Close-up photo of a ritual offering on a decorated vessel. A whole yellow-turmeric-coated coconut with a red kumkum mark sits on a silver plate, surrounded by green betel-type leaves. The plate rests on a red and gold ornate stand decorated with white flowers and green sequined petals. Background is red fabric. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close-up photo of a ritual offering on a decorated vessel. A whole yellow-turmeric-coated coconut with a red kumkum mark sits on a silver plate, surrounded by green betel-type leaves. The plate rests on a red and gold ornate stand decorated with white flowers and green sequined petals. Background is red fabric. No people are visible.

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Close-up photograph of a kalasha on a brass plate filled with uncooked white rice. A glass pot is bound with white thread in a criss-cross pattern and is partly filled with clear liquid. Its mouth is capped by a yellow coconut wrapped in fibre, with a red-painted patch on its face and two green leaves fanning out behind it. The background is blurred red fabric with warm light. No people are visible.

A photograph of a kalasha ritual pot topped with a whole coconut with a red kumkum mark and fresh mango leaves. The silver-coloured vessel is wrapped in a red silk cloth with gold zari floral borders and sits on a silver tray of rice. The background is a sandy ground with green grass at the top edge. No people are visible, only a fragment of a hand at the far left.

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Close-up photograph of a brown coconut dressed as a deity figure, wrapped in an orange-saffron cloth at its base and crowned with a silver rhinestone tiara. Green mango leaves fan out behind it, and a small red kumkum mark sits on its surface. It rests on a brass rim over a yellow and green patterned cloth with scattered leaves; a small figure. No physical people are visible. This appears to be a coconut dressed for ritual worship.

Close-up photo of a coconut with its fibrous husk left on, set in a polished brass or silver vessel with white jasmine flowers and green mango leaves tucked around its base. Yellow turmeric or kumkum powder dusts the top of the husk. Behind it, an ornate metal vessel and a garlanded deity murti with pink and green flowers are partly visible. No people are visible.

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A close photograph of a ritual kalasha: a brass pot wrapped in gold silk with purple stripes and a jeweled necklace of white stones and red beads draped around its neck. A whole coconut with its husk, smeared with turmeric paste, sits on top, with green mango leaves fanned around it. The setting is a gold-toned tray with reflective metallic surfaces, a glass vase of green stems behind, and a partially visible red fabric at the right edge. No people are visible.

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Close-up photograph of a decorated coconut-shaped deity form. A horizontal sacred mark in dark red runs down its centre, with a jewelled band across it. White jasmine garlands and red roses surround the base, and a gold pedestal sits beneath. Behind is a blurred red and yellow textile. A caption in the lower corner reads Kailasa Seattle - Nithyanandeshwara Hindu Temple.