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  dipavriksha

 

India

A dipavriksha, i.e. a ‘tree of lamps’ or ‘tree of lights, as used in Hindu rituals (fig.).

 

Here, it is seen used in the morning blessing of the river Ganges (fig.) by a brahmin priests in Varanasi.

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  dipavriksha