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Overhead photograph of a ceremonial offering spread on a pink-and-cream striped cloth. Round metal platters hold fresh fruit: green and yellow limes, a pineapple, grapes, bananas, red apples, custard apples, papayas, sapodilla-like brown fruit, and a heap of orange jalebi-style sweets in a central tray. Green betel leaves sit beside white flowers and a small bunch of red berries, and a brass vessel and sugarcane stalks appear at the edges. No people are visible.

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October 28 20062006-10-28October 28 20062006-10-28Overhead photograph of a temple offering arranged on a wooden floor scattered with pink flower petals. Dozens of stainless steel bowls hold rice preparations in yellow, white, brown and green, alongside sweets and fried snacks. Trays of red pomegranates, pineapples, apples, lemons, limes and bananas surround them, with fresh flowers and orange marigolds near the top. A carved stone deity figure and an orange cloth appear at the left and top. No people are visible.2006-10-28Close-up photograph of a metal offering plate on a red cloth, heaped with bananas, red apples, oranges, pomegranates and a pear-like fruit. A green leaf with dark raisins or dried fruit sits among the fruit, and a mound of yellow flowers lies in the lower foreground. The arrangement suggests fruit offerings for worship, with no people or deity figures visible.2018-01-31November 05 20062006-11-05September 03 20082008-09-03October 28 20062006-10-28October 28 20062006-10-28A photograph of a large spread of offerings on a red-covered table. Plates and steel trays hold fruits including apples, oranges, bananas, limes and grapes, alongside sweets, nuts, sugar cubes, packaged snacks, coconut-filled confections and wrapped gift packets. Colourful paper rosettes and fringed ornaments decorate the trays. Two people in white clothing stand at the left, one in white with an orange cloth at the top right edge, and a partial figure in orange clothing is visible at the lower right. The setting looks like a temple or ashram offering for a devotional event.2008-07-17A ceremonial offering spread laid out on white cloth over a blue mat for a puja. Two tall polished silver lamps with bird-shaped tops and twisted stems stand on either side, each holding a lit oil flame. In the centre are many small bowls and plates of food: sweet pongal-style dishes, yellow laddus in a heap, flatbreads, coconut and banana leaves, bananas, red apples, orange and mango-like fruits, a whole pineapple, and a plate of sugared cashew-like sweets. A silver bowl of rose petals, silver vessels, a bell, incense sticks and kumkum pots sit at the back, with orange-and-white flower garlands draped over a raised altar and an orange folded cloth. No people are visible.2009-07-07Top-down photo of an offering spread on a reddish-brown wooden table: bowls of sweets and savouries, orange and yellow pulses, bananas, round green fruits, pomegranate-red fruit, a steel plate of dark brown bananas, and red flowers and white garlands near a brass vessel. Only a person's white-trousered legs are visible at the left edge, so one person is partly in frame. Food offerings suggest a puja or annadan setting, but no clear figure is shown. Scattered petals lie on the wood.2006-10-31November 10 20112011-11-10