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Overhead photo of a ritual offering spread on a stone floor. A large black pan holds a brown sweet dish topped with cashews and raisins. Beside it is a brass bowl of mixed flower petals in pink, purple and white. Fresh fruit fills an aluminium tray: bananas, mangoes, apples, plums and an orange. Foil containers hold round yellow laddu sweets, square brown sesame-style sweets, and a golden liquid dish. A red cloth with gold border edges the top of the frame. No people are visible.

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Photo 82874552021-02-27KAILASA CHENNAI, INDIA on 3/20/20212021-03-20Overhead photo of a ritual food offering spread on a red and gold embroidered cloth. Many small steel bowls hold fruits including grapes, red apples, blueberries, cherries, lemons, almonds, dates, dried figs, pecans and sweets, with stainless steel plates of bananas, a whole papaya, yellow sweet balls and fried dough pieces, a yellow curry, and orange-yellow fruit garnished with yellow flowers. No people are visible; the arrangement appears to be a naivedyam offering.2024-06-09November 13 20122012-11-13A top-down photograph of a ritual offering tray on a green banana leaf set over a polished silver plate. Grapes, ripe bananas, a large orange and pink hibiscus flowers surround the arrangement. In the centre sit a steel bowl of sweet pudding topped with cashews and raisins, a bowl of brown chickpea-like legumes, two small bowls of yellow shredded coconut-style preparation, a bowl of dates, and a small covered steel vessel. The tray rests on a pink cloth with yellow, blue and purple woven borders. No people are visible, so this is a naivedhyam food offering.2021-12-27KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 6/17/20222022-06-17 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual offering spread on a red cloth-covered table in front of a gold and yellow draped backdrop. Silver and brass plates hold fresh fruit including bananas, a pineapple, apples, grapes, a green coconut, pomegranates, papaya and guava. Small bowls contain cooked rice dishes, lentil preparations, sugarcane pieces, nuts and seeds, decorated with red flowers. A deity murti or decorated figure is partially visible at the left edge. No people are visible in the scene. This appears to be a naivedyam offering arrangement.A top-down photo of an offering spread on a table draped in a purple and red patterned cloth. Brass bowls hold pink-tinted grain, yellow pulao-style rice with green herbs, and small steel dishes of sauces and sweets. A pineapple, green grapes, red apples and bananas sit on a steel tray. A brass oil lamp with a lit wick stands at left beside a steel plate with a small clay lamp, and a brass plate holds flower petals at right. At the top edge, part of a person in an orange-and-blue garment holds a brass implement, and bare feet in white clothing appear at lower left, indicating a puja offering setup.2024-11-10A photograph of a table laid with an offering of food, not people. A silver tray in the foreground holds oranges, kiwis, bananas, apples, grapes, a persimmon, a mango, a coconut, a sugar apple and a melon. Behind it, small brass dishes and bowls hold dried fruits and nuts, blueberries, sliced pineapple, a watermelon, rice pilaf with cranberries, a sweet dish and a bowl of gulab jamun-like sweets, with a glass of water and a yellow flower arrangement on a brass plate. The white cloth-covered table sits on a carpet. No people are visible.2021-01-23Overhead view of a naivedyam offering laid out on fresh green banana leaves over a deep red velvet cloth. On a brass plate at left are round brown laddu-style sweets, several apples or peaches, and a whole pineapple. The center leaf holds more round sweets, and a leaf at right carries a yellow sweet rice preparation with green garnish and crisp fried snacks. Small brass bowls hold dried fruit, orange lentil or sweet grains, and fried snack pieces. No people are visible.2022-12-19Top-down photo of a festival food offering on a wooden table. In the centre, a round metal plate holds a mound of yellow rice garnished with orange and purple flowers, halved coconut shells and green leaves, encircled by a thick garland of yellow and red flowers. To the left, small steel bowls hold a pale chutney, a dark mixture and flatbread pieces. Beside the plate, a bowl of golden-brown sweet balls is decorated with flowers. On the right, a steel tray holds bananas, oranges, a mango, lemons and green leaves with seed pods. No people are visible.KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 8/29/20212021-08-29