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September 29 2006

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Overhead view of a large grid of small clay cups arranged on a woven mat set on bare reddish earth. Each cup holds a different small offering of grains, seeds, dried leaves, spices, roots and powders, in shades of brown, yellow, orange and black. Strings of orange marigold garlands run across the top edge, and a red cloth with a green leaf sits at the left. No people are visible.2006-09-292008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In HyderabadA top-down view of many small shallow leaf plates arranged in rows on a woven striped mat, each holding a different dried herb, seed, bark piece, root, flower, powder or mineral. Some plates are pale, some brown, some bright yellow or black. No people are visible; this appears to be an arrangement of yajna offering materials laid out before a fire ritual.2006-07-17 +1 copiesApril 28 20172017-04-28April 01 20162016-04-01 +1 copiesDecember 19 20162016-12-19August 25 20172017-08-25 +1 copiesOverhead photo of about twenty small leaf-bowls arranged in rows on a purple and cream woven mat. The bowls hold dried offerings: seeds and beans, dark roots, chopped bark and wood pieces, pale chalk-like chunks, dried leaves, a pile of black powder, and a bowl of small round pods. Brass plates and a branch lie at the edges, and a teal cloth shows at the top left. No people are visible.2007-09-24A photograph of a long white cloth laid across a floor, covered with rows of small hexagonal wooden bowls holding dried herbs, roots, bark pieces, seeds, spices and dried flowers, arranged for an offering. A metal bowl of mixed grains or seeds sits at the left edge on the reddish floor, and a dark maroon drape hangs behind. No people are visible. This matches the 108 food and offering items described for the Deepavali Kaali pooja and Chandi homa at the Bidadi ashram.2006-10-21April 24 20202020-04-24April 28 20172017-04-28A photograph of a large grid of brass or bronze bowls arranged on a striped woven mat on a raised outdoor platform. Each bowl holds small heaps of offerings, including dried leaves, petals, grains and fragments of herbs and shells, laid out in rows. A white stone-edged pool or tank sits at the upper left, and a carved wooden chair with a red cushion is partly visible at the top right, with a small red mat bearing an Om symbol. No people are visible in the frame.2008-10-04