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Close-up photograph of a ritual arrangement on a tray filled with many small silver bowls and a silver vessel. Red and pink flowers, rose petals and green leaves are heaped in the centre, with an orange-yellow paste in one bowl. A hand with tattoos is pouring or lifting from a silver cup, and a rudraksha-style bead mala lies among the offerings. No faces are visible and no physical person other than the hand is shown, consistent with a puja or abhishekam offering preparation.

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June 27 20132013-06-27June 27 20132013-06-27June 29 20132013-06-29June 27 20132013-06-27June 18 20132013-06-18June 29 20132013-06-29Close-up photograph of a ritual offering being poured. A bare hand with bangles tips a polished silver cup of white liquid. Red carnations, pink roses, white plumeria and green leaves cover the tray, with silver bowls holding more petals in the background. The scene reads as abhishekam or puja preparation.2013-07-10June 27 20132013-06-27Close photo of an abhishekam-style offering: two hands, one with a tattoo on the wrist, pour water from ornate engraved silver cups over a base of pink roses, red carnations and white frangipani flowers. Behind them are many silver bowls holding milk, water and petals on a silver tray. No faces are visible and no identity is attributable from the image.2013-07-10May 31 20132013-05-31A close view of a ritual puja arrangement on a polished brass tray. Many ornate silver bowls and small silver vessels hold pink, red, yellow and white flower petals, and a larger silver kalasha-like vessel with a silver spout stands among them. A garland of green leaves, red and yellow flowers frames the central offering. A hand in a gold-bordered maroon garment reaches toward the bowls at the left edge, and small dishes of orange-yellow liquid or powder sit among the petals. No people are fully visible beyond the hand and sleeve.2013-06-03August 15 20132013-08-15