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Overhead photo of a festival offering spread laid on a green and gold bordered cloth before a seated deity murti draped in a blue silk cloth with gold patterns and a yellow flower garland. Plates hold snacks, sweets, dried fruits, nuts, and fried savouries, with limes and a green-and-gold bowl topped with a flower and ornament at centre. Before the murti sits a heart-shaped arrangement of pink and yellow flowers framing a dark stone object, and a brass lamp stand flanks the left and right. No people are visible.

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Kailasa seeragapadi december 28th 2021KAILASA Tharamangalam 10 Sep 2021Kailasa seeragapadi december 28th 2021A photograph of a ritual offering spread in a temple shrine. Dozens of small leaf or disposable plates hold varied food offerings such as nuts, grains, sweets, dried fruit, fried snacks, beans and round balls, arranged in rows on a yellow cloth with a green-and-purple border. Behind them on a green cloth sit fresh bananas, lemons, a mango, a pomegranate and a coconut-like fruit, plus two small metal deity murti with floral garlands. A large dark stone image draped in a blue and gold cloth with gold ornaments sits at left, and brass oil lamps with lit flames stand in the foreground. A timestamp overlay reads Jan. 4, 2025 6:46:32 a.m., Salem, Tamil Nadu, with altitude and speed data.2025-03-01Photograph of a ritual offering display in a temple-like room with a deep red curtain backdrop. Rows of small brass bowls on a multicoloured cloth hold food offerings such as sweets, fruits, grains, leaves, and coloured powders, with mangoes at the front. Behind them stands a gilded deity murti under a decorated canopy, on a blue silk cloth with gold border, beside a tall brass trident. Small painted clay figurines sit on a blue cloth at left and on a white platform at right. A brass oil lamp sits in the foreground. No people are visible.Photo 82887982021-01-23 +1 copiesKAILASA SINGAPORE on 1/7/20212021-01-07 +1 copiesKailasa avadi july 23 2021A photograph taken from above of a large grid of stainless steel bowls on the floor, arranged in rows on a red cloth with a striped woven mat at the bottom edge. The bowls hold an array of food offerings for a 108 nivedyam: fried savouries and snacks such as murukku, sev and chakli, sweets and laddus, dried fruits, cut carrots, lemons, boiled rice dishes in yellow and white, and other prepared foods. At the top edge, partly visible, are a red silk garment and draped garlands of white jasmine, with a brass lamp at the left edge. Behind the offerings the floor of a temple shrine is visible. No people are shown.2024-07-21Overhead photo of a ritual puja arrangement on a tiled floor. Many small disposable leaf plates hold grains, pulses, dried seeds, powders, flower petals, and fried snacks such as ring-shaped and round sweets, set on an orange cloth and on gold-coloured trays. A white conch shell sits at the centre, with small steel cups of red and yellow powder nearby. Brass lamps and a brass bell lie on wooden and gold boards, and a brass plate holds a lamp with green leaves. In the upper background, two small metal deity figures wear green garments and white and yellow flower garlands, with a yellow-flowered kalasha on a tray at upper left. No people are visible.2025-12-29Kailasa in tharamangalam 23 july 2021A photograph of a temple shrine dressed for a festival offering. Two metal deity murtis stand side by side behind a draped orange-gold cloth, adorned with dense garlands of red, yellow, green and purple flowers and decorative floral medallions. In front, a large spread of food offerings is arranged on a red patterned cloth: heaped sweets, fruits including apples, mangoes and limes, nuts, fried snacks and rice preparations in steel bowls and platters, typical of a naivedyam offering. A tall white air conditioner and a fan stand at the right edge of the room. No people are visible.2013-11-17 +1 copies