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April 15 2013

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Close-up photograph of a person's hands pressed together in prayer, fingers interlaced, with a lit oil lamp held in a silver lamp stand on the left. The wearer is in white clothing with a dark beaded rudraksha-style mala visible at the right edge. Below the hands sits an ornate silver tray with embossed floral repoussé patterns. The background is soft and blurred.2013-04-15April 15 20132013-04-15Close-up photo of a person's cupped hands holding a small polished silver oil lamp with a single lit flame, the lamp having curled handles and a wide base. The person wears a white garment and gold bangles on the wrist, with a dark beaded necklace visible at the collarbone. The background is a soft peach tone.2011-11-28February 20 20112011-02-20 +1 copiesA close photograph of a devotee in white clothing holding a small silver oil lamp with a lit flame during a ritual. The lamp has decorative peacock-like handles and sits in the hand of a person with a red thread bracelet. In the background, a figure in saffron-orange robes sits on a gold-trimmed throne with red cushions and a beige shawl, out of focus. Gold and metal ritual vessels appear at the lower right. A lighted lamp offering suggests aarti during a satsang.2011-09-11June 25 20132013-06-25Close-up photograph of a brass oil lamp with a single tall flame, held in cupped hands wearing red nail polish. The lamp has a slender curved stem with a scrolled handle and a small base. The background is softly blurred in white and warm tones, with a sleeve of orange-red fabric at the right edge. The hands suggest a lamp-offering moment.2013-06-27January 23 20132013-01-23July 15 20162016-07-15A close photograph of a hand holding a silver oil lamp with a flame burning in its cup. The lamp has a scrolled handle, a small bird-like ornament on the stem, and a flat base. The background is blurred, with warm brown and grey tones. No people's faces are visible, only the hand holding the lamp, consistent with a puja or aarti setting.2011-01-29Close shot of a hand holding a small polished silver lamp on a footed base, its wick burning with a bright flame and a few white camphor or offering pieces resting in the bowl. Out of focus behind it, another silver lamp glows warmly in a second hand against a dark background. Only hands and lamps are visible; no faces are shown. The scene suggests a ritual lamp offering.2012-04-23 +2 copiesJune 25 20132013-06-25