A photograph of a hand holding up a brass multi-wick oil lamp with five burning flames against a dark red draped curtain. The lamp has ornate filigree and figurative decoration on its stem and cups, and thin smoke rises from the flames. Only a partial hand and forearm are visible at the lower left; no face or full person appears. The scene reads as a ritual aarti or puja lamp offering. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a hand holding up a brass multi-wick oil lamp with five burning flames against a dark red draped curtain. The lamp has ornate filigree and figurative decoration on its stem and cups, and thin smoke rises from the flames. Only a partial hand and forearm are visible at the lower left; no face or full person appears. The scene reads as a ritual aarti or puja lamp offering.

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