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Dark night photograph of a large flaming torch or aarti lamp with bright orange fire, its handle rising diagonally toward the right. Behind it a blurred ornate metal lamp stand with small lit flames is partly visible. At the lower left edge a person's head wrapped in a saffron or orange cloth is only partly visible, at the frame's edge. Rituals with fire and lamps in a dark hall.

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A photograph taken in darkness of a lit oil lamp on a silver ornamental stand with scrolled arms, held up against a black background. The flame flickers above a metal cup, and a wisp of smoke rises beside it. Below, a figure's hand grips the stand, which is wrapped with an orange and gold cloth with fringed edges. No face or body is clearly visible, and no other people are seen. The scene suggests a night ritual lamp, such as an aarti or homa lamp, but no specific event is shown.2016-02-07A close photograph of a single open flame burning against a completely black background. The flame leans to the left, with bright yellow-white tongues fading to orange at the edges, and a dark wick or stem is faintly visible at its base. A faint small logo appears in the upper left corner. No people, deities or ritual objects are visible; the image is an isolated flame in darkness, consistent with a lamp or torch flame.2018-03-06May 31 20182018-05-31A dark photograph of a hand raised high holding a brass aarti lamp with a bright flame burning in its bowl. The forearm wears a bangle and a beaded bracelet. Blurred figures in dark green clothing stand at the edges of the frame, with one person's head partly visible on the right near a grille on the wall. The background is a shadowy room with a dim wall. Part of an aarti offering during an evening ritual.2018-04-20April 24 20182018-04-24 +1 copiesMarch 02 20182018-03-02March 02 20162016-03-02 +2 copiesApril 21 20182018-04-21Close photograph of a brass aarti lamp with a bright flame held aloft by a hand at lower left, the fingers visible, against a dark blurred background of ornate silver-toned decoration. The flame rises from a metal cup on a long handle. The image shows a ritual lamp waving during an evening ceremony, with no faces visible and no other people in frame.2018-04-24 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a single lit oil lamp on a dark background. A tall flame rises from a shallow dark metal cup on an ornate wrought-iron stand with scrolled curls. The flame is bright yellow-orange, and a dark blue draped cloth fills the backdrop. No people are visible; only the lamp and flame are in the frame.2016-12-12September 15 20162016-09-15June 25 20132013-06-25