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A photograph of a group of Indian women and one older man gathered closely together, with hands reaching to a tray of offerings. An elderly man in a white shirt on the left holds the tray's edge while a woman in an orange and white sari on the right extends her hands over it. Other women in saris stand behind, including one in a pink-and-white sari and one in a green sari, and a woman in a dark outfit at right. The tray holds apples, bananas and other fruit. The setting appears to be an indoor room with plain walls.

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Feb 13 2022 sripuramA photograph of a small indoor room where several people are offering items on a metal tray. A smiling man in a white shirt and white garland stands at left beside a woman in a purple sari holding a plate of bananas and a yellow fruit. Behind them an older man in white dhoti with a white garland and vertical tilak on his forehead stands, while a younger man in an orange-saffron shawl over white clothes reaches to guide the tray. In the foreground a woman in a purple sari holds a small book and a yellow fruit. A computer monitor and other people stand in the background.2007-10-01A photograph of a домашний devotional gathering inside a plain room with pale walls and a tiled floor. Many people sit closely together on a pink cloth, mostly women in colourful saris and a few men in white shirts and dhotis. In the foreground, a woman in a white and blue sari sits beside brass plates of bananas, oranges, coconut and flower offerings. A young girl in an orange dress sits in front of the offerings. No candidate for a person is visibly present, so the scene is a community puja with devotees.2007-10-01A photograph taken indoors in a plain room with a wooden chair and a small shelf in the background. A man with a shaved head wearing white ritual clothing and an orange shawl leans forward over a patterned mat, bending toward a tray of offerings or decorated items. Three women in saris sit on the mat: one in purple, one in a pale green and gold sari, and one in a light peach-colored outfit. Another man stands partly visible behind them. The man in white appears to be the officiating figure presenting the tray to the seated women.2007-10-01A photograph of women performing a welcoming or puja ritual outdoors on a red-carpeted area. In the foreground a woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari holds a brass plate of flowers and offerings. Beside her a woman in a white sari with a red border holds a garland. Other women and a small girl in pink stand around, including a woman in a light blue sari on the right, and a man in white is partly visible at the back. The setting appears to be a building courtyard with green foliage at the left.Annadhan in 20142014-01-01 +2 copiesA photograph of a devotional ritual indoors on a gold-draped platform. Several women in silk saris sit cross-legged around a round silver tray. The central woman in a pink-and-gold sari holds a brass plate of offerings. Another woman in orange sari leans in, and a man in white dhoti sits at the right. A plated arrangement of fruit, flowers, and small brass vessels sits in the foreground on a red-and-gold cloth. Gold-coloured drapes and a decorated backdrop frame the scene, consistent with a puja or abhishekam offering.Overhead view of an outdoor puja at dusk on bare ground. Devotees crowd around a row of offering trays heaped with bananas, oranges, coconuts, pink and white flower petals and betel leaves. A man in a white dhoti and an orange-yellow shawl kneels at centre-right, holding a tray of flowers and placing offerings. A woman in white with a gold necklace bends forward beside him. Other men in white and a bare-chested man stand behind, with women in saris and a small child in a blue top among them. Oil lamps flicker at the lower edge. Wooden poles frame the left side.2006-10-09Annadhan in 20142014-01-01 +2 copiesA photograph of a devotional puja at an indoor temple room with cream walls and fluorescent lights. In the foreground, a man with a white shirt and rudraksha mala on his chest stands at the left edge, beside a long table covered with bowls of food, flower garlands, brass vessels and a tall lit oil lamp tray. Several women in white saris with orange borders sit on the floor behind the table, one holding a lamp and another tending the offerings, while a seated man in white participates. Brass deity images and a kalasha sit on the table, and a framed picture hangs on the back wall. No visible a person candidate is present in this image.2007-07-29 +1 copiesKailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamA smiling woman in a green and pink silk sari with gold-bordered edges stands in a home, holding a silver tray filled with yellow and pink flowers and a red-wrapped bundle. She extends her hand toward the head of a child with short dark hair in the foreground, seemingly blessing or offering the tray. Behind her, several people in colourful clothing, including a man in glasses and a person in orange, stand near a white door. Gold bangles and earrings are visible.2008-05-03