Close photograph of a brass aarti lamp held in the dark. Large orange flames rise from a wide brass dish on a slender stem, with wisps of smoke curling above. A hand grips the long handle at the lower left edge of the frame. No faces or full figures are visible; the frame is dominated by the fire against a black background. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close photograph of a brass aarti lamp held in the dark. Large orange flames rise from a wide brass dish on a slender stem, with wisps of smoke curling above. A hand grips the long handle at the lower left edge of the frame. No faces or full figures are visible; the frame is dominated by the fire against a black background.

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