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December 06 2011

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A close-up photograph of a hand holding a silver oil lamp (deepam) with a lit flame, its ornate scrolled stand adorned with a small stone, a gold bangle on the wrist. Behind it, blurred figures include a person with a white horizontal forehead band and white clothing, and another person in yellow in the background. Additional lit oil lamps appear at the left and right edges, and gilded ornamentation sits at the left. The scene suggests an aarti or lamp offering during a puja.2010-10-16December 01 20112011-12-01A photograph of a devotional offering. In the foreground, a hand holds a silver oil lamp with a flickering flame and curled silver handle over a silver tray set with a ripe apple, white flowers and silver bowls. Behind it, a woman in a maroon sari with bangles stands with palms pressed together in prayer. At right, a man in a cream kurta and a young girl in white clothing also sit with hands joined. An older man in a beige shirt with a lanyard sits at upper left. A second lit lamp stands on the tray.2011-12-01A photo of a woman in a yellow outfit, seen from behind, raising a silver oil lamp with a lit flame toward a shrine area. Blurred figures in the background include a woman in a blue and green sari with a bindi holding a lit lamp, and women in yellow, orange and white clothing. Silver trays with pink flower petals sit in the foreground. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in the frame.2010-10-24December 01 20112011-12-01December 19 20112011-12-19Close-up photograph of a ritual being performed. In the foreground, a hand with a gold bangle holds a small silver lamp with a lit flame, its wick and oil cup visible. Behind it, a blurred arm in white clothing and silver ritual vessels fill the frame, and at right a person with long light-brown hair is out of focus. The setting appears to be a puja or aarti with an oil lamp.2010-10-28 +1 copiesFebruary 01 20172017-02-01April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesClose photograph of a ritual aarti. In the foreground, a woman's hands hold a silver oil lamp with a flame, her dark hair visible at the right edge. Behind her, a person in an orange-saffron sari with green border holds a second silver lamp, and another orange-clad figure stands in the background. On the gold and silver tray before them are an apple, silver cups, a silver bowl and white flowers. The background is softly blurred.2011-12-02April 17 20132013-04-17 +1 copiesDecember 31 20112011-12-31