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Several metal offering trays are arranged on a dark paved road at night, holding bananas, halved coconuts, oranges, grapes, betel-leaf packets with printed labels, and scattered pink flower petals. Only the lower bodies of people in white clothes are visible, with their hands placing or adjusting the trays. A brass oil lamp stands at the upper left edge. The scene suggests an outdoor ritual offering on a procession route.

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Overhead view of an outdoor puja at dusk on bare ground. Devotees crowd around a row of offering trays heaped with bananas, oranges, coconuts, pink and white flower petals and betel leaves. A man in a white dhoti and an orange-yellow shawl kneels at centre-right, holding a tray of flowers and placing offerings. A woman in white with a gold necklace bends forward beside him. Other men in white and a bare-chested man stand behind, with women in saris and a small child in a blue top among them. Oil lamps flicker at the lower edge. Wooden poles frame the left side.2006-10-09Photo 11728743 +1 copiesOctober 15 20102010-10-15Outdoor puja on a white cloth-covered table with two women seated on the grass. The woman in the foreground wears a green sari and holds a small lamp; the woman behind wears a brown-and-cream sari and bangles, lighting a wick. A copper-coloured ladle or pot of flame is held over a kumkum-marked vessel. Two wooden sandal-shaped padukas (padapuja) are decorated with yellow marigold garlands and red flowers. Bowls of bananas, flower petals and a red cloth sit on the table.2011-12-26June 01 20122012-06-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20122012-01-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20122012-01-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20162016-01-01 +1 copiesNovember 21 20102010-11-21A photograph of a puja setup on an orange cloth over a grey wooden tray. A person in orange clothing with bangles reaches in from the left, one hand holding pink flower petals above the offerings. Brass plates and bowls hold pink flowers, green leaves, a brass kalasha-style vessel, a brass bell, a small oil lamp burning, a conch-shaped vessel and a brass lamp. A brass shiva-linga style vessel and a small peacock-feather figure of a deity murti stand on the right. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam preparation.2017-07-30 +2 copies2011 -eNMiracles Collections +1 copiesSeptember 08 20102010-09-08 +3 copies