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A photograph of a large spread of offerings on a red-covered table. Plates and steel trays hold fruits including apples, oranges, bananas, limes and grapes, alongside sweets, nuts, sugar cubes, packaged snacks, coconut-filled confections and wrapped gift packets. Colourful paper rosettes and fringed ornaments decorate the trays. Two people in white clothing stand at the left, one in white with an orange cloth at the top right edge, and a partial figure in orange clothing is visible at the lower right. The setting looks like a temple or ashram offering for a devotional event.

July 17 2008

Photograph of a puja offering table at a temple procession, with bananas, coconuts, sweets, flowers and baskets of fruit laid out on a red-brown wooden platform. A man in white clothing, shown only from the waist down with bare feet and a red-bordered white dhoti, stands at the right edge beside the table. Behind him, several women stand with hands pressed together in namaste, one in a red sari, another in a lavender sari with gold bangles, and a young child is visible. A golden pillar edge frames the left side, and a bouquet of yellow and pink flowers sits in the lower right. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.

Outdoor temple-style offering preparation on a white-draped table with marigold and red flower garlands, folded white and red cloth, bananas, oranges, coconuts, mango-like fruit, nuts, and small steel bowls. A man in an orange wrap with a large gold-bead necklace stands centrally, with several men in white dhotis and orange shawls nearby, one with a tilak on his forehead. A thatched shed and blue tarpaulin appear behind, with a potted plant at left. Visible people count is about five. The scene resembles a ritual offering setup, but the printed page caption is the only source for any named event.

Overhead view of a ritual offering arrangement laid out on a red floor covering for a puja. White cloths and a patterned maroon-and-navy runner hold rows of silver and steel bowls with fruits such as oranges, apples, grapes and bananas, sweets, nuts and dried fruit, along with stacks of orange cloths with gold borders, gold-coloured garlands and ornaments on plates, and a coconut. Brass oil lamps, a brass kalasha-style vessel, a lamp stand and a small bowl of coloured powder sit at the left. No people are visible.

October 23 2006

Overhead photo of a ritual offering laid on a white cloth spread over a floor covered with striped blue, red and yellow mats. Rows of bowls hold sweets, fruits, nuts and savouries, including red and orange sweets, round ladoos, apples, tomatoes, bananas and a sliced fruit platter. A folded orange cloth with a gold border lies at left beside brass lamps, small oil pots and metal containers. A basket of white and pink flowers and a plate of flower garlands sit at top, with rows of small covered cups along the upper edge. A person in white clothes is partly visible at the top right edge. No a person candidate is visible.

Outdoor ritual preparation at a table laden with offerings: marigold and red-and-yellow flower garlands, a silver kalasha-style vessel, coconuts, oranges, bananas, almonds, brass bowls and folded cloth pieces. A man in an orange saffron robe with a long strand of gold bells or beads around his neck stands beside the table, looking to the side. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and shirt wears a rudraksha-style mala, and other people in white dhotis and orange shawls stand nearby. A thatched hut and blue tarpaulin appear in the background. a person candidate is present, identified only by the orange robe and layered necklaces, and the figure's identity is uncertain.

July 17 2008

October 28 2006

December 26 2008

A photograph of a red-draped table laden with offerings for a puja, set on green matting in a covered hall. A woman in a white sari with a gold border and jasmine garland in her hair stands at the left, facing a man in a pale yellow shirt with an event badge. Behind them, men in white clothes stand near a banner. On the table are cellophane-wrapped fruit bundles decorated with red flowers, a silver bowl of pink and red petals, a kalasha-like brass vessel with mango leaves and a coconut-style fruit topped with flowers, and a steel plate of white rice grains. Pink lotus-like flowers sit on a tray at centre.