Close-up photograph of a whole brown coconut with its husk intact, topped with yellow flower petals and placed on green leaves as a ritual offering. Two small silver oil lamps with lit flames sit on either side, one with a decorative silver cut-out stand. In the blurred background a person's arm and hand, wearing dark bangles, holds a small spoon or ladle over the coconut. No faces are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close-up photograph of a whole brown coconut with its husk intact, topped with yellow flower petals and placed on green leaves as a ritual offering. Two small silver oil lamps with lit flames sit on either side, one with a decorative silver cut-out stand. In the blurred background a person's arm and hand, wearing dark bangles, holds a small spoon or ladle over the coconut. No faces are visible.

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