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Close-up photo of a brass multi-branch oil lamp (deepa) with several lit flames on a striped multicolour woven cloth, placed beside a polished brass hand bell (ghanta) on the right. A red flower petal sits blurred in the lower left foreground. Out of focus in the background, more flames glow and a few blurred figures are faintly visible. No clearly identifiable person is in sharp focus.

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December 22 20162016-12-22A brass five-lamp oil lamp stand, called an aarti or deepa lamp, holds several lit wicks in cups on a striped multicolour woven cloth, with a pink flower petal at right. A blurred hand reaches in from the right edge, and dim figures sit in the background, out of focus. The image appears to show a lamp offering in a devotional setting; no clear face of any person is visible, and no one is identifiable as a person from the image itself.2016-12-22A close-up photograph of a brass pancha aarti lamp with five wick flames burning on separate cups, mounted on a tray over a striped multicolored cloth with red, blue, yellow and white stripes. Smoke curls upward from the flames against a deep red background. No people are visible.2016-12-22July 19 20162016-07-19December 28 20142014-12-28December 22 20162016-12-22Close-up photograph of a brass multi-branch oil lamp with several lit wick flames burning in shallow cups on curved arms. The central stem is turned brass with ring details. The background is a deep red blurred surface with a patch of colourful fabric at lower left. No people are visible.2016-12-22May 11 20122012-05-11A close photograph of a brass multi-branched oil lamp with five lit wicks in cups along curved arms and a flared base. A partially visible hand, with a thin bare forearm and a dark braided thread at the left edge, tends the flames. Behind the lamp is a draped red fabric and a pale surface with a red cord at the right. No people are fully visible and no person's face is shown. The scene suggests an evening puja or aarti lamp ritual; the lamps are oil lamps.2017-07-27Close photo of an ornate brass multi-cup oil lamp with several flames burning in its cups, on a footed base with carved curling supports. A blurred warm background of orange, red and yellow tones surrounds it, and a sliver of a person's arm in a dark sleeve with a red thread appears at the lower left edge. No people's faces are visible. The lamp is a ritual oil lamp; the page does not establish a specific rite, so none is named.2017-08-09A close view of a brass multi-branched oil lamp (arati lamp) with five lit wicks, their flames rising in warm gold against a blurred background of reflective metal and glowing bokeh. Only a fingertip holding the stand and a few pink flower petals appear at the bottom edge. No people are clearly visible.2012-05-13 +1 copiesA person seen from behind, with dark hair tied up and a bangle on the wrist, holds a brass multi-wick oil lamp with five lit flames. Blurred in the background are seated figures in orange and saffron robes beside striped cloth in red, purple, green and white. The lamp suggests an aarti or lamp offering at a gathering.2016-12-23