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September 25 2009

A close, tabletop photograph of an offering spread laid out on a cloth for a ritual. Silver and steel bowls hold rice, sweets and savoury dishes in yellow, white and green, including laddu-style balls and fried snacks. Red apples are piled in the foreground beside orange and red flower petals and a small dish of mixed nuts. A silver vessel stands at the back. At the upper right, a person in a red and gold saree is seated behind the offerings, their clothing partly visible. No face is shown and no one is identified. The scene reads as food offerings arranged for a puja.

Overhead photograph of a ritual offering spread laid on a woven mat with red, green and orange floral borders. Metal bowls hold apples, pomegranates, and an assortment of sweets including yellow and white laddus, round fried snacks, rice preparations, lentil and vegetable dishes, nuts, bananas, a brass plate with jaggery and banana, and a small bundle of red and gold cloth. Chocolate sweets wrapped in purple and silver foil sit beside a small book with a red cover. The scene shows food offerings arranged for a ritual, with no people visible.

July 07 2009

October 28 2006

November 20 2009

A top-down photograph of a ritual food offering spread across a red and cream woven mat with green leaf and orange flower motifs. Many silver and steel bowls hold rice dishes, fried vadas, round sweet laddus in brown, white and yellow, a mound of golden lentil-like sweet, nuts, sugar candies and mixed savouries. A brass plate holds bananas and a block of jaggery, and steel bowls hold red pomegranates and apples with oranges. A red and gold silk cloth and a mango leaf bundle sit at the upper right, and a small book titled Glory of the Divine Mother lies at the top left. No people are visible; this is an offering arrangement.

Overhead photograph of a ritual offering spread laid on a red and cream floral-patterned cloth. Steel bowls hold many foods: rings of fried snacks, piles of yellow and white grains, round sweet balls in yellow, brown and white, cashews and almonds, pomegranates, apples, a bowl of mixed fruit and bananas on a brass plate. A small blue book with a red emblem lies at the left edge, a red and gold cloth and a sprig of green leaves sit at the top, and a few orange and yellow petals are scattered across the cloth. No people are visible.

November 05 2006

January 01 2011

A floor spread of offerings for a ritual, laid on red and magenta cloths over a grey floor. Plates of bananas, oranges, apples, green grapes, mangoes, almonds, a cluster of dates or dried fruit, coconuts, cubes of paneer or white sweet, and aluminium trays of round sweets and a golden halwa-like dessert sit beside brass thalis, a brass lamp, folded silk saris or shawls in red, blue and pink, and a bowl of yoghurt. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears.

A photograph of a food offering spread on a red cloth in a temple or ashram setting. Steel bowls hold white rice with vegetables, a yellow-orange tempered rice dish, a pale creamy porridge-like dish, and crisp fried snacks. Two red apples, a coconut and a plate of green betel or leaves sit at left. Behind the food are brass and silver vessels, a small ritual tray, a silver lamp, incense sticks in a cup, and a folded orange cloth. A person in white garments is partly visible at top left, so the scene is an offering arranged before a ritual.