A photograph of a tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps arranged in multiple rings on a central stand with curved brass legs. A hand reaches in from the left to light or tend the flames. The background is dark and out of focus, with no clearly visible people. The image shows a ritual lamp being lit, consistent with an aarti offering. - Nithyanandapedia

Nithyanandapedia

A photograph of a tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps arranged in multiple rings on a central stand with curved brass legs. A hand reaches in from the left to light or tend the flames. The background is dark and out of focus, with no clearly visible people. The image shows a ritual lamp being lit, consistent with an aarti offering.

More like this

Open the gallery

A tiered brass oil lamp stand, a nilavilakku-style lamp, glows with many small lit wicks arranged on several ascending tiers against a dark, softly blurred interior. No people are visible; the lamp is the sole subject, its flames providing warm light.

July 30 2017

A photograph of a tall brass multi-tiered oil lamp stand, a nilavilakku-style lamp, with about seven tiers of small flames burning in the dark. The lamp rests on an ornate curved metal base on a table. The background is a blurred dark room with no people visible.

A tiered brass lamp stand with five circular trays, each holding many lit oil lamps, rises through the dark frame. A hand reaches in from the upper right to hold or tend the top lamp, and a second hand appears at the lower right. Smoke or incense wisps rise past the flames. No people's faces are visible and no other figures are present in the frame. This appears to be an aarti-style lamp offering set against a black background.

September 30 2014

October 19 2012

July 30 2017

2017-07-30 +2 copies

A multi-tiered brass lamp stand holds many lit oil lamps across several rising tiers, glowing warmly against a dim, blurred background. A hand with a gold bangle holds a brass ladle-shaped lamp, tilting it toward the stand as if lighting or offering flame. No faces are visible, and no people beyond the hand are shown. Ritual deepa aarti is visible, with flames as the central focus.

August 04 2017

A photograph of a tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps on four ascending plates, held aloft by a hand at lower right. Blurred warm lights, a red curtain, and a glowing ornate object fill the background. A person's head is partially visible at the lower left edge. Visible action is the aarti being shown; no identifiable a person figure is visible.

2017-08-02 +1 copies

A tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps arranged on multiple round shelves around a central vertical stem, flames glowing against a dark background. It is held for ritual offering during a pancha aarti. No people are visible, only the lit lamp.

A brass multi-tiered aarti lamp with several tiers of lit oil lamps is held aloft by a hand at the bottom, flames flickering against a pale grey ceiling. The blurred background shows a plain wall with a dark object at lower right. No people's faces are visible, only the hand gripping the lamp's curled handle.