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Close photo of a hand holding a brass plate with a lit clay oil lamp and pink and yellow flower petals as an aarti offering. Behind it, blurred figures in orange and maroon robes sit in a row. A shaved-headed person with a white forehead marking is in soft focus at right. Shallow depth of field keeps the lamp sharp.

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A row of young boys in saffron-orange clothing and white forehead bands performs an aarti with small brass lamps. In the foreground, a boy in a bangle and orange garment holds a brass plate with a lit clay oil lamp and a few flower petals. Other children stand in a line behind him, raising similar plates, with brass vessels and trays on a table at left. The setting is an indoor hall with a blurred maroon curtain.2014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24Close-up photograph of a hand holding a small brass plate with a lit clay oil lamp, its flame bright on the wick. Blurred hands and arms are raised in the background, some holding small lamps or offerings. Warm reddish and orange tones fill the soft-focus backdrop.2014-08-24Close-up photo of a hand holding a brass dish with a lit oil lamp, a flame rising from its centre, and red and white flower petals scattered in the dish. Behind it, out of focus, a second lit brass lamp is held by another hand and figures in orange and saffron clothing are blurred in the background.2013-05-02June 24 20132013-06-24A row of women in orange-saffron clothing hold small brass oil lamps on plates with pink and orange flower petals, performing an aarti-style offering. In the foreground, a woman with short hair and a white forehead band holds a lit brass lamp, wearing gold bangles and drop earrings. Several other women behind her, also in orange and with rudraksha-style beads, are blurred in the background. Warm lamplight and a red curtain fill the setting.2013-09-20February 10 20172017-02-10June 24 20132013-06-24August 24 20142014-08-24September 06 20142014-09-06June 24 20132013-06-24June 24 20132013-06-24