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September 24 20172017-09-24September 24 20172017-09-24Close-up photo of a ceremonial offering on an ornate silver stand. Two yellow coconuts hang from a frame of threads, draped with a white cloth and wrapped in red, yellow and white flower garlands. Mango leaves and pink petals decorate the arrangement. A small brass oil lamp with a lit flame sits in the foreground beside a silver tray, and jewelled ornaments are visible behind the garlands. No people are visible.2017-10-15 +1 copiesClose view of a ceremonial silver throne or altar with an ornate repoussé silver backrest. Draped across the front is a white cloth with several garlands of red roses, white and yellow chrysanthemums and green leaves. Two yellow coconuts hang from strings above, with green mango leaves and pink flowers. A small brass oil lamp with a lit flame sits on the silver platform at lower left, and gold jewellery and ornaments are visible at right. No people are visible; this appears to be an adorned seat or deity murti prepared for worship.2017-10-15October 15 20172017-10-15August 12 20162016-08-12A ritual display of two decorated kalasha-style pots dressed with yellow marigold garlands, mango leaves, coconuts with red markings and sacred threads. Both pots wear gold jewellery and pearl necklaces, one in white cloth and one in a maroon cloth. In front are silver bowls of bananas, grapes, mangoes and other fruit, a silver oil lamp on a stand, and scattered pink petals on a striped woven mat. No people are visible.2017-08-02A ritual homa scene with a visible fire burning in a brass fire pit in the foreground. Behind it, three kalasha pots topped with yellow coconut-like finials and green leaves stand on a white cloth, each decorated with red and white flower garlands and a red-berry garland on the central pot. Behind them hang green and red drapes with yellow and white marigold garlands. No people are clearly visible; only a hand holding a ritual implement appears at the left edge.2013-05-13Two decorated ritual pots, or kalasha-style vessels, sit side by side on a table as a puja offering. Each is wrapped in yellow marigold garlands with red and pink striped sticks rising from the tops, and topped with mango leaves, grass and orange coconut-like tops marked with red dots. The left vessel wears a white silk cloth and pearl and gold jewellery, while the right wears a maroon and gold silk cloth with a gold necklace. Silver oil lamps, a silver dish of mixed fruit including green grapes, bananas and mangoes, and silver bowls surround them. Devotees are faintly visible in the dim background, and a lit oil lamp burns at the left edge. This appears to be an abhishekam or puja arrangement.2017-08-02 +1 copiesTwo ceremonial coconuts dressed as deity forms stand on a silver peetha with an ornate silver backrest featuring carved birds and scrollwork. Each coconut wears a yellow-brown husk-wrapped head with a red mark, and both are draped in fresh garlands of red roses and yellow marigolds. The left coconut is wrapped in a white cloth with a gold-bordered band and blue-and-gold jewellery, while the right one wears a green silk cloth with silver necklaces. Pink flower petals are scattered at the base, and a small oil lamp burns at the lower right corner.2018-02-25December 11 20152015-12-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual arrangement during a puja. In the foreground a silver vessel holds a burning flame, and yellow-painted blocks rest beside it. Behind, three decorated coconut-shaped kalasha vessels are adorned with fresh green leaves, white jasmine-type flowers, and red flower garlands, set against draped red, green and orange cloth. A human hand is visible at the far left edge. The scene shows an oil lamp and flame offering, with no clearly identifiable person of the a person candidate type in view.2013-05-13