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A lit brass oil lamp with a cotton wick sits on a large engraved brass tray set on a red cloth with a gold border. Beside it, a clear glass bowl holds white and pink petals, green dyed chrysanthemum-style blooms and a yellow-centred flower, arranged as a puja offering. No people are visible in the frame.

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Overhead photo of a puja arrangement on a red cloth. A lit brass oil lamp with a flame sits on an ornate engraved brass tray, its rim showing an inscription. Beside it, a smaller brass plate holds red and white flowers and a green flower. Below, a clear plate holds strawberries, dark dates, blueberries and small white sweets. No people are visible.2020-12-08A photograph of a ritual offering table draped in orange-brown cloth. In the foreground a brass plate holds a dark stone or wooden vessel topped with a white cube, surrounded by scattered petals in pink, purple, white and red. In the centre a brass oil lamp with a lit wick and two small brass bowls of yellow and red powder sits on a brass tray. To the right another brass tray holds loose mixed flower petals and garlands. At the back, a tray with small clay oil lamps, lit flames, white and pink flowers and lit incense sticks. No people are visible.Photo 11731152 +1 copiesA photograph of a clay oil lamp, a deepam, burning with a single flame on a dark wooden surface. The earthen lamp has a wide shallow bowl with red kumkum marks along its rim and is encircled by a garland of white chrysanthemum-type flowers with a few pink roses. Behind it sits a small silver shrine or altar niche, partly lit in the dim room. No people are visible.2024-03-10August 27 20122012-08-27A photo of a home puja altar draped in red cloth with gold border. In the upper centre, a framed portrait of a smiling bearded man with a vertical tilak on his forehead and a white garland, beside a smaller printed image of a seated man in orange robes. A brass plate holds lit oil lamps with engraved Sanskrit-style markings. Other offerings include a glass plate of grapes, dates and blueberries, a brass plate with red and white artificial flowers, and a glass plate of white petals with green leaves.2020-12-14KAILASA NEW HYDE PARK, USA on 1/7/20212021-01-07 +1 copiesJuly 27 20132013-07-27Close photo of a brass oil lamp with a lit wick standing on a silver tray ringed with white, pink and yellow chrysanthemums. Behind it, a framed painting shows a figure in saffron-red draped garments and an ankle bangle, cropped at the legs, with a wooden staff leaning against the frame. On the left, a small glass vase holds green leafy stems and a stainless steel bowl holds a yellow object beside it, all placed on a leopard-print cloth. No physical people are visible.2025-09-21KAILASA NEW HYDE PARK, USA on 12/13/20202020-12-13Close overhead photo of a brass puja tray with a ring of lit oil lamps around a small dark vessel holding a sprig of green tulsi leaves, yellow chrysanthemums, white jasmine and red flowers. A large white chrysanthemum lies beside it, and a white flower garland sits in a brass plate at the upper left. No people are visible; the setting is a kitchen-like counter with a dark sink.2025-02-11KAILASA NEW HYDE PARK, USA on 12/16/20202020-12-16