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Overhead photo of a red velvet cloth covered with small metal bowls of fried and sweet snacks offered as naivedyam. Bowls hold crisp golden murukku-style spirals, small fried gram-flour pieces, round flat savoury discs, sweet round balls studded with raisins or nuts, a bowl of flaked toasted grains, a bowl of rolled ring-shaped snacks, and a bowl of orange fried vermicelli-like strands. Puffed rice sits on a brass plate at the top left. No people are visible.

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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.2022-12-19Overhead 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.2022-07-13Overhead photo of sweets and snacks arranged on a deep red velvet cloth. Brass bowls with perforated rims hold round laddus in yellow, cream, grey and brown tones, and a heap of pale spiral snack. Blue ceramic bowls contain more laddus in brown, grey, cream and golden shades, and a blue bowl holds puffed rice-type balls. No people or deity visible; the arrangement looks like food offerings laid out for a ritual.Photograph 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.2022-12-19Close overhead photo of several shallow metal bowls filled with sweets and snacks arranged on a deep red velvet cloth. The central bowl holds cubes of pale golden fudge-like sweet, with dark gulab jamun balls in a bowl at the top, twisted orange jalebi-style spirals at top left, sesame-coated brittle pieces at top right, and fried savoury snacks at lower left. No people are visible; the food appears to be offered as prasadam, with the scene.2022-12-19A photograph of a festive spread of food laid out on a red cloth. Large brass plates and small brass bowls hold yellow and orange savouries, fried spiral snacks, round fried balls, puffed poori bread, and several rice dishes with vegetables and peas, many set on green leaves. No people are visible.Overhead photograph of a festive food spread on a red cloth at a Navaratri Durga Puja offering. Brass platters hold yellow fried snacks, crisp puris, and dishes of savory rice or grain with green herbs and vegetables in small woven baskets lined with green leaves. Round fried dumplings and crisp fried strands sit on a leaf in the upper area. No people are visible.Overhead photo of food offerings on a red velvet cloth. A central grey metal bowl holds a heap of crisp, curled, ridged savoury snacks. Adjacent bowls hold other snacks, a sweet with dried fruit pieces, and a mixed grain or flake offering with white and brown bits. No people, deities or a person visible.2023-01-03A photograph of an offering spread on a table draped with a deep red cloth. In the centre is a large brass platter of plain cooked rice scattered with peanuts. Around it are brass bowls and plates holding orange spiral snack (murukku-style), round brown ladoos, roasted peanuts, and yellow lentils or dal. No people, deities or ritual objects are visible, and no homa or a person is shown.2025-12-30A 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.2025-07-21Close-up photograph of food offerings arranged on a red velvet cloth. In the foreground, a steel bowl holds a stack of round, spiral-shaped savoury snacks with sesame seeds. Behind it, a bowl of dark grey-black round balls sits beside a bowl of orange-coloured crisp chickpeas and bowls of fried snacks at the edges. No people are visible. The setting suggests naivedyam, food arranged as a temple offering.2022-12-19Photograph of a large steel platter heaped with round, pale golden-beige balls made of puffed grain or lentil dough. A second bowl at right holds crisp, curled fried strands in orange-brown tones, and smaller steel plates with fried chips and condiments sit around the edges on a dark red cloth. No people are visible.2022-01-03