Overhead photograph of a Lakshmi Pooja offering laid on a banana leaf over a tiled floor. A large hammered silver thali holds a yellow dish, a bowl of white raita or curd, fried golden snacks, and a small brass cup. Surrounding silver plates hold bananas, oranges and red apples. A gold-bordered cloth edge appears at the right. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Overhead photograph of a Lakshmi Pooja offering laid on a banana leaf over a tiled floor. A large hammered silver thali holds a yellow dish, a bowl of white raita or curd, fried golden snacks, and a small brass cup. Surrounding silver plates hold bananas, oranges and red apples. A gold-bordered cloth edge appears at the right. No people are visible.

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