Close-up photograph of a ritual offering spread on a red cloth. In the foreground are two large papayas, one orange-ripe and one green with a blue-green tint. Behind them are small reddish fruits in a brass bowl, and at lower right a cluster of green and yellow limes sits on a metal tray. A brass bowl of the same reddish fruit appears at the upper right. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close-up photograph of a ritual offering spread on a red cloth. In the foreground are two large papayas, one orange-ripe and one green with a blue-green tint. Behind them are small reddish fruits in a brass bowl, and at lower right a cluster of green and yellow limes sits on a metal tray. A brass bowl of the same reddish fruit appears at the upper right. No people are visible.

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