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November 19 20052005-11-19 +1 copiesA photograph of a brass octagonal stand in a temple hall, holding a large copper bowl at its centre surrounded by eight smaller copper bowls filled with water or oil and lit wicks. White jasmine-like garlands and scattered flower petals lie around the base. Behind the stand, a silver-coloured cylindrical vessel with a spout sits near a stone pillar, and a metal mesh railing encloses the area. A person in a pink sari is partly visible in the background at right. The scene suggests an oil-lamp arrangement within a temple.2006-11-23Night photograph inside a temple corridor of a brass tray stand holding several brass bowls filled with oil and lit wicks, forming a ritual lamp arrangement. A large central brass bowl sits on a pedestal, surrounded by smaller bowls, with white jasmine garlands and yellow and pink flowers draped around the golden octagonal tray. Behind, a silver-coloured covered vessel stands on a metal rail area beside stone pillars wrapped in string lights, and a few figures are faintly visible in the background. No person is clearly seated before the lamps. The scene suggests an aarti or lamp offering setup at a Hindu temple.2006-11-23A photograph of a brass ritual arrangement on a hexagonal brass table inside a temple. A large brass bowl with a wide rim sits at the centre, surrounded by eight smaller brass bowls filled with dark liquid and floating lit oil lamps. Strands of white jasmine-style flower garlands and yellow marigolds ring the base, with small red flowers scattered nearby. Small glass bottles stand at the edge. Behind the table, a metal grill fence and carved stone pillars are visible, with a steel vessel in the upper background. No people are visible.2006-11-23A photograph inside a temple of a large octagonal brass stand holding a big brass bowl and eight smaller brass bowls filled with oil, each with a lit wick flame. Jasmine-like white flower garlands and scattered petals and marigold-yellow blossoms surround the bowls on the stand. Behind the stand a silver metal dome-shaped vessel sits atop a stone pedestal, and a woman in a pink sari is partly visible at a metal railing. Stone pillars and walls frame the temple hall.2006-11-23Close photograph of several brass oil lamps (diyas) with lit wicks arranged on two polished brass trays against a deep red cloth, with a gilded carved object softly blurred in the upper left. No people are visible; the lamps are the sole subject.2016-07-15A close-up photograph of a brass pancha aarti lamp with five wick flames burning on separate cups, mounted on a tray over a striped multicolored cloth with red, blue, yellow and white stripes. Smoke curls upward from the flames against a deep red background. No people are visible.2016-12-22Close-up photo of a brass multi-branch oil lamp (deepa) with several lit flames on a striped multicolour woven cloth, placed beside a polished brass hand bell (ghanta) on the right. A red flower petal sits blurred in the lower left foreground. Out of focus in the background, more flames glow and a few blurred figures are faintly visible. No clearly identifiable person is in sharp focus.2016-12-22July 31 20152015-07-31A brass five-lamp oil lamp stand, called an aarti or deepa lamp, holds several lit wicks in cups on a striped multicolour woven cloth, with a pink flower petal at right. A blurred hand reaches in from the right edge, and dim figures sit in the background, out of focus. The image appears to show a lamp offering in a devotional setting; no clear face of any person is visible, and no one is identifiable as a person from the image itself.2016-12-22July 27 20172017-07-27 +1 copiesOctober 29 20162016-10-29