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KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 3/11/20212021-03-11 +1 copiesKailasa in tharamangalam 23 july 2021HDH Jayanthi 20212021-01-23Overhead view of a large naivedyam offering laid out on a white cloth over a green banana leaf, with a red and gold patterned runner beside it. Dozens of small steel bowls hold sweets, savouries, nuts, dried fruits, puffed snacks, and fried items in yellow, orange, brown and white tones. Larger steel bowls and a wooden tray hold whole fresh fruits including apples, oranges, pears, pomelo, dragon fruit, mangosteen, lychee, grapes and bananas. No people are visible, and no person in the image is identified.2021-07-23KAILASA Tharamangalam 10 Sep 2021Overhead photo of a large food offering spread laid on a white cloth with dark bands, on a tiled floor. Dozens of disposable leaf plates and bowls hold varied foods: fruits such as bananas, lemons, limes, apples, oranges, mangoes and a pineapple; sweets and fried snacks; rice dishes in yellow and white; dried fruit; nuts; packaged snacks; and poppadoms in a plastic container. Brass oil lamps stand at the top corners of the frame, and an edge of a cream cloth with yellow stripes appears at the top. No people are visible, and the spread appears to be a naivedhyam offering.2021-01-23A photograph from above of a festive offering spread laid on a red cloth over patterned red and gold mats. Two large steel trays of fresh fruit sit at the top corners, including grapes, oranges, apples, a white melon, and a dragon fruit on the right. Centre top, a banana leaf holds cooked rice, sweets, corn cobs, fried items and small bowls of curries and chutneys. Below, two rows of small round metal bowls hold dry fruits, nuts, sweets, honey, ghee-like oils, milky puddings, and grains, arranged in neat rows. No people are visible and no portrait or deity is shown.Mahashivaratri 2021A photograph taken from above of a large grid of stainless steel bowls on the floor, arranged in rows on a red cloth with a striped woven mat at the bottom edge. The bowls hold an array of food offerings for a 108 nivedyam: fried savouries and snacks such as murukku, sev and chakli, sweets and laddus, dried fruits, cut carrots, lemons, boiled rice dishes in yellow and white, and other prepared foods. At the top edge, partly visible, are a red silk garment and draped garlands of white jasmine, with a brass lamp at the left edge. Behind the offerings the floor of a temple shrine is visible. No people are shown.2024-07-21A photograph of a large floor spread of food offerings on a white cloth with a red and green border. Dozens of small brass bowls hold savouries, sweets, dried fruits, nuts and snacks, including crisp chips, spiral murukku-style snacks, jaggery balls and fried items. A woven basket in the upper centre holds bananas, apples, oranges, pomegranates and grapes. A round brass tray holds small bowls of white and yellow sweets and condiments. At the upper left are brass lamps, a brass tray and a kalasha-like vessel on a golden cloth. No people are visible in the scene.A photograph of a large offering spread for a Naivedyam, covered in a green silk cloth over a leopard-print mat. Rows of small brass bowls hold fruit juices, dried fruits, nuts, sweets, berries, seeds and grains. Trays of fresh apples, oranges, grapes, kiwis, bananas and a carved watermelon flower sit at the top. On the right, a red and gold embroidered cloth and silver trays of small lamps or dishes are arranged. No people are visible.2022-07-14 +1 copiesOverhead photo of a large ritual spread of food offerings laid out in rows on a white cloth over a red and gold patterned mat. Dozens of small stainless steel and brass bowls hold naivedyam items such as sweets, nuts, dried fruits, seeds, savouries, rice, fried snacks and vegetable dishes. A green coconut and a golden tray of mixed fresh fruits sit at the upper right. A brass plate and lamp are visible at the top edge. No people are visible.2021-11-04