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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.

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A photograph of a ritual offering spread laid on a red cloth with gold border. Brass bowls and plates hold apples, pomegranates, sliced citrus and whole green limes, two pineapples with leafy crowns, a yellow-orange fruit, sugar cubes or crystal sugar, nuts and dried fruits, a mound of turmeric, and a pink-tinged sweet. Garlands of red flowers appear at the edge. No people are visible.Close overhead photo of a ritual offering spread laid on a red and gold embroidered cloth. Brass and copper bowls hold apples, cashews, almonds, raisins, dried dates, rock sugar crystals, pale grain, fried snacks, sweets, and fresh fruit. A ripe pineapple and yellow turmeric powder sit in front, with green limes and oranges at the left edge. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears in the scene.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.An overhead view of a ritual offering spread on a red and gold embroidered cloth. Brass and copper bowls hold red apples, pomegranates, and dried raisins and dates, alongside heaps of bright red kumkum powder and yellow turmeric. Whole pineapples, green and yellow limes, and crystal sugar lumps are arranged around the bowls. No people are visible in the frame.A close photograph of a ritual offering table covered with a red and gold cloth. Brass bowls hold red apples, reddish-brown fruits, raisins, cashews, almonds, dried dates or figs, and white crystalline sugar or rock candy. A cylindrical white block sits behind, a whole pineapple with green crown lies at right, and red flower petals or cloth appear at the top. No people are visible in the frame.Close-up photograph of a ritual offering spread on a red and gold cloth. Two pineapples with green crowns sit at the centre, surrounded by green and yellow limes, red apples, and a pile of red-skinned fruit on the left. Bowls hold white rock sugar crystals, a dark brown sweet, a pale cream confection, and a mound of bright yellow turmeric powder. A folded red cloth with gold border lies at the upper right, and a green leaf rests among the fruit. No people are visible.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.Close overhead photo of a ritual offering spread on a red and gold patterned cloth. Brass bowls hold red kumkum powder, yellow turmeric powder, whole pineapples, papaya, dates, dried nuts, white sugar cubes, puffed grains, crisp orange savory snacks and fried samosas. Some bowls sit near pink and red flower garlands. No people are visible, and the scene is an indoor puja-style offering arrangement.A photograph of an outdoor offering spread on a red and orange cloth at night. Brass bowls hold fresh fruit including a whole pineapple, papaya, mangoes and limes, along with snacks such as fried savoury twists, sweets, puffed rice, yellow turmeric powder and red kumkum. Tall palm trunks and green foliage stand in the background, with a red cloth and folded fabrics at the left edge. No people are visible, and the arrangement looks like part of a puja or ritual offering.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.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.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.