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Overhead photo of a wooden plate of offerings laid on a gold-and-orange woven cloth with pink flowers and white blossoms around the edge. The plate holds rice-puffed balls, pale sugarcane pieces, purple sweet potato slices, a brown jaggery block with a dollop of butter, and rudraksha beads. Rudraksha beads and a garland sit at the top edge, with a brass plate at left. No people are visible.

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A close overhead photo of a heap of round puffed-rice balls bound with a reddish-orange jaggery or sugar coating, piled on a brass tray over a red cloth. Behind the tray at the left is a dish of mixed nuts or seeds, and at the upper right a woven basket holding an orange-yellow item. No people are visible; the scene looks like food offerings prepared for a ritual.2025-12-30Close-up photograph of a large brass plate heaped with round, golden-brown puffed rice balls bound with jaggery. The plate sits on a rich red velvet cloth, and similar savoury snacks in a copper dish and a striped cloth edge appear at the top of the frame. No people are visible in the image.2023-01-03Close-up photograph of a heaped metal bowl filled with round puffed-rice balls, the grains bound with a reddish-brown sugar or jaggery syrup. Behind the bowl a blurred tray shows yellow marigold-style garlands and a warm oil lamp glow. No people are visible.2022-12-07Close-up food photograph of offerings on a red cloth. Two brass bowls hold round puffed-rice balls bound with a reddish-brown syrup, and a perforated brass bowl holds brown round sweets, possibly coconut ladoos, with white coconut flecks. A bowl of bright red kumkum or powder sits at upper left, and a green fruit and a yellow-and-red fruit are partly visible at lower left. No people are visible.Close-up photograph of two brass bowls on a bright red cloth. The left bowl holds a heap of puffed rice tinted orange-pink, and the right bowl holds rounded brown-sugar-dusted sweet balls. No people are visible; the frame shows only the food offerings.Overhead photograph of food offerings on a red and gold brocade cloth. Four round puffed-rice balls, golden-tan in colour, sit on a bronze-toned plate at left. A large bowl at upper right holds dried dates with wrinkled brown skins. A smaller bowl at lower right holds shredded white coconut. No people are visible; the arrangement looks like prasadam or naivedyam laid out for an offering.A close-up photograph of a heaped brass bowl of round sweet balls coated in sesame seeds, set on a red and gold brocade cloth. The bowl has a scalloped rim with pierced heart-shaped cutouts. Smaller brass dishes with nuts or seeds are partly visible at the left edge. No people are shown.Overhead view of an offering spread on a red cloth. Brass and copper bowls hold a block of brown jaggery, blue rock sugar candy, white sesame or puffed grain, crisp fried snack strands, and round sesame or puffed-grain balls, with brown chikki-style sweets at the top right. No people, deity or throne is visible, so this is a close-up of prasadam-style food offerings.A photograph of an offering spread on a table draped with a deep red cloth. In the centre is a large brass platter of plain cooked rice scattered with peanuts. Around it are brass bowls and plates holding orange spiral snack (murukku-style), round brown ladoos, roasted peanuts, and yellow lentils or dal. No people, deities or ritual objects are visible, and no homa or a person is shown.2025-12-30Close-up photograph of offerings on a red cloth with gold floral pattern. In the foreground, a brass bowl holds dried dates, with more dates spilled beside it. Behind, perforated metal bowls hold whole almonds and cashews. On the right, puffed rice balls or sweet rice pieces sit on a brass plate, and a bowl of dried fruit or nuts appears at the top right. No people, deities or a person are visible; the scene shows food offerings for a ritual.December 19 2022 sripuram2022-12-19Overhead 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.