Close-up photo of a ritual fruit offering laid on a bright red cloth. Steel bowls hold strawberries, blackberries, dark purple plums and a single orange-red fruit, while bananas, pale yellow pears and a golden-brown fruit sit in the foreground. A pink flower cluster appears at the bottom edge and a red and gold embroidered fabric is at the top. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close-up photo of a ritual fruit offering laid on a bright red cloth. Steel bowls hold strawberries, blackberries, dark purple plums and a single orange-red fruit, while bananas, pale yellow pears and a golden-brown fruit sit in the foreground. A pink flower cluster appears at the bottom edge and a red and gold embroidered fabric is at the top. No people are visible.

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