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A photo of a ritual puja in progress. A person in orange clothing with a saffron shawl and beaded rudraksha malas kneels and tends a silver multi-flame oil lamp on an ornate silver tray. Five flames rise from the lamp, with smoke drifting upward. Small silver bowls with yellow and red offerings sit on an orange cloth, a silver kalasha with mango leaves and a coconut stands at right, and a small oil lamp burns in a woven basket at left.

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January 15 20162016-01-15January 08 20122012-01-08Close-up photo of a person seen from behind, with short dark hair and a gold necklace, holding up a silver aarti lamp with a flame burning over camphor or offering in its bowl. The silver lamp has a curved handle with ornate detailing. The background is a blurred figure in orange-saffron robes. A faint purple logo appears in the upper left corner.2010-11-09A close photo of an aarti being performed. In the foreground, a person with short dark hair seen from behind holds a silver aarti lamp with a lit flame rising from its cup, with a small pile of material inside. The background is blurred orange cloth.2010-11-09A photograph of a ritual where a seated person in orange and saffron robes holds a silver aarti lamp with a burning flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other. The robes have gold-green borders and the person wears a beaded orange-and-gold mala around the neck. Before them are brass bowls, a copper vessel of pink and white flower petals, yellow flowers, and small oil lamps on a ritual cloth.2012-01-08September 05 20162016-09-05May 24 20132013-05-24Close-up photograph of a ritual oil lamp held by a hand from the left. The ornate silver-toned lamp has a flame burning in its bowl, with a decorative stand of stylised animal and leaf motifs. Blurred orange drapery forms the background, and at the right edge a white statue hand is raised in blessing. No face is visible, and the scene shows a lamp offering in a temple setting.2011-01-17January 03 20172017-01-03 +1 copiesDecember 19 20102010-12-19 +1 copiesJuly 14 20122012-07-14December 20 20112011-12-20