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Close-up photograph of a ceremonial offering arranged on a dim floor with a yellow cloth at the left edge. Fruits and coconuts are heaped together: a split coconut showing white flesh, whole coconuts, a ripe pineapple in the foreground, and yellow and pale melon-like fruits. Red decorative lines are painted on the floor behind them, and a silver-toned edging runs along the right. No people are visible.

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December 21 20132013-12-21December 21 20132013-12-21Overhead photo of a ritual offering on a red and white kolam floor decorated with red roses, orange and yellow flowers, and scattered petals. A metal tray holds split white coconut halves, a whole pineapple, a large pale yellow fruit, a dark green melon and another pineapple top.2013-12-21November 21 20132013-11-21 +1 copiesClose photo of a round steel tray heaped with fresh fruit: several pineapples with spiky green crowns and a mix of round citrus fruits, mostly green-yellow limes or sweet limes plus a few bright orange ones. Green cloth is spread beneath. At the right edge, a blurred arm in a brown sleeve and an orange cloth edge suggests a devotee or priest handling the offering. Fruit offerings like this are typical of temple puja or prasad preparation. No faces are visible.2011-12-20A close photograph of a stainless steel bowl heaped with husked brown coconuts, several with fibrous husk fibres still visible, placed on a blue-grey surface. Behind the bowl sit a small white dish of dark dried items and part of a yellow banana bunch, with blue fabric at the top edge. No people are visible.2022-01-22Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesNovember `4 2015 +1 copiesClose-up photo of several turmeric-coloured coconuts with husks still on, piled on a round stainless steel tray on a white table. Behind them is a steel bowl holding a folded white cloth, and blurred brass or glass lamps and orange and yellow fabric sit in the background. Coconuts stacked this way suggest ritual offerings, but no people are visible.2013-12-25January 24 20242024-01-24Close-up photograph of a ritual offering arrangement. Several pineapples with spiky green crowns are piled together, with a brass bowl of whole red pomegranates on the left and bright green and orange citrus fruits at the right edge. A red and gold textile lies beneath the fruit. No people are visible; the scene is a fruit offering of the kind placed before a deity during worship.Close overhead photo of a large silver-toned metal tray heaped with brown whole coconuts, their husks partly intact and some with dark eye marks. The tray rests on a woven mat with red and white stripes. At the left edge a whole pineapple with green leaves and red apples are visible, and at the right edge small wooden bowls with offerings. No people are visible; the arrangement suggests ritual offerings laid out for a puja.2007-08-12