Close-up photograph of a silver tray heaped with fresh carnations in pink, magenta, red, peach and white, with green calyxes visible. The tray is held in front of a figure draped in saffron-orange cloth. Red and green patterned fabric appears at the upper edge of the frame. No face is visible, and no person can be identified from the visible portion alone. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close-up photograph of a silver tray heaped with fresh carnations in pink, magenta, red, peach and white, with green calyxes visible. The tray is held in front of a figure draped in saffron-orange cloth. Red and green patterned fabric appears at the upper edge of the frame. No face is visible, and no person can be identified from the visible portion alone.

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