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A large photograph of an offering table filled with many brass and metal plates of food, covered with clear plastic wrap, including nuts, sweets, fried snacks, flatbreads and fruit. Behind the table, a dense crowd of people in white clothes sits on the floor in a hall, with a bouquet of yellow roses and red flowers at the right edge. This appears to be a naivedyam food offering, and the page excerpt describes a Guru Purnima satsang at a person ashram. No individual person can be clearly identified as a person, so no appearance-based candidate is claimed.

2015-07-31 +1 copies

A photograph of a large ceremonial offering arranged on the floor of a temple hall with woven straw mats. Hundreds of small silver and steel bowls and plates cover the floor and a stepped tiered stand, filled with sweets, fruits, grains, nuts and cooked dishes, with whole fruits including a watermelon, pineapple and bananas at the right edge. Behind the offering, a gold and red throne with a red cushion stands beside a marigold garland. Several people in saffron and orange robes and white dhotis stand in the background, one holding a tall brass implement. The scene suggests an annadan style food offering.

January 01 2011

A photograph of a large food offering arranged for a ritual, with hundreds of stainless steel bowls filled with rice dishes, curries, sweets and fried items. The bowls are stacked into a tall pyramid on a white draped platform and spread across the floor in front of it. Against an orange curtain at left, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" with a garland of marigolds and red flowers sits on a red and gold armchair. In the background, a person in an orange robe with a rudraksha-style necklace stands near the pyramid, and a person in white dhoti-style clothing stands nearby. A brass oil lamp and lamp stands are visible at right, with a wall painted with red and white decorative motifs.

Photograph of a festival offering display on the floor of a hall: rows of round silver-rimmed steel trays heaped with sweets, nuts, dried fruit, candies and wrapped confections, set on white cloth, with large white rectangular blocks of sweets stacked in a pyramid at right. Behind, a red-draped table holds a silver container and gold-coloured items, and a small framed portrait shows a smiling bald man in orange and red robes beside a sign reading

Annadhan in 2015

2015-01-01 +1 copies

A tiered display of food offerings under a white and purple tent canopy, arranged on stepped white-draped tables. Rows of polished brass and gold-toned bowls fill the upper tiers, many covered with clear plastic wrap. Lower tiers hold many plates of sweets and snacks, some wrapped in cellophane, including colourful candies and fried or pastry items. Red and yellow flower arrangements in tall vases stand among the dishes, and a red carpet lies at the base. At the far left edge, a figure in saffron/orange robes walks past. Possibly an annadan-style food offering display. Visible people: one partially visible figure at the left.

A large photograph of an offering arrangement on a floor covered with woven mats: hundreds of small stainless-steel bowls and plates filled with fruits, sweets, grains, dried nuts, spiced dishes and colourful powders, laid out in rows and tiered stands. Whole watermelon, pineapple, apples and bananas sit among them. At the upper left, a red-cushioned gold-trimmed seat and orange cloth appear, with seated figures in orange robes at the top edge. At the lower left, the dark hair of one person is partly visible in the foreground. The scene looks like a ritual food offering prepared for a ceremony.

July 31 2015

March 07 2016

Overhead view of many brass bowls filled with assorted foods, arranged in dense rows on a red and multicoloured cloth, for an offering. Bowls hold sweets, fried snacks, rice, nuts, dried fruit, coconut pieces and savouries. Warm light and rays fall across the arrangement. A banner along the bottom reads Pratyaksha Pada Puja and Pancharati, Nithyanandotsavam 2021, Day 10. Sparse people are not visible. No physical people are visible in the scene.