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An eternal flame burns in a carved stone bowl atop a white marble platform reached by stepped white marble terraces. The bowl sits on a pedestal with a marble plaque below it bearing an English and Nepali inscription. Behind the platform, green shrubs frame a brick-lined pool of still water with a brick pathway leading across it. No people are visible in this outdoor memorial scene.

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A stone basin with a carved lotus-petal rim sits on a white marble plinth, holding a small flame that burns above the bowl. Behind it a long rectangular water channel with brick edging runs toward a red-brick footbridge, flanked by green trees and shrubs. The marble base carries an engraved inscription in Devanagari and English recording that the eternal flame symbolising peace was lit by the chairman of the Lumbini Development Trust, His Royal Highness Prince Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah, on 1 November 1986. No people are visible.A brushed stainless-steel plaque mounted among glossy green leaves, engraved with the heading The Eternal Peace Lamp and a paragraph in English describing a lamp lit on November 1, 1986 by His Royal Highness Prince Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev to commemorate the International Year of Peace, with the flame said to be brought from United Nations (New York, U.S.A.). Below is a Nepali-language version of the same text. The plaque shows water droplets and screws at its corners. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears.2011-07-31A long rectangular water channel runs through a green park toward a distant red brick arch bridge. An ornate carved stone bowl or basin sits on a white tiled platform in the foreground, holding an orange cloth and dark offerings. Brick-lined banks border the water, with tall trees and shrubs on both sides. Several figures in orange robes stand far in the distance near the bridge on the right path, too small to identify further. A tall white spire rises faintly on the horizon.2011-07-31Close-up photograph of a clay oil lamp, a diya, burning on a white-washed stone pedestal. The dark bowl holds oil with a floating wick flame and a few green leaves. Behind it, marigold and other flowers, pink petals and a small brass dish with red kumkum sit near the base. No people are visible.2008-02-23Night photograph of a large copper bowl-shaped oil lamp burning with a bright flame, set atop a white-wrapped pedestal beside a palm tree, with dark foliage behind it. A small glow of a second lamp is visible further back among the trees. No people are visible; the scene suggests the lighting of a deepam lamp outdoors at night.2010-11-21A large copper deepam lamp burns at night, its wide bowl holding a bright orange flame and a mound of oil or wick material. The bowl rests on a pedestal wrapped in white cloth, set among dark leafy plants with a palm trunk behind. A small grey stone head is visible at the lower left edge. No people are visible in the frame.2010-11-21Close view of a black stone shivling-style base topped with a carved hooded serpent hood, with a single open flame burning from the centre of the stacked dark yoni-like basin. Behind it are carved pale stone pillars, a red-tinted rocky mound and a red cloth, with a small yellow flower petal on the red ground. No people are visible.2014-08-31March 29 20132013-03-29Close photograph of a small lit fire in a dark metal fire bowl set on a white stone ledge at a homa or yagna area. Beside it stand an ornate silver square censer or fire-vessel with a spouted handle and a small silver bowl containing reddish-yellow powder, possibly kumkum or offerings. Smoke rises from the flames. No people are visible in the frame.2011-12-16Close-up photograph of a small black stone oil lamp with a lit cotton wick and flame, carved with a spiral, a lotus and three vertical lines, placed on a grey granite ledge. Scattered around it are yellow marigold heads, a red rose and orange and yellow flower petals, with a blurred background. No people are visible.2016-07-19March 10 20142014-03-10Close-up photograph of a lit brass oil lamp on a stone ledge. A tall orange flame rises from a shallow metal cup on a short stand, set against a warm, blurred stone wall and a sandy-toned background. No people are visible.2012-05-14 +1 copies