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Overhead photo of a ritual offering spread on a red cloth: gold-rimmed white plates and brass bowls hold naivedyam-style foods including a pomegranate, dragon fruit, a whole pumpkin, green chillies, bitter gourd, sliced oranges, lychees, yellow jalebi-like sweets, popcorn-like puffed grain, turmeric roots, okra and green fruit. Large green betel-style leaves and purple and cream flower garlands lie beside the plates. A painted or printed portrait of a robed figure with long dark hair sits at the lower left on an orange cloth. No people are visible.
Photo 131 of 144 from 28 December 2025

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