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Overhead photo of a festive offering spread on silver-toned trays lined with foil over a red and orange cloth. Rows of round stainless steel bowls hold dried fruit, nuts and seeds, a sweet sprinkled with nuts, orange jalebi-like sweets, a white fudge piece, crisp fried snacks including coiled murukku, thin sev, chips, and spiced mixed snack. Dishes of cooked vegetable curries and pieces of avocado and fruit appear at the edges. No people are visible in the frame.

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A 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.Kailasa Puduvai 30 August 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 ritual food offering arranged on a white cloth with a green and maroon border on a marble floor. Dozens of small brass bowls hold savouries, sweets, dried fruits, nuts and snacks, including fried snacks, coated sweets, chikki-style bars, dates and lentils. A woven basket in the centre holds bananas, apples, oranges and grapes. Small brass bowls of colourful spices and powders sit at the top. Brass plates and a brass vessel appear at the edges, with a gold-coloured ritual stand and flowers in the upper right corner. No people are visible.Overhead view of a naivedyam spread of many small round steel bowls arranged on a deep red velvet cloth. The bowls hold savouries and sweets including fried snacks, twisted and spiral snacks, fried dough pieces, roasted peanuts, cashews, green peas, puffed rice sweets, brown and yellow balls, grapes and papery crisps, with a banana leaf at the left edge. No people are visible in the frame.2022-12-19Kailasa in thiruchengode 23 july 2021Photograph of a red velvet-draped table laden with an offering of savouries and sweets arranged in silver bowls and plates, many set on green banana leaves. Varieties include fried noodle-like snacks, crisp chakli, murukku, sev, puffed rice chivda, chips, round crackers, peanuts, small balls of sweets, jaggery-style sweets and fried pastries. A yellow upma-style dish sits in a bowl at centre. Upper left, a brass bowl holds a deity murti or stone object encircled by yellow and pink flower garlands, set on a striped wooden stand. Gold-toned carved architecture is visible at the top edge. No people are visible.2022-12-19Overhead photo of a spread of savoury snacks arranged on a purple checked cloth. Small metal and leaf bowls hold murukku spirals, chakli-style coils, thin fried chips, namkeen mixes, crisp wafers, fried plantain and potato slices, and round brown fried balls. Some items sit on folded paper plates. A gold-bordered striped cloth runs along the top edge. No people are visible; the food appears to be prepared as an offering or annadan-style spread.2022-07-13A photograph of a large ritual food offering spread across a purple cloth on the floor. Dozens of small metal plates hold fried snacks, sweets, sev-like noodles, laddus and fried savouries arranged in rows. A heap of cooked rice and a mound of yellow pongal sit on a large round plate with a green banana leaf. Bananas, apples, a mango and cucumbers fill brass plates in the foreground, and brass tumblers and a small brass tray stand at the edges. Brass kalasha vessels sit at the top of the frame. No people are visible.2022-07-13December 26 20152015-12-26A photograph of ten small stainless steel bowls arranged on a shimmering red and gold cloth spread on a stone floor. The bowls hold food offerings: a twisted golden snack, dark seeds, white grated coconut with green herbs, crumbled orange sweet, fried crisp pieces, yellow savoury mix, orange-brown sweet, golden pressed snack, brown roasted peanuts and a crunchy mixture. A brass ornamental fitting with a leaf-like design sits at the right edge. No people are visible; the arrangement appears to be food offerings laid out for ritual use.2025-07-21A photograph taken from above of a large naivedhyam offering spread laid on banana leaves over a leopard-print cloth. Fruits including oranges, apples, bananas, grapes, kiwis and pears are arranged at the top. Rows of small white bowls hold nuts, dried fruits, sweets, dried coconut, puffed grains and crisp snacks. Below, steel bowls hold rice dishes, pongal-style rice, puffed rice cakes, a yellow sweet rice, and a vegetable upma. Rows of small steel cups hold ghee, honey, syrups and milk-based sweets. Sacks of rice stand at the upper right. No people are visible. +1 copies