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A photograph of a ritual offering spread laid on a red cloth with a gold-patterned border, set on a wooden table in an open courtyard with green plants behind. Brass bowls hold orange turmeric powder on the left, deep red kumkum powder in the centre and yellow turmeric powder on the right. Smaller bowls contain green limes, dried red dates, yellow dried turmeric roots, white crystals or sugar candy, and round brown sweets. A large dark green gourd and a pale squash sit in brass dishes, and a folded pink and green cloth lies at the right edge beside a coconut. No people are visible.A photograph of a ritual offering spread laid out on a red and gold patterned cloth under a shaded outdoor area. Brass bowls hold orange turmeric powder, deep red kumkum, and a second orange powder, alongside small dishes of green lime-like fruits, a dark oblong gourd-type vegetable, a pale round fruit, brown balls, white crystal sugar, dried red-brown seeds or nuts, green chilli-like pods, a brown block of jaggery, and a pile of grey grain. Coconuts sit at the right edge. Palm plants and a paved path are visible behind. No people are visible.A close photograph of a ritual offering arranged on a brass and wooden tray for worship. Two long green plantains lie across the front, with pink flower sprigs placed among them. Behind them sit a brass bowl of cut white coconut pieces, a bowl of golden jaggery chunks, a small empty brass cup, and a brass bowl of cashews and dried fruit. A brass vessel of liquid sits at the right edge, and a red and gold cloth with pink blossoms forms the background. No people are visible.2024-06-11Overhead photo of a puja setup on a silver tray with red and white floral patterned cloth. A ripe yellow mango sits on a brass plate beside a dark liquid in a small steel bowl, a bowl of coarse white salt and a bowl of yellow lentils or grains. A copper cup holds a wooden spoon, a brass lamp with a lit wick sits at the top, an ornate brass incense holder with incense sticks stands at right, and a lit oil lamp glows at the left edge on a red rug. No people are visible.A photograph of a ritual offerings table with no people visible. Baskets and bowls hold fresh fruit including oranges, apples, limes, grapes, peaches, a papaya, a pineapple and bundles of sugarcane. Sweets and snacks sit in bowls: orange savoury strands, white round laddus, and a dish of puffed rice. Brown nuts and dried kernels are also present. Bowls of bright yellow turmeric powder and red kumkum powder sit in the foreground on a cloth-covered table, with a red tablecloth and palm leaves behind.2025-12-30Close-up photograph of a ritual offering spread on a red and gold cloth. Two pineapples with green crowns sit at the centre, surrounded by green and yellow limes, red apples, and a pile of red-skinned fruit on the left. Bowls hold white rock sugar crystals, a dark brown sweet, a pale cream confection, and a mound of bright yellow turmeric powder. A folded red cloth with gold border lies at the upper right, and a green leaf rests among the fruit. No people are visible.Close view of ritual offerings on a red cloth. Two pale, whole ash gourds (white pumpkins) sit in a brass bowl in the foreground, one balanced on the other. Beside them are brass bowls holding bright yellow-orange turmeric powder, pale grains or cereal, and pink-tinted kumkum-like material, with white flowers at the upper left edge. No people are visible. The setting suggests a puja or homa arrangement of offering materials.KAILASA OHIO, USA on 10/22/20202020-10-22Close-up photograph of ritual offerings on a red cloth. In a brass bowl at left sit several green-yellow limes and one darker brown fruit. Behind them stands a brass bowl of bright red kumkum powder. On the right, puffed rice balls bound with jaggery sit on a scalloped brass plate, and below them a second brass plate holds clusters of roasted chickpea and jaggery sweets. No people are visible.A silver tray heaped with about twenty-two pale green amla (nellikai) fruits sits in the foreground, a brass spoon resting among them. Behind it is a ritual puja arrangement: small clay oil lamps with flames, a bowl of yellow marigold petals, a bowl of white powder, a dish of turmeric powder, a cup of milk, scattered bananas and a framed deity print of several figures on a dark background, against an orange cloth. No people are visible.2022-07-10 +1 copiesClose overhead photograph of ritual offerings laid on a pink silk cloth with a gold leaf pattern. Shallow metal bowls hold turmeric powder in yellow and red kumkum powder, along with dried turmeric roots, dried dates or nuts, blue crystal sugar, a pale granular sweet, brown jaggery, a dark round fruit, green limes and small round sweet balls. No people are visible.Overhead view of a puja arrangement on a wooden board over a striped cloth. A silver tray holds about two dozen pale green amla (nellikai) fruits. Behind it stand a framed small portrait of a figure in orange robes, a brass lamp with a lit wick and oil, a steel bowl of white salt, a bowl of bright yellow turmeric powder, a brass bell or vessel, and a brass dish with pink flower petals. The scene reflects an amla offering ritual.2022-07-10 +1 copies