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Overhead photo of a ritual offering arrangement on a purple silk cloth. Small round silver-toned metal bowls hold grains and pulses, including rice, yellow split pulses, sesame seeds, brown spiced sticks, chickpeas, dried nuts, turmeric powder, a flour-like powder, white camphor-like blocks, and a bowl of yellow lemons. Marigold-like yellow flowers and red powder appear at the edges, with golden leaf-shaped ornaments on the cloth. No people are visible.

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Overhead photo of ritual offerings arranged in round metal bowls on a purple silk cloth. Bowls hold raisins, green mung beans, sliced vermicelli, split yellow lentils, white sugar crystals, bright yellow turmeric pieces, red kumkum powder, and a pale grain or seed. Small gold-coloured decorative ornaments are scattered on the cloth. No people are visible.2022-02-08A photograph of a Mandapadi offering arrangement on the floor, with rows of polished brass bowls filled with grains, pulses, rice, spices, dried chillies, jaggery-like lumps, sugar, flowers and sweets set out on a striped multicoloured cloth. Red flower petals are scattered around the bowls. Behind them, a deity murti is decorated with yellow flower garlands and draped in green cloth, flanked by golden lion figures. A timestamp reads 29 Dec 2025 01:16:22. No people are visible.2025-06-27KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/13/20222022-01-13Photograph of a ritual offering arrangement on the floor. A bright blue cloth is spread across the foreground holding many small stainless steel bowls filled with grains, pulses, sliced fruit pieces, fried snacks, noodle-like sweets, coconut pieces and powders. Beside them sit a brass bowl of small green fruits and a brass bowl of fresh green grass. A pink and gold silk cloth lies behind, with a covered brass vessel on top and a steel tiffin-style box holding several compartments of offerings. A kalasha-like object wrapped in gold cloth and a leafy plate with flowers are visible in the background. No people are visible.2025-08-27Overhead photograph of a spread of prasadam offerings laid out on a red and gold brocade cloth. Brass bowls with perforated rims hold almonds, cashews, raisins, round sweet balls (laddus) in pale and brown tones, dried fruit pieces, shredded coconut, a golden spiced powder, a smooth brown sweet block, and crushed grain. A brass plate with dried red chillies sits at the upper right. No people are visible.A photograph of ritual offerings laid out on the floor on coloured cloths. On the left, a pink cloth holds gold-rimmed metal trays containing green herbs, white grains, brown seeds, dried dates, a blue packet and a cluster of pink and white roses. On the right, a blue cloth holds about a dozen ornate gold-edged trays filled with pulses, grains and seeds in yellow, orange, cream and brown tones. No people are visible; the arrangement appears to be prepared offerings such as naivedyam.2022-07-01 +1 copiesPhoto 82904762022-07-01 +1 copiesA top-down photo of a ritual offering spread on a turquoise silk cloth. Metal bowls hold grains, pulses, spices, powders, dried fruits and nuts, including turmeric and red kumkum powders, rice, lentils, cashews, raisins and cardamom. Folded saris in orange, maroon and mustard, a set of gold-toned glass bangles, and a brass plate with small oil lamps and sweets sit at the top. No people are visible.2025-09-21A photograph of a ritual offering spread laid on a red cloth with a gold-patterned border, set on a wooden table in an open courtyard with green plants behind. Brass bowls hold orange turmeric powder on the left, deep red kumkum powder in the centre and yellow turmeric powder on the right. Smaller bowls contain green limes, dried red dates, yellow dried turmeric roots, white crystals or sugar candy, and round brown sweets. A large dark green gourd and a pale squash sit in brass dishes, and a folded pink and green cloth lies at the right edge beside a coconut. No people are visible.A photograph of ritual offering materials arranged on a pink cloth with gold floral brocade pattern. In the foreground, a large brass bowl holds bright red kumkum powder and a second brass bowl holds yellow turmeric powder. Behind them, smaller perforated brass bowls hold white sesame seeds, translucent white rock sugar crystals, dried yellow turmeric roots, and dried dates. Above, brass bowls contain green limes and a dark round fruit. No people, deity or a person are visible in the frame.A photograph of a ritual offering spread laid out on a red and gold patterned cloth under a shaded outdoor area. Brass bowls hold orange turmeric powder, deep red kumkum, and a second orange powder, alongside small dishes of green lime-like fruits, a dark oblong gourd-type vegetable, a pale round fruit, brown balls, white crystal sugar, dried red-brown seeds or nuts, green chilli-like pods, a brown block of jaggery, and a pile of grey grain. Coconuts sit at the right edge. Palm plants and a paved path are visible behind. No people are visible.Photo 82852122022-07-01 +1 copies