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A photograph of an offering spread laid out on a striped cloth of pink, teal, blue and white, arranged on the floor of a hall. Dozens of small round leaf or palm-leaf bowls hold varied food: fruits including a whole green gourd, lemons, a mango, bananas, a pomegranate and small berries, plus fried snacks, sweets, dal and grain preparations, pickles and sprouted legumes. Four larger mounds of rice dishes sit on banana leaves in the foreground, including yellow turmeric rice and green herbed rice. A low wooden stool and a yellow-painted wall edge are visible at the top of the frame. No people are visible. A date stamp in the lower right reads 11-Jan-2026 9:41:31 am Salem.

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A photograph of a large food offering spread laid out on a striped pink, teal and white cloth on a concrete floor. Dozens of small disposable leaf-and-palm bowls hold snacks, sweets, fried items, pickles and pulses, arranged in rows. Several banana-leaf plates hold rice dishes in yellow, white and green tones, along with whole fruits including a large green gourd, a yellow mango, a red apple, lemons, a bunch of bananas and a green-skinned fruit. No people are visible.2026-01-11KAILASA SALEM On Jan 11 20262026-01-11 +1 copiesA photograph taken from above of a large grid of stainless steel bowls on the floor, arranged in rows on a red cloth with a striped woven mat at the bottom edge. The bowls hold an array of food offerings for a 108 nivedyam: fried savouries and snacks such as murukku, sev and chakli, sweets and laddus, dried fruits, cut carrots, lemons, boiled rice dishes in yellow and white, and other prepared foods. At the top edge, partly visible, are a red silk garment and draped garlands of white jasmine, with a brass lamp at the left edge. Behind the offerings the floor of a temple shrine is visible. No people are shown.2024-07-21Kailasa in tharamangalam 23 july 2021A photograph of a temple offering table set out in front of a large dark stone sculpture of a seated figure draped with a green fringed cloth. The table is covered with striped pink, purple, teal and blue cloths and holds dozens of small white paper plates and wooden bowls of food: fruits such as bananas, apples and a pomegranate, nuts, dried fruit, sweets, grains, lentils and savouries including murukku-style twists. Above the table a small brass deity figure and a lamp stand on a red cloth beside a gold-and-orange backdrop printed with temple architecture. No people are visible in the scene. A timestamp overlay in the lower right reads Jul. 11, 2025 5:00:09 a.m. Salem Tamil Nadu.2025-10-07HDH Jayanthi 20212021-01-23Overhead photo of a large food offering spread laid on a white cloth with dark bands, on a tiled floor. Dozens of disposable leaf plates and bowls hold varied foods: fruits such as bananas, lemons, limes, apples, oranges, mangoes and a pineapple; sweets and fried snacks; rice dishes in yellow and white; dried fruit; nuts; packaged snacks; and poppadoms in a plastic container. Brass oil lamps stand at the top corners of the frame, and an edge of a cream cloth with yellow stripes appears at the top. No people are visible, and the spread appears to be a naivedhyam offering.2021-01-23Mahashivaratri 2021December 26 20152015-12-26HDH Jayanthi 20212021-01-23 +1 copiesKailasa avadi july 23 2021A top-down photograph of a ritual food offering spread across a red and cream woven mat with green leaf and orange flower motifs. Many silver and steel bowls hold rice dishes, fried vadas, round sweet laddus in brown, white and yellow, a mound of golden lentil-like sweet, nuts, sugar candies and mixed savouries. A brass plate holds bananas and a block of jaggery, and steel bowls hold red pomegranates and apples with oranges. A red and gold silk cloth and a mango leaf bundle sit at the upper right, and a small book titled Glory of the Divine Mother lies at the top left. No people are visible; this is an offering arrangement.2009-09-25