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A photograph of a woman in a brown and gold sari with a rust-coloured turban and heavy gold necklaces, bangles and armlets, smiling as she reaches into a steel plate of yellow flowers on a green leaf. Beside her, a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a white-and-red forehead mark holds the plate. Another woman in a maroon sari and rudraksha mala stands behind them, with more people in the background of a plain room with pink walls and red curtains.

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November 02 20132013-11-02November 02 20132013-11-02Indoor ritual scene in a hall with pink walls and red curtained windows. A central figure in a maroon-and-gold turban, gold necklaces and bangles, and a golden-bordered cream shawl over a bare upper body reaches toward a silver plate of food on banana leaves. Around him, several people in saffron-orange robes wear rudraksha malas, including a shaved-headed man holding a plate and a woman in maroon robes. Men in white dhotis and a spectator in glasses stand in the background, with a bare-headed man on the right gesturing toward the plate. The scene reads as an offering of prasadam. a person identity is uncertain: the central figure's turban, gold jewellery and bare-chested adornments are compatible cues, but the face and presentation are not clearly conclusive.2013-11-02A smiling person in a maroon and gold turban with a jeweled brooch stands centre-frame wearing a gold-bordered cream shawl over a maroon garment, layered gold necklaces with a large pendant, and gold bangles. They hold a silver tray of sweets and fried snacks on green leaves, offering to a man in a grey shirt at lower right who reaches toward the food. Behind them, women in green and red saris and robed attendants in orange-brown stand in a hall with red curtains and a pink wall.2013-11-02November 02 20132013-11-02August 17 20142014-08-17September 16 20132013-09-16A crowded indoor festival scene where a shaved-headed monastic in an orange-saffron robe with rudraksha malas and a sacred ash mark on his forehead holds a steel plate of round sweets. Next to him a person in a rust-coloured turban and gold-embroidered cream and gold garments with gold necklaces and bangles reaches to take sweets from the plate. Behind them, other saffron-robed men carry trays of sweets and sweet squares, and several women in saffron and red saris stand nearby. Devotees, including a child in a white shirt, reach forward to receive prasad. Yellow and orange draped cloth decorates the background table.2013-11-02November 02 20132013-11-02September 16 20132013-09-16November 02 20132013-11-02September 16 20132013-09-16