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A close photo of three brass offering bowls on a wooden table, filled with food offerings. The large bowl on the right holds a heap of white cooked grain. The middle bowl holds clusters of brown jaggery-bound peanut or puffed-grain balls, and the left bowl holds fried savoury patties. Behind them, a copper vessel with a hammered pattern and yellow flowers sits on the table, with a red container at the edge. No people are visible.

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Overhead photo of sweets arranged on a bright red and gold patterned cloth. In the foreground, a brass bowl with a scalloped, pierced rim holds brittle clusters of puffed grain and pulses bound with golden jaggery. Another pierced brass bowl at right holds several round, brown, rustic laddus. At the top, a pierced bowl holds rice-puff balls coated in golden syrup, and a dark metal vessel sits at the upper right corner. No people are visible.Close-up food photograph of a perforated metal tray lined with a green banana leaf. Three clusters of peanut and jaggery brittle, glossy and amber-brown, sit in the lower left and centre. Large, pale, crisp puffed wafers, possibly prasadam snacks, rest at the top, with a little white rice visible in the upper left corner. No people, deity, or event setting is visible.Close-up photograph of a brass thali on a dark surface holding offerings for a puja. Clockwise from the left, a small brass bowl of golden liquid, a brass bowl of cooked white rice dotted with black peppercorns, a brass bowl of cooked red-skinned peanuts, a small bowl of pale jaggery or sugar pieces, and a green-yellow banana with brown spots lying across the front of the plate. No people are visible.2024-08-25Close-up photo of offerings arranged before an ornate gold-toned metal shrine backdrop with repoussé floral scrollwork. In the foreground, a large green banana leaf holds a heap of round brown laddus studded with nuts and seeds. Behind them, a brass tray holds a mound of puffed-rice balls topped with a larger pile of the same rice mixture. A striped brown-and-gold cloth lies to the right, with a small bowl of yellow and pink flower petals and a hanging garland of pink and yellow flowers at the top. No people are visible.2022-12-19A photograph of ten small stainless steel bowls arranged on a shimmering red and gold cloth spread on a stone floor. The bowls hold food offerings: a twisted golden snack, dark seeds, white grated coconut with green herbs, crumbled orange sweet, fried crisp pieces, yellow savoury mix, orange-brown sweet, golden pressed snack, brown roasted peanuts and a crunchy mixture. A brass ornamental fitting with a leaf-like design sits at the right edge. No people are visible; the arrangement appears to be food offerings laid out for ritual use.2025-07-21Overhead photograph of two metal plates set on a red cloth. The plate on the left holds clusters of roasted chickpeas and puffed grains bound with golden jaggery syrup, forming bite-sized balls. The plate on the right holds crisp, curled orange-brown savoury snacks. No people, deities or ritual activity are visible; the food appears as offering or prasadam-style snacks.Close-up photograph of a brass ritual offering plate on a dark surface. A brass bowl holds a heap of white cooked rice, next to a smaller brass cup with reddish-brown peanuts or groundnuts. A ripe banana, partly peeled, lies at the lower left edge of the plate. A tall brass tumbler sits on the right, and a red woven cloth with a patterned texture is behind the plate. No people are visible, and no figure can be identified in the frame.2025-08-18Overhead 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 brass plate holds an offering for a puja: a small brass bowl of cooked white rice sprinkled with dark seeds, a green banana decorated with pink flowers, and a brass bowl of cut fruit with cashews. A small brass cup with a spoon and a lit oil lamp in a decorative brass dish sit in the background on a dark surface. No people are visible in the scene.2024-03-09Overhead photo of three stainless steel bowls on a blue fabric covered with gold sequin peacock-eye embroidery. The left bowl holds a pale white rice preparation flecked with green herbs, the right bowl holds a golden-brown mixed rice dish with dark raisins or lentils, and the small top bowl holds several fried golden fritters. Red rose petals are placed on the rice dishes and fritters as offerings. No people are visible.2024-01-15A photograph of a buffet-style spread of vegetarian food on a dark wooden table against a pale yellow wall. Seven stainless steel bowls hold fried snacks, papadums, sweet rice-flour balls with nuts, plain white rice with herbs, a brown lentil or grain preparation and a reddish-brown spiced dish. A foil food tray sits at the left edge. No people are visible.2020-12-26A close-up photograph of food offerings on a red patterned cloth. In the foreground are round puffed-rice balls coated in golden syrup, with a brown ladoo-like ball behind them, all heaped in a perforated brass bowl. To the right are thin, pale, pressed flatbreads stacked beside a dark teal metal bowl on a brass plate. No people, deities or ritual fire are visible.