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Close-up photo of two brass oil lamps on a light woven mat. The lamp on the left is lit, with a visible flame on a wick, and sits on a tall stem with a flared base. A hand on the right holds a second brass lamp, tilted, with a wick, above a wide brass tray with fluted edges. Grey wall in the background. No people visible apart from the hand.

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March 28 20132013-03-28Close-up photograph of a ritual setup on a patterned woven mat over a silver-embossed altar. A brass oil lamp with a lit wick flame sits at the centre beside a brass bell with a handle and a brass footed lamp stand. On the left, a brass tray holds dark beaded malas and a small brass object. A bare forearm in orange cloth reaches toward the bell from the lower left. Only a hand and arm of one person are visible, and no face is shown.2013-03-13Close-up photograph of a small brass oil lamp on a stand with a single lit flame, placed on a white cloth. Behind it, a blurred silver-rimmed tray and a brass vessel sit under warm light. Scattered reddish powder. A red-sleeved arm is visible at the upper left edge. No people's faces are visible and no person is identifiable in the frame.2012-07-15October 16 20132013-10-16A close photograph of a brass oil lamp with a single lit flame, held on a matching brass plate by a hand entering from the lower right. The lamp has a footed stem and a spouted bowl, and the background is a soft, blurred pale wall with a red band across the top. No face is visible. The lamp is an oil lamp used in ritual worship.2013-10-02May 10 20122012-05-10Close-up photograph of a ritual lamp being lit during a puja. A hand with a beaded bracelet holds a brass oil lamp with a flame, while another hand rests on a polished brass tray beside a small brass cup and a second lamp. Warm orange light reflects off the metal on a white surface, with a blurred brass tray and a lit lamp in the background.2014-09-13September 26 20132013-09-26Close-up photograph of two brass oil lamps (diyas) with lit cotton wicks flickering on a tray in a ritual setting. The lamp in the foreground has a flared, footed brass base; a second lamp stands behind it, and a further lamp is blurred at left. Orange cloth and a few small brass items lie on the tray beside them. No people are visible.2013-09-21Close-up photo of two lit brass oil lamps on pedestal stands, one in sharp focus at left and the other blurred at right, with flames rising from their wicks. Orange flower petals and a few small items sit on a brass tray in the foreground, and a blurred light background surrounds them. No people are visible.2013-09-21Close-up photograph of a single hand holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame, the flame flickering at the left edge. The lamp has a shallow cup-shaped bowl with a wide conical stem and contains a small amount of liquid and a wick. The hand is a man's, wearing a white garment at the lower right; the background is a soft pale green-grey blur.2017-02-01Close-up photograph of a hand holding a small brass oil lamp with a single lit flame, the lamp's wide saucer-shaped bowl and flared stem catching warm light. Blurred figures and a second glowing lamp appear in the soft-focus background. No face is visible. The scene conveys a ritual lamp offering in a devotional setting.2013-01-19