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A photograph of a white-draped table laid with offerings for a puja. Trays hold heaps of red, pink, yellow and white flowers, including carnations, roses and chrysanthemums, alongside bananas, oranges, apples and a glass bowl of nuts. A brass tray and a wooden carved peetha stand behind the table. A microphone stand rises at left and orange cloth is visible at the top corners. The image shows no people in clear view.

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October 25 20062006-10-25July 07 20092009-07-07A ritual ground covered with a white cloth marked with blue lines, bearing a puja arrangement of pink and red flowers, yellow marigold strands, white jasmine-like blossoms, ripe bananas on green leaves, and a red-brown powdered design. Brass vessels and a small lamp sit nearby. Several people in white dhotis with blue-and-gold borders stand behind the table, with orange cloth draped beneath the altar.2015-08-31October 23 20062006-10-23July 07 20092009-07-07Overhead photo of a floor offering arrangement on a reddish-brown wooden floor. A large bronze hand. Silver trays hold bananas, green and red apples, whole coconuts, mangoes or limes, and a small bowl of red kumkum, with yellow flowers scattered over them. A framed photo in the upper left shows a man in a purple top, but it is a printed picture and not a physical person. No people are physically visible in the frame.2006-10-10Overhead photo of a floor offering arranged on a red-brown tiled floor. Steel trays hold sliced bananas, halved coconuts, lemons or limes, a steel bowl of cooked grain or pudding, another bowl of chickpea-like pulses, and a trays of coconut pieces and pink flowers. A small pink basket holds coconut pieces and fruit, and a glass dish contains pink petals. Behind the offerings stands a flower-covered arrangement of white jasmine garlands, red and pink blossoms and coconuts, with a brass pot on the right. Bare feet in white cloth appear at the left and edge. The scene reads as a ritual food offering; no visible person's face or identity is shown.2006-10-23A photograph of a decorated ritual altar. A raised arrangement of white jasmine garlands and red flower garlands frames a central mound of pink lotus petals and red blossoms, with rudraksha beads scattered among them. A small bundle tied with twine stands at the centre, and two ripe bananas lie on either side. Two small grey stone figures stand at the left and right edges. In the blurred background, a person in white with a red shawl is partly visible on the left, and golden ornamental decor fills the upper background.2016-06-30A table draped in red cloth holds an offering spread for a ritual. Brass plates contain bananas, green limes, oranges, yellow marigold petals, round sweets, coconut and a white cloth with gold border folded on a tray. A brass lamp with a lit flame, a brass pot wrapped with yellow flowers and a mound of red and brown powder stand nearby. Brass pillar lamps frame the left side, and a deity murti with garlands is partly visible at the top right. No people are clearly visible, only a partially visible figure at the top right edge.2010-10-15October 28 20062006-10-28A puja is being performed on a stage draped in red and gold fabric under a white tent. A woman in a red sari bends over a long white-clothed table laden with fruit, flower heaps, bananas, oranges and a coconut. Behind her stands a golden arched altar with a deity murti adorned with garlands of orange and white flowers. Centre right, a framed portrait labelled with a printed name shows a smiling man in an orange-yellow turban and saffron robes, hands pressed in namaste, with a red garland around the frame. Pink, red and white flowers fill vases around the table. Two women in the foreground, one in an orange sari, sit watching the ceremony.2008-05-11March 26 20202020-03-26 +1 copies