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Photograph of a large food offering laid out on the floor before a seated silver-finished murti of a sage-like deity, dressed in an orange silk cloth, blue and green garments, and garlanded with pink and white flower malas, with a red-saried female figure standing to the left. Trays and rows of small bowls hold rice dishes, curries, vegetables, sweets, fruit, corn cobs, and bread on foil, with bananas, oranges, apples and grapes on a silver tray in front. A brass lamp and small offering vessels sit on the pink mat near the murti. No people are visible, only statues and food, consistent with a festival annadan-style offering display.

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KAILASA MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA on 12/28/20212021-12-28KAILASA SINGAPORE on 1/7/20212021-01-07 +1 copiesPhoto 82887982021-01-23 +1 copiesMahashivaratri 2021Kailasa kanchipuram december 28th 2021KAILASA Tharamangalam 10 Sep 2021Photo 116911122014-12-17July 13 2022 Sripuram2022-07-13KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 11/14/20202020-11-14HDH Jayanthi 20212021-01-23December 28 2021 sripuram2021-12-28A photograph of a temple room arranged for a festival offering. Several garlanded murti statues dominate the scene: a seated figure in yellow dhoti and blue top wearing a gold crown and layered gold necklaces, with hands in anjali mudra; a darker figure on the right in orange-gold silk with heavy gold jewellery; and a figure on the left with rudraksha beads and a white-and-striped cloth. Garlands of white, yellow, red and green flowers hang on all of them. Before them stand many silver-toned bowls on silver trays holding sweets, fruits, nuts, dry snacks and savouries, arranged as a neivedhyam naivedya offering. Fresh fruit sits in a bowl at the top left, and a small brass deity figure stands in front at lower left.