A woman in an orange sari with a red blouse and a small red bindi holds a brass multi-tiered oil lamp with several lit wicks, and a smaller brass oil lamp in her other hand. Warm bokeh lights in amber and orange fill the blurred background. Only one person is visible; no a person candidate appears in the frame. - Nithyanandapedia

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A woman in an orange sari with a red blouse and a small red bindi holds a brass multi-tiered oil lamp with several lit wicks, and a smaller brass oil lamp in her other hand. Warm bokeh lights in amber and orange fill the blurred background. Only one person is visible; no a person candidate appears in the frame.

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A photograph of a woman lighting a tiered brass lamp stand with multiple lit oil lamps, one row above another, held in front of a blurred background of orange bokeh lights. She wears a red-orange sari with a dark blouse, a small red bindi and a sindoor-style mark on her forehead, dangling earrings and a dark beaded necklace. She looks down at the lamps, one hand visible near the base of the stand. The scene reads as an evening lamp offering, an aarti-style lamp ceremony.

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