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Close-up photograph of puffed rice balls held together with a brown sugar or jaggery coating, resting on a metal plate with a ridged, engraved rim. A second dish of orange-coloured food sits at the left edge, and a red fabric with gold-toned patterns lies beneath the plates. No people are visible.

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A close overhead photo of a heap of round puffed-rice balls bound with a reddish-orange jaggery or sugar coating, piled on a brass tray over a red cloth. Behind the tray at the left is a dish of mixed nuts or seeds, and at the upper right a woven basket holding an orange-yellow item. No people are visible; the scene looks like food offerings prepared for a ritual.2025-12-30Close-up photograph of a heaped metal bowl filled with round puffed-rice balls, the grains bound with a reddish-brown sugar or jaggery syrup. Behind the bowl a blurred tray shows yellow marigold-style garlands and a warm oil lamp glow. No people are visible.2022-12-07Close-up photograph of a large brass plate heaped with round, golden-brown puffed rice balls bound with jaggery. The plate sits on a rich red velvet cloth, and similar savoury snacks in a copper dish and a striped cloth edge appear at the top of the frame. No people are visible in the image.2023-01-03Overhead photograph of food offerings on a red and gold brocade cloth. Four round puffed-rice balls, golden-tan in colour, sit on a bronze-toned plate at left. A large bowl at upper right holds dried dates with wrinkled brown skins. A smaller bowl at lower right holds shredded white coconut. No people are visible; the arrangement looks like prasadam or naivedyam laid out for an offering.Close-up photograph of a metal plate or tray holding clumps of puffed rice bound together into golden and white mounds. No people, deities or ritual items are visible beyond the food on the plate, which rests on a tan cloth surface.Close-up food photograph of offerings on a red cloth. Two brass bowls hold round puffed-rice balls bound with a reddish-brown syrup, and a perforated brass bowl holds brown round sweets, possibly coconut ladoos, with white coconut flecks. A bowl of bright red kumkum or powder sits at upper left, and a green fruit and a yellow-and-red fruit are partly visible at lower left. No people are visible.Close-up photograph of a heap of puffed rice, pale golden-white grains with some caramel-coloured bits, piled on a metal plate with a perforated metal strainer or tray beside it. No people, deities or ritual setting are visible; the frame is filled almost entirely by the grains.Close overhead photo of a dark metal plate heaped with round sweets made of puffed grains or chickpea-like pulses bound together with a caramel-brown syrup, with white puffed grains visible among them. A second plate with crisp, twisted golden-brown fried snacks sits at the right edge, all resting on a bright red cloth. No people are visible.Overhead photo of sweets arranged on a bright red and gold patterned cloth. In the foreground, a brass bowl with a scalloped, pierced rim holds brittle clusters of puffed grain and pulses bound with golden jaggery. Another pierced brass bowl at right holds several round, brown, rustic laddus. At the top, a pierced bowl holds rice-puff balls coated in golden syrup, and a dark metal vessel sits at the upper right corner. No people are visible.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.Overhead photograph of two perforated brass bowls on a red and gold brocade cloth. The left bowl holds a heap of orange twisted savoury snacks resembling murukku. The right bowl holds many round, pale pinkish-beige sweet balls studded with white and pale nuts or seeds, possibly laddus, with a few darker pieces visible at the bottom edge. No people, deity forms or ritual activity are visible.Jan 3 2022 sripuram2022-01-03