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A photograph of a large dark red velvet stage curtain with swagged valance at the top. At the bottom centre, a hand raised holding a brass multi-branched oil lamp with several lit flames, with a sleeve of orange-red cloth visible below. The lamp is the focal point of an aarti-style gesture; no faces are visible and no other people are shown.

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A photograph of a dark red velvet stage curtain with swagged valance at the top. At the bottom centre, a hand raised from below the frame holds a brass multi-branched lamp with several lit oil lamps. The sleeve at the wrist is orange-saffron. No faces are shown, and the lamp is the main focal point against the curtain.2017-08-12August 30 20172017-08-30 +1 copiesA hand, seen only from the wrist down at the lower left, holds up a brass multi-branched oil lamp (aarti lamp) with five lit flames on ornate curled arms and a wide flat tray base. The background is a plain red drape with vertical folds. No faces are visible. The lamp is a ritual lamp used in aarti, and the photograph is a close-up with the lit flames as the focal point.2017-07-18A photograph of a red velvet curtain backdrop filling most of the frame. At the upper left, a bare forearm wearing a dark beaded bracelet reaches upward toward a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame, the lamp held at the top of the frame. The image is blurred and no face is visible. Only the arm of one person is physically present.2017-08-30 +1 copiesJuly 18 20172017-07-18A 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.2015-05-27A photograph of a hand held up at the lower left, raising a brass five-flame lamp stand with ornate scrollwork and a round tray base. Five oil flames burn bright against a deep red curtain backdrop with vertical folds. No faces or other people are visible, and no one is identifiable as a person in the frame.2017-07-18July 18 20172017-07-18July 09 20172017-07-09A bare forearm and hand, marked with white ash stripes and wearing dark beaded bracelets, holds up an ornate brass oil lamp with a flared, decorated stem against a deep red draped curtain. The lamp is the focal point, with the arm entering from the lower left. Only a hand and forearm are visible, so no full person can be seen.2017-07-17August 24 20172017-08-24August 10 20172017-08-10 +1 copies