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A top-down photo of a ritual offering spread on a turquoise silk cloth. Metal bowls hold grains, pulses, spices, powders, dried fruits and nuts, including turmeric and red kumkum powders, rice, lentils, cashews, raisins and cardamom. Folded saris in orange, maroon and mustard, a set of gold-toned glass bangles, and a brass plate with small oil lamps and sweets sit at the top. No people are visible.

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Overhead photo of a ritual offering spread on a striped multicoloured cloth. Metal trays hold a blue silk garment, a maroon cloth, a rudraksha mala with a pendant, gold and silver jewellery, bangles with red threads, incense sticks, turmeric, kumkum and vibhuti in small bowls, and green leaves. Surrounding brass bowls contain rice, lentils, grains, chickpeas, nuts, dried fruits and spices, with a bowl of fresh vegetables including eggplants, okra, beans and carrots, and another bowl of purple flowers and leaves. No people are visible. This appears to be a puja or naivedyam arrangement.2025-12-29Overhead photo of ritual offerings arranged in round metal bowls on a purple silk cloth. Bowls hold raisins, green mung beans, sliced vermicelli, split yellow lentils, white sugar crystals, bright yellow turmeric pieces, red kumkum powder, and a pale grain or seed. Small gold-coloured decorative ornaments are scattered on the cloth. No people are visible.2022-02-08Photograph of a ritual offering arrangement on the floor. A bright blue cloth is spread across the foreground holding many small stainless steel bowls filled with grains, pulses, sliced fruit pieces, fried snacks, noodle-like sweets, coconut pieces and powders. Beside them sit a brass bowl of small green fruits and a brass bowl of fresh green grass. A pink and gold silk cloth lies behind, with a covered brass vessel on top and a steel tiffin-style box holding several compartments of offerings. A kalasha-like object wrapped in gold cloth and a leafy plate with flowers are visible in the background. No people are visible.2025-08-27A photograph of a Mandapadi offering arrangement on the floor, with rows of polished brass bowls filled with grains, pulses, rice, spices, dried chillies, jaggery-like lumps, sugar, flowers and sweets set out on a striped multicoloured cloth. Red flower petals are scattered around the bowls. Behind them, a deity murti is decorated with yellow flower garlands and draped in green cloth, flanked by golden lion figures. A timestamp reads 29 Dec 2025 01:16:22. No people are visible.2025-06-27KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 7/1/20222022-07-01 +1 copiesClose overhead photo of a temple offering arrangement for a Mandagappadi-style ritual. On the left, two deity murtis are dressed in pink and blue silk and heavily garlanded with yellow, pink and red flowers and rudraksha-style beads. A brass lamp stand and brass kalasha-style vessels sit nearby. On a wooden tray, green unripe coconuts, round custard-apple-like fruits, green limes, small bowls of spices, cardinal seeds, black rice, yellow turmeric powder, sacks of grain and folded silks in pink and turquoise are laid out, with a bundle of yellow and red garlands in front. No people are visible.2024-06-03Feb 7 2022 sripuram2022-02-08A photograph of a ritual offering spread laid out on a red and gold patterned cloth under a shaded outdoor area. Brass bowls hold orange turmeric powder, deep red kumkum, and a second orange powder, alongside small dishes of green lime-like fruits, a dark oblong gourd-type vegetable, a pale round fruit, brown balls, white crystal sugar, dried red-brown seeds or nuts, green chilli-like pods, a brown block of jaggery, and a pile of grey grain. Coconuts sit at the right edge. Palm plants and a paved path are visible behind. No people are visible.Photo 82852122022-07-01 +1 copiesOverhead photo of a ritual offering arrangement laid on a red and gold cloth. Two round steel plates hold a coconut, a green leaf, a blue and maroon cloth, a decorated white-and-gold garland card with red and green stones, a plastic packet, a pink-capped bottle, a yellow cooking oil bottle, a box and a small dish of red kumkum powder. Eight small steel bowls around the plates hold lemons, a bottle of oil, almonds, limes, red fruit, white salt, cashews, jaggery pieces, orange fruit, brown powder, dried dates, peanuts, yellow banana chips, and a mix of seeds and a round sweet. No people are visible. A timestamp reads 19-Jul-2025 and the photo bears location and oil quantity notes.2025-07-19A photograph of a ritual offering arrangement on a bright pink cloth with a gold-and-maroon border on a temple floor. Rows of small brass and bronze plates hold dry grains, pulses, seeds and coloured powders in yellow, red, white and brown. Below, brass and bronze trays hold green and yellow fruits, green leaves, small limes or lemons, a heap of white salt, and a cluster of raw green mangoes. A small brass oil lamp with a lit wick sits at the right edge, and a lit oil lamp glows on the floor near a dark stone structure at left. No people are visible.2026-02-05Overhead 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.