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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.

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Close-up photo of two metal bowls of sweets on a red velvet cloth. The front bowl holds round sesame-coated balls, golden-brown with seeds visible on the outside. The bowl behind holds caramel-coated clusters of puffed grains or nuts. No people, deities or ritual activity are visible; the scene shows offering sweets, possibly prasadam, set out for a celebration.2022-12-19Close 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 photograph of two metal plates set on a red cloth. The plate on the left holds clusters of roasted chickpeas and puffed grains bound with golden jaggery syrup, forming bite-sized balls. The plate on the right holds crisp, curled orange-brown savoury snacks. No people, deities or ritual activity are visible; the food appears as offering or prasadam-style snacks.A close-up photograph of food offerings on a red patterned cloth. In the foreground are round puffed-rice balls coated in golden syrup, with a brown ladoo-like ball behind them, all heaped in a perforated brass bowl. To the right are thin, pale, pressed flatbreads stacked beside a dark teal metal bowl on a brass plate. No people, deities or ritual fire are visible.Close overhead photo of offerings arranged on a low table draped in beige cloth, with a red cloth below. Round brass bowls hold round laddu-style balls, one coated in golden-brown powder and one lighter-coloured with a sprinkled crust; another bowl holds split yellow and brown lentils or chana dal. A blue-rimmed plate of raw peanuts sits at the right edge, and palm leaves appear at the top. No people are visible.2025-12-30Overhead photo of three round blue ceramic bowls on a red velvet cloth, filled with spherical sweets or laddus. The left bowl holds pale grey-beige balls studded with small white seeds or grains. The top bowl holds brown balls with visible nuts or grains and a few pale pieces. The bottom bowl holds golden-brown balls made of peanuts or chickpeas in a caramelised coating. A fourth bowl is partly visible at the right edge. No people, deities or a person are visible.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.Overhead view of an offering spread on a red cloth. Brass and copper bowls hold a block of brown jaggery, blue rock sugar candy, white sesame or puffed grain, crisp fried snack strands, and round sesame or puffed-grain balls, with brown chikki-style sweets at the top right. No people, deity or throne is visible, so this is a close-up of prasadam-style food offerings.Close-up photo of offerings arranged before an ornate gold-toned metal shrine backdrop with repoussé floral scrollwork. In the foreground, a large green banana leaf holds a heap of round brown laddus studded with nuts and seeds. Behind them, a brass tray holds a mound of puffed-rice balls topped with a larger pile of the same rice mixture. A striped brown-and-gold cloth lies to the right, with a small bowl of yellow and pink flower petals and a hanging garland of pink and yellow flowers at the top. No people are visible.2022-12-19Close-up photo of sweets served in two perforated copper bowls lined with green banana leaves. The top bowl holds clusters of chickpea or roasted gram bound with amber jaggery syrup, some with flakes of coconut. The bottom bowl holds peanut and jaggery balls with bits of coconut. The sweets are glossy and tightly packed, with no people visible.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.Overhead photo of sweets and snacks arranged on a deep red velvet cloth. Brass bowls with perforated rims hold round laddus in yellow, cream, grey and brown tones, and a heap of pale spiral snack. Blue ceramic bowls contain more laddus in brown, grey, cream and golden shades, and a blue bowl holds puffed rice-type balls. No people or deity visible; the arrangement looks like food offerings laid out for a ritual.