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A photograph of a naivedhyam food offering placed on the marble floor in front of a gilded wooden platform. A round metal thali sits on a banana leaf holding white rice, a flatbread, two fried vadas, a sambar-style dish, coconut chutney, a pickle, a red-orange curry and a brown gravy, with a small piece of banana leaf visible. Behind it, on the gold-carved platform, stand small brass and green-clad deity murti, one with a dark-green silk cloth draped over it and a jewelled necklace. A seated dark metal deity murti with raised hand and rudraksha-style beads sits in the background beside gilded panels and a red cloth. A blue woven cloth edge appears at the right. The overlay reads 5 Jan 2026 1:50:12 pm, Naivedhyam Offering. a person is not visibly present.

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