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Overhead view of a white cloth covered with stainless steel bowls and trays of offerings for a puja. Visible items include bananas, apples, pomegranates, a green citrus fruit, cashew nuts, almonds, raisins, dried dates, puffed rice, a bowl of crystal sugar, chopped nuts, and candy wrapped in colourful packets. Many dishes are covered in clear plastic wrap. No people or deity figures are visible.

September 25 2009

2009-09-25 +2 copies

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.

A floor spread of offerings for a ritual, laid on red and magenta cloths over a grey floor. Plates of bananas, oranges, apples, green grapes, mangoes, almonds, a cluster of dates or dried fruit, coconuts, cubes of paneer or white sweet, and aluminium trays of round sweets and a golden halwa-like dessert sit beside brass thalis, a brass lamp, folded silk saris or shawls in red, blue and pink, and a bowl of yoghurt. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears.

July 07 2009

Overhead photograph of a ritual offering spread laid on a woven mat with red, green and orange floral borders. Metal bowls hold apples, pomegranates, and an assortment of sweets including yellow and white laddus, round fried snacks, rice preparations, lentil and vegetable dishes, nuts, bananas, a brass plate with jaggery and banana, and a small bundle of red and gold cloth. Chocolate sweets wrapped in purple and silver foil sit beside a small book with a red cover. The scene shows food offerings arranged for a ritual, with no people visible.

January 01 2008

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.

A 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.

November 17 2013

2013-11-17 +1 copies

December 26 2015

A photograph of a long white-clothed table laid out with many stainless steel bowls of vegetarian food. Bowls hold rice, a red chutney, shredded carrot and cabbage salad, dal-like preparations, sweets, fried snacks, puffed pieces, pearl-like white sugar balls, cooked grains, and a bowl of yellow-orange pieces. Steel spoons rest on a tray and a basket holds folded paper and plastic sheets. Some bowls are covered in clear plastic wrap. A green cloth edges the table and a patterned red and maroon rug sits at the right, with a gold-coloured object partly visible. No people are visible in the scene.

2013-09-05 +1 copies