Overhead photo of a ritual offering laid out on a red cloth. Steel bowls hold fresh fruit: pears, a mango, a bowl of dark plums, strawberries, yellow bananas and lemons. Bowls of flowers include magenta orchids, bright red blossoms, deep red roses and pink petals. Thin grass blades are scattered across the fruit. A folded maroon and teal cloth lies at the right edge. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Overhead photo of a ritual offering laid out on a red cloth. Steel bowls hold fresh fruit: pears, a mango, a bowl of dark plums, strawberries, yellow bananas and lemons. Bowls of flowers include magenta orchids, bright red blossoms, deep red roses and pink petals. Thin grass blades are scattered across the fruit. A folded maroon and teal cloth lies at the right edge. No people are visible.

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