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Overhead photograph of a ritual offering spread laid on a red and cream floral-patterned cloth. Steel bowls hold many foods: rings of fried snacks, piles of yellow and white grains, round sweet balls in yellow, brown and white, cashews and almonds, pomegranates, apples, a bowl of mixed fruit and bananas on a brass plate. A small blue book with a red emblem lies at the left edge, a red and gold cloth and a sprig of green leaves sit at the top, and a few orange and yellow petals are scattered across the cloth. No people are visible.

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Overhead photograph of a ritual offering spread laid on a woven mat with red, green and orange floral borders. Metal bowls hold apples, pomegranates, and an assortment of sweets including yellow and white laddus, round fried snacks, rice preparations, lentil and vegetable dishes, nuts, bananas, a brass plate with jaggery and banana, and a small bundle of red and gold cloth. Chocolate sweets wrapped in purple and silver foil sit beside a small book with a red cover. The scene shows food offerings arranged for a ritual, with no people visible.2009-09-25A close, tabletop photograph of an offering spread laid out on a cloth for a ritual. Silver and steel bowls hold rice, sweets and savoury dishes in yellow, white and green, including laddu-style balls and fried snacks. Red apples are piled in the foreground beside orange and red flower petals and a small dish of mixed nuts. A silver vessel stands at the back. At the upper right, a person in a red and gold saree is seated behind the offerings, their clothing partly visible. No face is shown and no one is identified. The scene reads as food offerings arranged for a puja.2009-09-25 +2 copiesA top-down photograph of a ritual food offering spread across a red and cream woven mat with green leaf and orange flower motifs. Many silver and steel bowls hold rice dishes, fried vadas, round sweet laddus in brown, white and yellow, a mound of golden lentil-like sweet, nuts, sugar candies and mixed savouries. A brass plate holds bananas and a block of jaggery, and steel bowls hold red pomegranates and apples with oranges. A red and gold silk cloth and a mango leaf bundle sit at the upper right, and a small book titled Glory of the Divine Mother lies at the top left. No people are visible; this is an offering arrangement.2009-09-25A photograph of a large ritual food offering laid out on a white tiled floor in rows of round and oval silver-toned plates and leaf-lined trays. The dishes include red bell peppers, pomegranates, a green pumpkin, bowls of rice, yellow turmeric paste, fried snacks, sweets, flatbreads, fruit pieces, nuts and green chillies. A gold-and-yellow draped deity murti or ceremonial figure sits at the top of the frame behind the spread, with a patterned rug along the edge. No people are visible.2017-11-17October 28 20062006-10-28A floor spread of offerings for a ritual, laid on red and magenta cloths over a grey floor. Plates of bananas, oranges, apples, green grapes, mangoes, almonds, a cluster of dates or dried fruit, coconuts, cubes of paneer or white sweet, and aluminium trays of round sweets and a golden halwa-like dessert sit beside brass thalis, a brass lamp, folded silk saris or shawls in red, blue and pink, and a bowl of yoghurt. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears.2011-04-20July 07 20172017-07-07November 05 20062006-11-05November 17 20172017-11-17A photograph of a festival offering laid out on a wooden floor before a golden deity murti, with the figure's golden feet visible at the top. Dozens of stainless steel bowls hold colourful cooked foods such as rice dishes, sweets and sauces, surrounded by apples, oranges, pomegranates, pineapple, bananas and mango. Garlands of white jasmine and pink and red flowers drape the deity, and an orange cloth and scattered pink petals cover the platform. No people are visible in the frame.2006-10-28November 05 20062006-11-05A photograph of a food offering arranged on the floor of a temple hall. Many round metal plates hold rice, lentils, fried snacks, sliced vegetables, a dark green pumpkin, red pomegranates, a bunch of green bananas, and a plate of yellow turmeric or spice powder, set on a white marble floor in front of a patterned red and gold carpet. Behind the arrangement a gold-coloured carved wall and a golden deity murti's feet are visible. No people are visible.2017-11-17