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Close photo of a hand with a gold ring and a gold bangle pressing into a round steel plate of fried flatbread or vada-like cakes resting on green banana leaves, dusted with a light sprinkle of powder. Beside it, a person in a maroon garment and gold-patterned sari-like cloth points with a finger, and a rudraksha mala with beads is visible at upper left. Hands and food only; the wrist and body are partly cut off by the frame. The scene suggests an offering of prasadam.

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Close photo of a silver tray lined with green leaves, piled with golden-brown fried snacks, possibly vadas or pooris. A hand in a gold bangle reaches in to take one. Beside it, a sleeve in saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and orange beads is visible on a second person. Another person in a maroon and gold garment stands at right, and a cream cloth hangs beside them.2013-11-02November 02 20132013-11-02November 10 20152015-11-10Close photo of a devotional offering being made. A bare-backed figure with white sacred ash stripes and a gold waist cloth is in the left foreground, blurred. In the centre, a hand wearing a gold bangle and ring reaches into a polished metal plate piled with golden sweets, round laddus and crisp fried snacks. Another hand with a tattoo and a gold bracelet holds the plate from below. The background is deep red cloth.2015-11-10November 10 20152015-11-10November 02 20132013-11-02September 03 20122012-09-03 +2 copiesA close photograph of a round stainless steel tray filled with golden-yellow sweet balls. Blurred figures are visible at the top edge: a person in saffron-orange robes wearing gold ornaments, and a hand in a white garment with a red border at the upper right. A hand holding the tray's edge appears at the lower left. The setting suggests a distribution of food offering.2010-12-27November 10 20152015-11-10Close-up photograph of a hand holding a cluster of golden sweets and sesame-coated balls, offered from a large polished brass tray heaped with assorted sweets. A second hand with a gold bangle and ring holds the tray. In the foreground, a bare shoulder shows white horizontal ash markings, and the background is draped in deep red cloth with a garland of red and gold flowers.2015-11-10October 12 20062006-10-12A crowded indoor festival scene where a shaved-headed monastic in an orange-saffron robe with rudraksha malas and a sacred ash mark on his forehead holds a steel plate of round sweets. Next to him a person in a rust-coloured turban and gold-embroidered cream and gold garments with gold necklaces and bangles reaches to take sweets from the plate. Behind them, other saffron-robed men carry trays of sweets and sweet squares, and several women in saffron and red saris stand nearby. Devotees, including a child in a white shirt, reach forward to receive prasad. Yellow and orange draped cloth decorates the background table.2013-11-02