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Overhead photograph of food offerings on a red and gold brocade cloth. Four round puffed-rice balls, golden-tan in colour, sit on a bronze-toned plate at left. A large bowl at upper right holds dried dates with wrinkled brown skins. A smaller bowl at lower right holds shredded white coconut. No people are visible; the arrangement looks like prasadam or naivedyam laid out for an offering.

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A close overhead photo of a heap of round puffed-rice balls bound with a reddish-orange jaggery or sugar coating, piled on a brass tray over a red cloth. Behind the tray at the left is a dish of mixed nuts or seeds, and at the upper right a woven basket holding an orange-yellow item. No people are visible; the scene looks like food offerings prepared for a ritual.2025-12-30Close-up food photograph of offerings on a red cloth. Two brass bowls hold round puffed-rice balls bound with a reddish-brown syrup, and a perforated brass bowl holds brown round sweets, possibly coconut ladoos, with white coconut flecks. A bowl of bright red kumkum or powder sits at upper left, and a green fruit and a yellow-and-red fruit are partly visible at lower left. No people are visible.Close-up photograph of puffed rice balls held together with a brown sugar or jaggery coating, resting on a metal plate with a ridged, engraved rim. A second dish of orange-coloured food sits at the left edge, and a red fabric with gold-toned patterns lies beneath the plates. No people are visible.Jan 3 2023 sripuram2023-01-03Close-up photograph of two brass bowls on a bright red cloth. The left bowl holds a heap of puffed rice tinted orange-pink, and the right bowl holds rounded brown-sugar-dusted sweet balls. No people are visible; the frame shows only the food offerings.Close-up photograph of offerings on a red cloth with gold floral pattern. In the foreground, a brass bowl holds dried dates, with more dates spilled beside it. Behind, perforated metal bowls hold whole almonds and cashews. On the right, puffed rice balls or sweet rice pieces sit on a brass plate, and a bowl of dried fruit or nuts appears at the top right. No people, deities or a person are visible; the scene shows food offerings for a ritual.December 07 2022 Sripuram2022-12-07Close-up photograph of a metal plate or tray holding clumps of puffed rice bound together into golden and white mounds. No people, deities or ritual items are visible beyond the food on the plate, which rests on a tan cloth surface.Close overhead photograph of two metal bowls on a red and gold patterned cloth. The left bowl holds a heap of wrinkled dried dates with rich brown skins. The right bowl, with a perforated rim, holds round pale beige sweet balls studded with pieces of nut. No people are visible.Close-up photograph of a heap of puffed rice, pale golden-white grains with some caramel-coloured bits, piled on a metal plate with a perforated metal strainer or tray beside it. No people, deities or ritual setting are visible; the frame is filled almost entirely by the grains.Overhead photograph of a festive offering spread on a red and gold brocade cloth. Small brass bowls with perforated rims hold cashews, raisins, whole almonds, dates, shredded coconut, round sweet balls in pale and brown tones, puffed rice cakes, and fried snacks. The arrangement suggests food offerings prepared for a ritual. No people, deity or a person depiction is visible.Overhead photograph of two perforated brass bowls on a red and gold brocade cloth. The left bowl holds a heap of orange twisted savoury snacks resembling murukku. The right bowl holds many round, pale pinkish-beige sweet balls studded with white and pale nuts or seeds, possibly laddus, with a few darker pieces visible at the bottom edge. No people, deity forms or ritual activity are visible.