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Close-up photograph of a pair of cupped hands holding a small brass vessel. The hands wear silver and gold rings and a bracelet of white carved skull-like beads. Warm out-of-focus orange bokeh lights fill the blurred background.

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Close photograph of a pair of hands holding a small brass cup or vessel at a ritual, with a blurred background of lit oil lamps and offerings on a table. Wrists wear thin metal bangles. A white garment edge is visible at lower right. No face is shown and the scene suggests puja or an offering ceremony in progress.2011-10-10January 14 20182018-01-14Close-up photograph of two hands cupping a small polished brass oil lamp with a scalloped rim and stepped base. The hand on top wears a rudraksha bracelet with white bead spacers; the lower hand, open palm upward, also wears a rudraksha bracelet. A sliver of orange fabric appears at the lower right edge. The background is softly blurred white and red. No faces are visible and no a person candidate can be identified.2014-07-24December 20 20152015-12-20Close photograph of a seated figure in orange robes and layered rudraksha malas holding a small brass bell in one hand, with a larger brass bell resting in the other hand near the lap. Wrist bands and a bead bracelet are visible. In the blurred foreground, other hands and forearms are visible, and a red cloth covers a lap at lower left. The focus is on the hands and ritual bells rather than the face. A large-scale photograph of ritual handling of bells, with an orange clothed figure and rudraksha beads in the frame. Only the hands and forearms of the seated figure are visible, along with a few blurred people in the background.2012-07-18Close photo of a man's hands holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame, bare-chested with white ash markings on his arm and shoulder, wearing a beaded bracelet with a gold clasp. Blurred figures in white and saffron-toned cloth sit behind, with more flickering lamps and a copper vessel in the foreground.2017-01-22Close-up photo of two hands holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame. The upper hand, adorned with gold rings, shields the flame while the lower hand cups the lamp's base. A wrist with a dark bracelet is visible at right, and blurred red and cream fabric appears at left. The lamp is a brass oil lamp used in ritual lighting, and the scene suggests an aarti or puja moment.2015-12-20Close-up photograph of a pair of hands holding a brass oil lamp (diya) with a lit flame and a small brass bell hanging beneath it. The wrist wears a wrapped orange-red thread bracelet and a metallic cuff bangle. The lower foreground shows orange-saffron cloth draped over a seated figure, on a pale beige surface. Shallow depth of field blurs the background. Only the hands and lap are visible, so the person's face and identity are not shown; the appearance is not enough to identify a person candidate.2011-10-01June 03 20152015-06-03July 15 20162016-07-15Close-up photograph of a hand holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame, the lamp raised in an offering gesture. The wearer has silver and engraved bangles on the wrist. The background is softly blurred with warm light and unidentifiable figures in pale clothing. No face is visible and the person's identity cannot be determined from the image.2013-12-20Close-up photograph of a person's hand holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame, the hand extended toward the viewer. The person wears white clothing, and out-of-focus figures in white and warm background lights fill the blurred scene behind. No identifiable a person appearance is clearly visible in the frame.2014-05-11