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A 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.

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A 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 18 20172017-07-18August 10 20172017-08-10 +1 copiesJuly 31 20172017-07-31A close photograph of a hand raising a brass multi-wick oil lamp (aarti lamp) with five lit flames against a deep red curtain backdrop. The hand, showing a faded tattoo, wears a bracelet of dark beads with red and orange threads. The gold-toned lamp has ornate scrolled arms and a central stem. No other people are visible. This is ritual aarti with lamps, not a named event.2017-09-08 +1 copiesNovember 28 20172017-11-28September 08 20172017-09-08 +1 copiesA 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 brass five-branched aarti lamp with five lit oil lamps and a faint rising trail of incense smoke, held up in front of deep red draped curtains. A hand grips the base of the lamp at the bottom edge. The lamp has curled decorative arms and a wide flat tray base. No people's faces or full bodies are visible, and no a person candidate is present in the image.2017-07-16August 24 20172017-08-24 +1 copiesJuly 31 20172017-07-31