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HDH Jayanthi 20212021-01-23 +1 copiesOverhead view of a large offering spread on an orange cloth runner laid across the floor. Dozens of small leaf bowls hold sweets, fried snacks, pulses, nuts, grains, vegetables, cucumbers, carrots, and lemon, with a platter of oranges, bananas, apples and a mango at centre. Marigold petals are scattered over the food, and marigold garlands and yellow flowers line a shrine-like area at right where a deity murti in red and gold dress is visible along with a brass lamp. A person in a pink garment is partially visible at lower right. This is a food offering display, shown as a photograph, with no visible a person candidate.2021-01-23Mahashivaratri 2021HDH Jayanthi 20212021-01-23HDH Jayanthi 20212021-01-23Photo 66801132022-05-20 +1 copiesHDH Jayanthi 20212021-01-23A photograph of a floor-level ritual food offering display on a navy and green patterned carpet. Many small white cups filled with different dishes sit on round silver trays covered by a pale gold cloth printed with Om symbols, including yellow sweets, orange curries, fried snacks, pickles, rice and sweets. Fresh fruit including watermelon, apples, oranges, mangoes and a dragon fruit sits on a silver tray at left. At upper right, a leopard-print cushion supports a red and gold tray with a pair of wooden sandals and rose petals, flanked by two decorated pots, and an orange cloth hangs behind. A silver octagonal tray with green and blue floral enamel holds steel bowls of vegetables and a pink-wrapped item. A small packet of pure dal or flour sits at top left. The arrangement reflects a Hindu naivedyam food offering.2024-12-05Photograph of a floor-level array of food offerings (naivedyam) on a green and navy geometric carpet at a KAILASA centre. A pale peach cloth printed with small gold motifs covers the floor, holding steel plates and many small white paper cups filled with rice dishes, sweets, fried snacks, pickles, lentils and colourful chutneys. Whole fruits including watermelon, apples, oranges, mangoes and bananas sit on a steel tray beside a red flower. Behind, an orange cloth draped over a table, a leopard-print cushion, a vase of green leaves, and a decorated tray with flower petals and two small painted clay figures. A decorated silver-and-enamel thali holds small steel bowls and a cup. No people are visible.2024-12-05A photograph of a large brass offering tray set on a wooden table, arranged with small steel bowls of food. Around the rim are two oranges, a red apple, a green lime, flatbread pieces, cookies, roasted chickpeas, cashews, dates, pistachios, pink peanuts, a yellow vegetable dish and a light paste. A copper vessel of dark liquid sits at the centre. Behind the tray are a brass candlestick, a steel bowl holding red roses, red fabric and a red-and-gold patterned cloth with hanging gold ornaments. A small brass deity figure is partly visible at the lower edge. No people are visible.2021-01-23Overhead view of a large festive food offering spread on an orange cloth runner. Dozens of small leaf-bowls hold sweets, fried snacks, dals, vegetables, fruit, and flower petals scattered across them, with a brass plate of fruit, a silver tray of sweets, and steel bowls of milk and rice. Marigold garlands and petals fill the right side near a lit brass lamp and a decorated altar. No people are visible.2021-01-23KAILASA SEATTLE, USA on 12/27/20212021-12-27