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Close photograph of a ritual offering. Silver bowls and a large ornate gold-and-silver tray hold an apple, white flowers, and silver cups with a conch shell. Two people in white clothing with red edging hold small silver cups of white liquid, their hands visible at the right edge. The setting suggests a puja or abhishekam offering; only the hands and arms of the people are visible, so their faces are not shown.

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Close-up photograph of a ritual offering being prepared. Hands of a person dressed in white with a red-bordered cloth hold a small silver bowl of white liquid, while a second pair of hands holds another silver bowl. On the left, silver and glass vessels with white contents rest on an ornate gold tray. The scene appears to be part of a puja, with the person in white giving a devotional offering. The people's faces are not visible, and no identifiable individual is shown.2010-09-16Close-up photo of several hands pouring liquid from silver vessels during a ritual offering on a gold-rimmed tray. A silver bowl holds white liquid being poured into a silver cup, and a silver ornate pot is tilted nearby. Chopped green and white vegetables, green onion stalks, and a red apple sit on the tray among ornate silver bowls. One person wears a beaded wristband, another a clear crystal bracelet, and a sleeve in orange and dark tones appears at the top right.2010-09-08November 14 20102010-11-14Close photo of hands pouring milk from silver ladles into silver bowls during an abhishekam offering on a brass tray. A person in an orange garment at left and bangled wrists of others frame the scene. Pink roses, white flowers and small silver cups sit on the tray, with blurred silver vessels in the foreground.2010-11-07November 14 20102010-11-14 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a ritual abhishekam. A hand pours milk from a silver bowl over a golden tray holding white jasmine flowers, pink petals and a red-and-yellow apple. Other hands, one wearing bangles, hold silver bowls and a silver ladle nearby. A figure in saffron-orange robes sits at the left edge beside a person in white, and a person with dark hair is at the right. Silver vessels with decorative engraving surround the offering.2010-10-28 +1 copiesA close photograph of a padapuja-style ritual with hands from several participants pouring milk and offering items over silver and gilt trays. A hand at centre tilts a silver cup, pouring white liquid onto flowers, green leaves and shredded vegetables on a golden plate. Surrounding silver bowls hold more offerings, and red apples sit on the trays. On the left, a person in orange robes has bare feet resting on the tray edge. Others wear white garments with ash markings on their arms and wrist beads. A few silver bracelets and a rudraksha mala are visible, and the scene is set on an orange cloth.2010-09-08Close-up photo of a puja offering being prepared on a gold-coloured tray. Several hands reach in: a bare hand with a gold bangle and a ring on the left, another hand with a gold bangle lifting a silver bowl, and a hand with a dark beaded bracelet at lower left. Silver bowls hold liquid and offerings, including a red apple, white and pink flowers and petals. A person in a black head covering appears at the right edge, out of focus.2011-09-15Close photo of a padapuja offering. A bare hand in a white garment, wearing a rudraksha bracelet, pours water from a white vessel with a silver lid over a large silver-and-gold tray. Silver bowls, a red apple, and white flower petals are arranged on the tray. To the left, a seated person in an orange robe rests an arm near the tray. A gold-and-bead necklace with a small portrait pendant is visible at upper right on a person in white. The tray edges are ornately engraved.2010-09-08Close photograph of a ritual abhishekam being performed at a golden tray. A woman in a red and orange sari, wearing red and black bangles, pours milk from a small silver bowl with a lid over the offering tray, while another hand holds a second lidded silver vessel above the tray. The gold-coloured plates hold a red apple-like fruit, a small bowl of white liquid, flower petals and a pink flower. Two blurred heads in the foreground frame the scene.2011-11-01Close-up photograph of a puja offering in progress. A hand holding a silver vessel with a spouted lid pours liquid over a silver plate with a red apple, and incense sticks rise from a silver holder. Nearby, a man in white clothing with a gold ring and blurred figures in white and orange-trimmed garments are partially visible at the edges, with silver trays and bowls in the background. The image is blurred and shallow in depth of field.2011-01-23Close photo of a padapuja-style ritual. Two hands in white sleeves pour milk from silver bowls onto feet resting on a golden tray, while a hand in an orange sleeve holds a silver vessel. Pink roses, white jasmine-like flowers and a red apple sit in silver offering trays around the feet. Gold bangles are visible on the wrists. Several people's hands and arms are visible, but no full face.2010-09-16