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October 21 2006

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Close-up photograph of a person's arm and hand in an orange garment, holding a small pale yellow sweet or prasad piece between thumb and fingers. Behind is an ornate gold carved throne or seat with scrollwork and a gold lion-head finial, beside a deep red velvet drape. Only one partial person is visible, showing just the arm and hand, with the hand offering the sweet.

October 21 2006

A close-up photograph of a man's hand holding a small pale cream-coloured sweet or prasad piece, fingers curled around it. Beside the hand is an ornate embossed gold-coloured metal vessel or statue surface with raised geometric patterns and spiral motifs. The background is a draped deep red velvet cloth. Only the hand and forearm are visible, with no face shown.

Close photograph of a figure in orange and red sannyasi-style robes seated beside an ornate gold throne. A bare arm and hand are visible, reaching to take a sweet from a white rectangular box held by another person's hand in the lower left. The box contains pale yellow sweets and orange round sweets. The figure's upper body is partly visible, with the orange garment wrapped across the chest and a red band down the front. Gold carved metal decor of the throne frames the left side of the image.

Close-up photograph of a person's right hand holding a small round pale yellow sweet. A gold-coloured ornate vessel with a repousse pattern sits at the lower right. The hand and arm are the only visible human features; no face is shown.

Close photograph of a seated person in saffron-orange robes holding a small round pale sweet or offering in the right hand, fingers curled around it, against a dark red draped backdrop. Only a forearm and hand are visible, with the lower body covered by the orange cloth and a strand of rudraksha beads visible at the shoulder. The hand presents the offering, consistent with a prasad distribution gesture.

2006-10-21 +1 copies

Close-up photograph of a hand cupped open holding a broken piece of pale yellow-cream sweet. The hand wears a gold beaded bangle with dense bead work. The wrist and forearm are draped in a saffron-orange robe. A blurred yellow object appears in the background. No physical person's face is visible and no identifiable a person appearance is shown.

September 27 2011

A close photograph of a ritual offering being made beside a gilded object. A hand in a red-and-gold sleeve, wearing a beaded bracelet, presses a round sweet into a large polished steel plate of yellow-white grains and crumbs. Nearby, a red and gold garland of beads and flowers hangs over a rust-orange cloth, and a gold-covered ornamental base with a red patterned cushion sits at the left. Scattered petals and a green leaf lie at the bottom edge. The scene suggests prasadam or naivedya preparation, with no visible face or full figure.

Close-up photo of a seated person's hands resting on an ornate gold-carved wooden armrest of a throne, draped in red velvet. The forearm wears a gold bangle and the hand holds a folded paper or cloth wrapped in pale lilac fabric. A white and magenta flower garland hangs at the right edge, and a brown-robed lap is visible below. Blurred figures stand at the upper left. Only the seated person's hands and arm are visible, with no face shown.

2016-12-02 +1 copies

Close photo of hands exchanging a golden orange sweet. On the right, a seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a white flower garland hands the sweet to a person in white clothing on the left, who wears a gold bangle. A white-and-grey oscillating fan and a red wall are visible in the background.