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A photograph of ten small stainless steel bowls arranged on a shimmering red and gold cloth spread on a stone floor. The bowls hold food offerings: a twisted golden snack, dark seeds, white grated coconut with green herbs, crumbled orange sweet, fried crisp pieces, yellow savoury mix, orange-brown sweet, golden pressed snack, brown roasted peanuts and a crunchy mixture. A brass ornamental fitting with a leaf-like design sits at the right edge. No people are visible; the arrangement appears to be food offerings laid out for ritual use.

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A 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 HOUSTON, USA on 4/3/20212021-04-03A photograph of a festive food offering spread on a maroon satin cloth. Brass and steel bowls hold a white creamy porridge, a thick golden-brown sweet dish, a seasoned rice with mustard seeds and curry leaves, and a yellow lemon-style rice. A brass plate holds round brown laddus, and steel bowls hold crisp savoury snacks, fried spiral murukku and papadum. Red, orange and yellow marigold garlands sit at the top, and a teal cloth with white flowers lies at the lower left. No people are visible.Photograph of a red velvet-draped table laden with an offering of savouries and sweets arranged in silver bowls and plates, many set on green banana leaves. Varieties include fried noodle-like snacks, crisp chakli, murukku, sev, puffed rice chivda, chips, round crackers, peanuts, small balls of sweets, jaggery-style sweets and fried pastries. A yellow upma-style dish sits in a bowl at centre. Upper left, a brass bowl holds a deity murti or stone object encircled by yellow and pink flower garlands, set on a striped wooden stand. Gold-toned carved architecture is visible at the top edge. No people are visible.2022-12-19Overhead photo of a red velvet cloth covered with small metal bowls of fried and sweet snacks offered as naivedyam. Bowls hold crisp golden murukku-style spirals, small fried gram-flour pieces, round flat savoury discs, sweet round balls studded with raisins or nuts, a bowl of flaked toasted grains, a bowl of rolled ring-shaped snacks, and a bowl of orange fried vermicelli-like strands. Puffed rice sits on a brass plate at the top left. No people are visible.2023-01-03KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 4/26/20222022-04-26Overhead photo of a festive offering spread on silver-toned trays lined with foil over a red and orange cloth. Rows of round stainless steel bowls hold dried fruit, nuts and seeds, a sweet sprinkled with nuts, orange jalebi-like sweets, a white fudge piece, crisp fried snacks including coiled murukku, thin sev, chips, and spiced mixed snack. Dishes of cooked vegetable curries and pieces of avocado and fruit appear at the edges. No people are visible in the frame.2020-11-14KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 3/11/20222022-03-11Overhead photo of two round polished silver-toned thali trays on a gold brocade cloth with brown leaf motifs, set on a grey surface. The upper tray holds four small bowls of rice preparations: yellow lemon-style rice with curry leaves, orange carrot-tinged rice, a pale creamy rice dish with a green herb, and a brown spiced rice. The lower tray has seven compartments of coloured rice dishes, including yellow, white with dark pieces, pink, deep red, grey-white and brown, around a central covered silver bowl. These are neivedyam food offerings prepared for deities. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears.2022-08-29 +1 copiesOverhead view of a naivedyam spread of many small round steel bowls arranged on a deep red velvet cloth. The bowls hold savouries and sweets including fried snacks, twisted and spiral snacks, fried dough pieces, roasted peanuts, cashews, green peas, puffed rice sweets, brown and yellow balls, grapes and papery crisps, with a banana leaf at the left edge. No people are visible in the frame.2022-12-19Top-down photo of two round polished silver thalis filled with rice dishes in small steel bowls. The upper thali holds seven bowls around a central water cup, with rice in shades of yellow, orange, white, brown and red. The lower thali holds four bowls: yellow lemon-style rice with red chillies and curry leaves, white coconut rice with red dried chillies, and yellow rice with carrot and green pieces. A brown-and-gold brocade cloth lies beneath, with brass oil lamps and a brass plate at the left and right edges. No people are visible.2022-08-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a large round brass tray filled with ten small brass bowls of rice preparations, arranged in a ring with one bowl of dal-like yellow-brown preparation in the centre front. The rice dishes vary in colour: plain white rice, yellow turmeric rice with peas, green herbed rice, reddish tamarind-style rice and rice with vegetables. Behind the tray stands a golden deity murti dressed in a green silk garment with gold ornaments, flanked by red ixora flowers and purple-white flowers, on an orange and gold brocade cloth. No people are visible.