photograph of a small brass Ganesha figurine standing on a tall pedestal above a shallow brass oil lamp. The lamp's flame rises from the wick on the left, lighting the elephant-headed deity's ornate body and the decorated lamp base. The background is blurred warm red and gold. No people are visible.2010-11-09February 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesClose view of a temple shrine during a ritual, dominated by two lit brass oil lamps in the foreground, one with a small figurine on its stem, with bright flames. Behind them, a deity murti or garlanded figure is decorated with yellow marigold garlands with red accents, gold ornaments and a maroon cloth. Gold and red fabrics and a bright, glittering backdrop fill the scene. No people are clearly visible.2017-01-08Close-up photograph of an ornate brass oil lamp with a lit flame on its upper dish, shallow focus. Behind it, blurred, a red cloth backdrop with white garlands and a framed deity image or murti. A gold-rimmed object appears at the right edge. No people are visible.2011-02-02A photograph of a ritual worship scene. A person's bare forearm, wearing colourful threaded wrist bands, reaches across a metal altar to hold a brass multi-wick oil lamp with three lit flames, with smoke rising. Behind it stands a gilded metal deity murti decorated with yellow marigold and red rose garlands, with more flowers draped across the altar. A red cloth covers a nearby table and a brass vessel sits at the right edge. The setting is an indoor shrine with a warm, dim background, consistent with aarti or puja offering. No face is visible, so no individual is identified.2018-03-02