Close-up photograph of a food offering on banana leaves and a perforated woven bamboo tray. Mounded plain white cooked rice fills the upper area. In the lower left, clusters of golden-brown roasted chickpea or lentil pieces bound with a dark caramel-like glaze sit on a green leaf. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close-up photograph of a food offering on banana leaves and a perforated woven bamboo tray. Mounded plain white cooked rice fills the upper area. In the lower left, clusters of golden-brown roasted chickpea or lentil pieces bound with a dark caramel-like glaze sit on a green leaf. No people are visible.

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KAILASA HYDERABAD On October 18, 2026

Close-up food photograph of a perforated metal tray lined with a green banana leaf. Three clusters of peanut and jaggery brittle, glossy and amber-brown, sit in the lower left and centre. Large, pale, crisp puffed wafers, possibly prasadam snacks, rest at the top, with a little white rice visible in the upper left corner. No people, deity, or event setting is visible.

Close-up photo of sweets served in two perforated copper bowls lined with green banana leaves. The top bowl holds clusters of chickpea or roasted gram bound with amber jaggery syrup, some with flakes of coconut. The bottom bowl holds peanut and jaggery balls with bits of coconut. The sweets are glossy and tightly packed, with no people visible.

Close-up photograph of food offerings on green banana leaves. A heap of plain white cooked rice fills the upper part of the frame, and large crisp fried wafers, golden-brown and puffed, sit below it. A red fabric edge is visible at the top right corner. No people are visible.

Close-up photograph of a heap of white granular food. The background is a rich red cloth. No people are visible in the frame.

Close-up photograph of a brass thali on a dark surface holding offerings for a puja. Clockwise from the left, a small brass bowl of golden liquid, a brass bowl of cooked white rice dotted with black peppercorns, a brass bowl of cooked red-skinned peanuts, a small bowl of pale jaggery or sugar pieces, and a green-yellow banana with brown spots lying across the front of the plate. No people are visible.

A close photo of three brass offering bowls on a wooden table, filled with food offerings. The large bowl on the right holds a heap of white cooked grain. The middle bowl holds clusters of brown jaggery-bound peanut or puffed-grain balls, and the left bowl holds fried savoury patties. Behind them, a copper vessel with a hammered pattern and yellow flowers sits on the table, with a red container at the edge. No people are visible.

Close-up photograph of a brass ritual offering plate on a dark surface. A brass bowl holds a heap of white cooked rice, next to a smaller brass cup with reddish-brown peanuts or groundnuts. A ripe banana, partly peeled, lies at the lower left edge of the plate. A tall brass tumbler sits on the right, and a red woven cloth with a patterned texture is behind the plate. No people are visible, and no figure can be identified in the frame.

A top-down photograph of food offerings on a red cloth. On the left, a heap of golden-brown fried puris or pooris is piled on a green banana leaf over a brass plate. On the right, a small bowl lined with a green leaf holds a mound of white grated coconut. 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.

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.

Close-up photo of offerings arranged before an ornate gold-toned metal shrine backdrop with repoussé floral scrollwork. In the foreground, a large green banana leaf holds a heap of round brown laddus studded with nuts and seeds. Behind them, a brass tray holds a mound of puffed-rice balls topped with a larger pile of the same rice mixture. A striped brown-and-gold cloth lies to the right, with a small bowl of yellow and pink flower petals and a hanging garland of pink and yellow flowers at the top. No people are visible.