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Night photo of a brass lamp holder with a large flame rising from a dark wick mass, held in the foreground. Beside it, a smiling woman with short dark hair and a red top looks toward the flame. Behind, a deity murti is dressed in striped white, red, green and purple garments with garlands, under a blue and red decorated canopy on a table. The flame is an aarti lamp, and the setting suggests a puja.

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A photograph of a night ritual. In the foreground a brass lamp holds a large open flame, with a smiling woman with short dark hair and a small earring at the left edge looking toward it. Behind the flame stands a deity murti dressed in a striped white, red and green garment with a blue lower cloth and yellow sash, under a blue and red umbrella-like canopy. Brass and wooden items sit on a table in the dim background, and a faint figure in white is partly visible at left.2013-11-21Close view of a devotee's hand raising a brass aarti lamp with a bright flame toward an altar. The devotee, seen from behind with short dark hair, is partly visible at the lower left. Behind the lamp is a deity murti adorned with red and white garlands and gold ornaments, with a gold-framed backdrop and gold lamp stands at the left. Blurred figure in green and white beside the altar. The scene suggests an arati offering at a temple shrine.2017-01-26 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a brass oil lamp on a stand with a tall, bright flame rising from its bowl, the flame curling and smoking upward against a dark background. To the right, a partially visible woman with a bindi and a dark beaded rudraksha-style bracelet extends her hand toward the lamp. Warm orange light and blurred golden bokeh fill the frame. No a person candidate is visibly present.2017-08-15February 06 20132013-02-06November 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20162016-09-15Night photograph of a dim gathering in which a smiling woman in orange clothing holds a bright flame in both hands, the fire blazing in front of her. Behind her a crowd of people in saffron and orange robes stands close together, and a long staff or trident-like pole rises at the top of the frame. The surroundings are dark, lit mainly by the fire.2006-06-04May 24 20162016-05-24May 24 20132013-05-24November 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copiesJanuary 26 20172017-01-26October 13 20132013-10-13