Close-up photograph of two brass bowls on a bright red cloth. The left bowl holds a heap of puffed rice tinted orange-pink, and the right bowl holds rounded brown-sugar-dusted sweet balls. No people are visible; the frame shows only the food offerings. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close-up photograph of two brass bowls on a bright red cloth. The left bowl holds a heap of puffed rice tinted orange-pink, and the right bowl holds rounded brown-sugar-dusted sweet balls. No people are visible; the frame shows only the food offerings.

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