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Close-up photograph of a brass bowl holding a bundled white cloth with gold-bordered edges, stained with reddish-orange kumkum or turmeric paste at its centre. Beside the bowl lie a green silk cloth woven with gold zari floral motifs at the left and a polished silver-toned hand bell or handle at the right. Dried bundled sticks sit blurred in the upper left background. No people are visible.

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Close-up photograph of a ritual offering bundle wrapped in white cloth with gold zari borders, placed on a metal tray beside yellow flower garlands and fruit or sweets. A colourful striped cloth lies in the background. No people are visible; the image shows only the offering wrapped in white and gold-bordered fabric.2016-02-07February 07 20162016-02-07July 18 20162016-07-18Close-up photograph of a white cloth bundle wrapped and tied at the top, set on a clear glass plate held by a hand at the lower right. The bundle is decorated with a yellow marigold-type flower tucked at its side and a red and yellow kumkum/turmeric mark on top. The background is softly blurred, with a glimpse of another glass dish and orange fruit at left. No full faces are visible, and the bundle appears to be a ritual offering of the kind brought in procession.2016-01-02Close-up photograph of a red cloth bundle tied with a knot and decorated with yellow and white flowers, resting in a polished silver-toned metal bowl with ridged rim. Behind it are blurred brass or copper vessels and a wooden surface, with a wooden rudraksha mala visible at right. No people are visible in the frame.2014-01-05July 18 20162016-07-18July 02 20162016-07-02December 22 20112011-12-22A close photograph of a bundled white cloth tied with a teal and gold-bordered woven fabric, resting on a polished silver metal tray. A half coconut with white flesh sits at the lower left edge, and a few bundles of folded pink and red cloth lie in the blurred background. No people are visible; the scene looks like a ritual offering arrangement.2015-12-23September 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesA photograph of a silver-toned metal plate on an orange cloth holding a bundle wrapped in white silk with purple and green trim. Behind it is a brass tray piled with dried wooden sticks, and more sticks lie at the right edge. No people are visible.2011-12-16Close-up of a priest's hands pouring water from a silver kalasha vessel with a spout shaped like an animal head, the vessel wrapped in a white cloth tied with pink flowers and marked with a turmeric-yellow stain. The priest wears a white dhoti with gold borders, a gold-bordered shawl, and a beaded rudraksha-style mala with gold accents. Blurred in the background, another figure in orange-red garments and beads stands near tropical green foliage.2018-04-14