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December 26 2015

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January 24 20162016-01-24 +1 copiesNovember 17 20132013-11-17A photograph of a large ritual food offering spread across a purple cloth on the floor. Dozens of small metal plates hold fried snacks, sweets, sev-like noodles, laddus and fried savouries arranged in rows. A heap of cooked rice and a mound of yellow pongal sit on a large round plate with a green banana leaf. Bananas, apples, a mango and cucumbers fill brass plates in the foreground, and brass tumblers and a small brass tray stand at the edges. Brass kalasha vessels sit at the top of the frame. No people are visible.2022-07-13November 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copiesA top-down photograph of a ritual food offering spread across a red and cream woven mat with green leaf and orange flower motifs. Many silver and steel bowls hold rice dishes, fried vadas, round sweet laddus in brown, white and yellow, a mound of golden lentil-like sweet, nuts, sugar candies and mixed savouries. A brass plate holds bananas and a block of jaggery, and steel bowls hold red pomegranates and apples with oranges. A red and gold silk cloth and a mango leaf bundle sit at the upper right, and a small book titled Glory of the Divine Mother lies at the top left. No people are visible; this is an offering arrangement.2009-09-25December 29 20182018-12-29November 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copiesDecember 29 20182018-12-29Kailasa in thiruchengode 23 july 2021KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 11/14/20202020-11-14A photograph taken from above of a large grid of stainless steel bowls on the floor, arranged in rows on a red cloth with a striped woven mat at the bottom edge. The bowls hold an array of food offerings for a 108 nivedyam: fried savouries and snacks such as murukku, sev and chakli, sweets and laddus, dried fruits, cut carrots, lemons, boiled rice dishes in yellow and white, and other prepared foods. At the top edge, partly visible, are a red silk garment and draped garlands of white jasmine, with a brass lamp at the left edge. Behind the offerings the floor of a temple shrine is visible. No people are shown.2024-07-21A photograph of a large floor spread of food offerings on a white cloth with a red and green border. Dozens of small brass bowls hold savouries, sweets, dried fruits, nuts and snacks, including crisp chips, spiral murukku-style snacks, jaggery balls and fried items. A woven basket in the upper centre holds bananas, apples, oranges, pomegranates and grapes. A round brass tray holds small bowls of white and yellow sweets and condiments. At the upper left are brass lamps, a brass tray and a kalasha-like vessel on a golden cloth. No people are visible in the scene.