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Photograph of a ritual offering set up on a tiled courtyard floor under a covered portico. Three decorated clay pots (kalasha-style) with coconuts on top are each draped in garlands of yellow marigolds and red flowers, standing on a wooden table covered with banana leaves. In front, a wooden tray stand holds three plates of bananas, mangoes, apples, lemons, and wrapped sweets, with a brass bell and a small brass lamp nearby. Two more flower garlands rest on a ledge behind. No people are visible.

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Close-up photograph of a ritual offering arrangement on a tray. Several coconuts wrapped in striped cloth (pink, red, green and white) and crowned with yellow marigold flowers and pink blossoms stand in brass-rimmed pots woven with white thread. Green bananas, a red apple, a split coconut with white flesh, scattered grains and green leaves surround them. No people are visible; this appears to be a kalasha-style puja display.2020-03-15 +2 copiesMarch 16 20202020-03-16 +2 copiesDecember 12 20112011-12-12October 25 20062006-10-25Close-up photograph of ritual offerings on a striped woven cloth in the foreground. Several kalasha-style pots with woven lattice-patterned sides hold coconuts wrapped in lavender-white cloth and crowned with yellow marigold garlands and green leaves. Bananas, red flower petals and a bundle of leaves lie on the cloth. The background is softly blurred with orange and grey tones. No people are visible.2017-08-02Photograph of a ritual display on a white-draped table: several silver kalasha pots, each topped with a yellow-orange coconut and green mango leaves, are decorated with yellow and white marigold garlands and red flowers. A ring of purple gomphrena-style flowers encircles the arrangement, and rice grains with scattered petals cover the table. In the background, seated devotees in colourful saris and white clothes watch, and a person in white stands at right near a red-draped table.2011-12-13Close-up photo of two decorated kalasha pots for ritual worship. Each brass-rimmed pot is wrapped in woven multicoloured bamboo lattice in red, green, white and yellow, topped with a tuft of straw and a coconut-shell cap. Both are garlanded with yellow marigolds and red roses, with green mango leaves tucked in. Halved coconuts sit in the foreground and fresh leaves and flowers appear at the right edge. No people are visible.2018-04-14November 27 20122012-11-27July 21 20102010-07-21Three silver kalasha pots with woven wire patterns stand on a bed of white rice on a banana leaf. Each pot holds mango leaves and a coconut topped with orange-yellow husk fibre, with yellow marigold flowers and red kumkum dots on the pots. Incense smoke rises at the left and yellow flowers and orange cloth appear in the foreground. No people are visible; this is a ritual setup for a puja.2011-12-28October 10 20132013-10-10April 14 20182018-04-14