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A photograph of a temple offering display laid out on a wooden table. A small deity murti dressed in a blue and gold sari and silver ornaments sits behind white jasmine garlands and a coconut on a decorated vessel. In front are oranges, bananas, and many trays and steel containers of sweets and snacks including laddus, barfi-type sweets, pink candies and peanut brittle in a yellow bucket. Gold-painted pillars frame the scene. No people are visible.

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Overhead photo of a temple shrine offering with fruit, sweets and coconuts arranged on a white cloth before a deity murti. The murti wears a blue and gold sari-style garment, a garland of white jasmine and yellow-orange flowers, and a brass crown-like adornment. Trays hold pineapples, bananas, red apples, green grapes, oranges, lemons, round white sweets, orange laddu-style sweets, cubed yellow sweets and mixed nuts. Two coconuts are decorated with flower garlands and placed in woven bases, and pink petals lie on a brass plate at upper left. A bare-footed priest in white dhoti stands at the left edge, and a gold-toned pillar runs down the right side. No people are seated in view.2006-11-05Close view of a temple offering table laid with steel vessels of prasadam and fruit. Steel pails and bowls hold yellow rice, chickpea preparations, crisp savouries and sweets. Boxes of round laddu-style sweets and pale sweets sit beside bananas, pineapples, oranges, apples and pomegranates. Behind the offerings, a decorated deity murti is adorned with white flower garlands and a kalasha-like floral vessel. A brass pillar and wooden floor edge the scene.2006-11-05November 05 20062006-11-05November 05 20062006-11-05November 05 20062006-11-05A photograph of a festival offering laid out on a wooden floor before a golden deity murti, with the figure's golden feet visible at the top. Dozens of stainless steel bowls hold colourful cooked foods such as rice dishes, sweets and sauces, surrounded by apples, oranges, pomegranates, pineapple, bananas and mango. Garlands of white jasmine and pink and red flowers drape the deity, and an orange cloth and scattered pink petals cover the platform. No people are visible in the frame.2006-10-28October 24 20062006-10-24October 23 20062006-10-23October 31 20062006-10-31November 05 20062006-11-05Top-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.2006-10-31Photograph of a ritual offering on a wooden floor. A small deity murti stands draped in white and pink flower garlands, with a silver necklace visible, and a silver vessel in front. Trays of bananas, apples, coconut halves and a lime surround the base, alongside steel pots and a bowl of orange and yellow sweets or grains with petals scattered. At the upper edge, the white dhoti-clad legs of a standing man are visible, with a gold anklet on one ankle; no face is shown. Consistent with a puja or aarti offering. Shows no readable event text.2006-11-05