Close-up photograph of food offerings on a red and gold cloth. On the left, a brass bowl with a pierced, scalloped rim holds round balls of a pale, grainy sweet, studded with nuts and bits of coconut or dried fruit. On the right, a second brass bowl with a similar pierced rim is heaped with golden raisins. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close-up photograph of food offerings on a red and gold cloth. On the left, a brass bowl with a pierced, scalloped rim holds round balls of a pale, grainy sweet, studded with nuts and bits of coconut or dried fruit. On the right, a second brass bowl with a similar pierced rim is heaped with golden raisins. No people are visible.

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