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KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA On 21/9/2024

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A top-down photograph of a large round stainless steel tray holding a ring of small brass bowls filled with various rice preparations, including white rice, yellow turmeric rice, green herb rice, and brown spiced rice with curry leaves. Pink rose petals are scattered over several bowls and the tray. A small brass cup sits at the centre of the tray, with a single rose petal floating in it. The tray rests on a maroon and gold brocade cloth. No people are visible; this appears to be an offering of food arranged for a ritual.2024-10-11Photo 99189902022-07-16 +1 copiesOverhead photo of a round polished metal thali tray on a striped cream cloth with gold border, set on a tiled floor. Around the rim are nine small metal cups holding rice dishes: plain white rice, yellow turmeric-coloured rice with green herbs and vegetables, and pale grey-white rice with seeds. A small metal cup stands at the centre of the tray, and a red rose petal lies beside the white rice. No people are visible; this appears to be an offering of food arranged on a thali for a ritual.A top-down photograph of a large polished stainless steel thali tray resting on a red fabric with gold floral brocade pattern. Around the rim, eleven small brass bowls hold rice dishes in varied colours: plain white rice, yellow-green rice with peas, carrots and corn, pale rice with cucumber pieces, and mixed vegetable rice with zucchini and greens. At the centre sits a small brass oil lamp beside a bowl of white rice topped with red rose petals. No people are visible; this is an offering arrangement of food and flowers.2024-10-09A circular brass tray holds a ring of small brass bowls filled with rice preparations: plain white rice, yellow turmeric rice, brown tamarind-style rice, green herb rice, and a brown thick chutney or paste, arranged around a small brass cup of liquid at the centre. The tray sits on a gold and yellow embroidered cloth with red and green accents. Behind it, a brass or gold ritual stand with red ixora flowers and green leaves, and an ornate gold-and-red embroidered garment or textile are partly visible. No people are visible, so this is a photograph of ritual food offerings (naivedyam) with no person present.2024-08-12KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/27/20222022-01-27Overhead view of a round stainless steel thali on a gold brocade cloth. Four small steel bowls hold rice dishes: pale green herbed rice upper left, brown spiced rice upper right, yellow-green rice with vegetables lower left, and red-brown tomato-style rice lower right. Pink rose petals rest on three of the bowls. A small steel cup sits in the centre. No people are visible; this is an offering of food, a neivedyam arranged for the deities.2022-03-20February 13 20242024-02-13A photograph of a circular brass tray holding a naivedyam offering of many small brass bowls of rice preparations, including lemon or tamarind rice, a green herbed rice, a yellow turmeric-tinted rice, a pale sweet pudding garnished with red flowers and a raisin, and a small brass cup of liquid at the centre. The tray sits on a green embroidered cloth with gold trim in front of a deity murti draped in red fabric with a gold crown-like ornament and white and purple flowers, with ornate gold-edged platforms and a brass lamp stand at the upper left. No people are visible.Overhead photo of a large polished stainless steel thali on a patterned maroon and gold brocade cloth. Around the rim sit nine small brass bowls holding differently coloured rice preparations: vegetable rice with carrot and peas, lemon-coloured rice, cucumber-green rice, pink beetroot rice, and yellow mango-tinted rice with green herbs. A central brass bowl holds plain white rice beside a small brass tumbler of liquid and a single red rose petal. No people are visible.Overhead photo of a large polished stainless steel thali plate holding ten small brass bowls arranged in a ring. The bowls contain different rice preparations: yellow turmeric rice with carrot and corn, green rice with curry leaves and greens, white plain rice in the centre-right bowl, and rice mixed with peas, corn, carrot and green beans. A small steel cup sits in the centre and a single pink rose petal lies on the plate. The plate rests on a cream cloth with gold dotted border. No people are visible.A photograph of a large round stainless steel thali tray set on a yellow tablecloth-covered table. Around the rim are ten small brass bowls holding rice dishes in varied colours: plain white rice, rice with green peas and carrots, rice with yellow corn, and rice with green herbs. A small brass cup sits near the centre, beside a bowl of plain white rice. A pink handle is visible at the upper right. No people are visible in the scene.2024-01-08