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Top-down photograph of a table laid with a red and gold brocade cloth and set with several metal bowls of offerings. Visible items include cashew nuts, raisins, a heap of crisp fried sweets, a bowl of orange twisted snack sticks, a bowl of yellow turmeric powder, a bowl of red kumkum powder, and dried yellow turmeric or ginger pieces. A bowl of dark dried fruit sits at the upper left. No people are visible, and no deity, a person or readable text appears in the frame.

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A photograph of an offering table covered with a red cloth patterned in gold. In the foreground a large brass bowl holds small crisp yellow-orange fried strips, and to the right a heap of orange spiral-shaped savoury snacks sits in a steel plate. Behind them, steel bowls hold raisins, dried fruit pieces, and golden-brown fried pastries. At the top right a brass bowl of bright yellow turmeric powder is visible. No people are visible, and no a person candidate is present.Overhead photograph of a spread of prasadam offerings laid out on a red and gold brocade cloth. Brass bowls with perforated rims hold almonds, cashews, raisins, round sweet balls (laddus) in pale and brown tones, dried fruit pieces, shredded coconut, a golden spiced powder, a smooth brown sweet block, and crushed grain. A brass plate with dried red chillies sits at the upper right. No people are visible.Overhead photograph of a ritual offering spread laid on a red fabric with gold floral brocade pattern. Brass bowls with perforated rims hold dry offerings: whole almonds, cashews, raisins, dates, sesame or grain, dried red chillies, crystal sugar (mishri) pieces, a block of jaggery, fried snacks, golden spiced chilli strands, and a plate of pressed sweets or puffed rice. No people are visible.A photograph of offerings laid out on a red and gold patterned cloth. In the foreground a large steel bowl holds bright red kumkum powder. Beside it, a bowl of orange twisted savoury snacks, possibly murukku or similar fried pieces, and a bowl of green chilies. Behind them are steel bowls of golden fried flatbread pieces, crisp fried strips, and puffed rice. No people or a person are visible; the scene shows food and kumkum offerings arranged for a ritual.A photograph of a ritual offering spread on a red and gold embroidered cloth. Brass bowls hold turmeric powder, red kumkum, cashews, raisins, dried fruit, fried sweets and savoury pastries, with apples in the foreground and limes and lemons in a blue dish at lower left. No people are visible; the arrangement suggests food offerings for a puja.A close-up photograph of a ritual offering spread laid on a red and gold embroidered cloth. Brass bowls hold bright yellow turmeric powder, red apples and pomegranates, and a steel bowl of raisins. Round green limes and yellow lemons fill a plate on the left, and a pineapple with spiky leaves sits at the right edge. Flaky pastry turnovers, nuts, and a dark roasted item are arranged on small mesh trays at the top. No people are visible.Close-up photograph of ritual offerings arranged on a red and gold brocade cloth. Perforated silver-toned bowls hold golden raisins, round sweet balls dusted with white and brown coconut or grain flakes, a large smooth brown sweet block, and small mounds of yellow turmeric powder and red kumkum. A grey powder sits in a bowl at the top edge. No people are visible, and no a person appears in the scene.A photograph of a ritual offering spread laid on a red cloth with gold floral pattern. Brass bowls hold red and yellow powders, whole nuts, dried seeds and chillies, and cream-coloured round sweets. Plates contain puffed rice balls, laddu-style sweets, orange fried snacks, a block of jaggery and bright yellow sweet strands. Two large pale spheres sit in brass bowls, and a blue-green round object lies at the left edge. Palm fronds appear at the upper right. No people are visible.Overhead photograph of an offering arrangement on a red and gold brocade cloth. Small brass bowls hold puffed rice balls, rock sugar crystals, almonds, dates, cashew-like nuts, roasted seeds, round sweet laddus, orange spiral snacks, a pale block of jaggery, white sesame seeds, turmeric powder in a large brass dish and red kumkum powder at the lower left. No people are visible; the items appear prepared as food and colour offerings for a ritual.Close-up photograph of ritual offerings arranged on a red embroidered cloth. In the foreground a brass plate holds a mound of bright red kumkum powder, and to the right a brass dish holds yellow turmeric powder. Behind them brass bowls hold dried raisins, sliced dried dates, and translucent blue-white crystal sugar pieces. A pale orange object sits in a brass dish at the upper right. No people are visible.Photograph of a ritual offering table covered with a red cloth patterned with gold motifs. Brass bowls hold heaps of coloured powders in red, orange and yellow, alongside whole almonds, a pale spherical dough or sweet, and a dark green rounded object. Plates of sweets include golden-yellow pieces, round brown laddus, crisp orange strands, a square of pale cake and spiced puffed-rice bars. Fresh white flowers sit at the lower left edge. No people are visible; the setting appears to be an outdoor puja or homa offering table with palm fronds behind it.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.