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July 04 2016

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Photo 11697738Close-up photograph of a ritual offering on a brass plate set on dry grass. A white cloth bundle with gold zari borders is tied at the top and decorated with red roses, green leaves and white jasmine flowers, with red-orange tilak powder smeared on its side. Beside it sit a small brass bowl of dark red berries or seeds, a bowl of orange-yellow flower petals, and several incense sticks lying on the plate.2016-07-04Close-up photograph of a ritual offering bundle wrapped in white cloth with gold zari borders, placed on a metal tray beside yellow flower garlands and fruit or sweets. A colourful striped cloth lies in the background. No people are visible; the image shows only the offering wrapped in white and gold-bordered fabric.2016-02-07Close-up photograph of a brass bowl holding a bundled white cloth with gold-bordered edges, stained with reddish-orange kumkum or turmeric paste at its centre. Beside the bowl lie a green silk cloth woven with gold zari floral motifs at the left and a polished silver-toned hand bell or handle at the right. Dried bundled sticks sit blurred in the upper left background. No people are visible.2016-09-04February 07 20162016-02-07Close-up of a priest's hands pouring water from a silver kalasha vessel with a spout shaped like an animal head, the vessel wrapped in a white cloth tied with pink flowers and marked with a turmeric-yellow stain. The priest wears a white dhoti with gold borders, a gold-bordered shawl, and a beaded rudraksha-style mala with gold accents. Blurred in the background, another figure in orange-red garments and beads stands near tropical green foliage.2018-04-14September 10 20172017-09-10 +1 copiesJuly 02 20162016-07-02November 22 20152015-11-22 +1 copiesMAy 19 20212021-05-19A close photograph of a bundled white cloth tied with a teal and gold-bordered woven fabric, resting on a polished silver metal tray. A half coconut with white flesh sits at the lower left edge, and a few bundles of folded pink and red cloth lie in the blurred background. No people are visible; the scene looks like a ritual offering arrangement.2015-12-23Close view of ritual offerings on a striped multicoloured cloth at a temple puja table. In the centre a bundle wrapped in white cloth with a gold border is decorated with yellow flowers and pink petals and has a red kumkum mark on its side. Behind it lie a steel plate of white chrysanthemum-type flowers and red blossoms beside a dark cloth, a plate of bananas and pink petals, a bundle of dried grass or straw sticks in the foreground, and scattered yellow flowers. No people are visible. The scene suggests a navaratri puja arrangement of offerings.2017-09-21 +1 copies