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Overhead photo of a ritual offering laid on a red-brown wooden floor before a bronze deity murti draped in white and magenta jasmine and marigold garlands. Stainless steel plates hold bananas, apples, pomegranates, pineapples, coconuts, limes, red bananas, grapes, and a bowl of white rice. Green leaves hold a heap of small printed paper packets, and pink and white flowers are scattered nearby. Orange cloth lies under the murti, and a person in a white dhoti with a red border stands at the left edge with bare feet visible. A date stamp reading 28-10-2006 is at the right edge.

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October 28 20062006-10-28October 28 20062006-10-28October 28 20062006-10-28October 28 20062006-10-28October 28 20062006-10-28Overhead 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.2006-11-05October 28 20062006-10-28Top-down photograph of ritual offerings on a wooden table. A metal bowl holds bananas, a halved coconut, a whole pineapple and folded paper. A round metal tray holds several red apples and yellow fruit. A banana leaf on another tray holds a mound of brown paste and a heap of chickpeas or lentils. Scattered green leaves lie around the offerings. No people are visible.2006-10-29Photograph of a deity murti adorned with thick garlands of yellow, pink and white flowers, standing before a green cloth backdrop on a wooden floor scattered with petals. In front are offering trays and baskets of bananas, coconut halves, apples, lemons and loose flowers, with small paper slips placed among them. A brass lamp stands at the left edge; a partly visible person in white dhoti stands at the left and figures in saffron and colourful saris appear at the top. A corner of the scene shows a red clothed figure in a green sari and orange cloth to the right. Ritual puja offering setting.2006-10-09October 23 20062006-10-23Top-down photograph of offerings laid on a reddish wooden floor during a puja. On the left, a silver-rimmed tray holds two red apples and pale yellow-green fruit beside cut coconut halves. Center, a second tray holds banana fruit, more coconut halves, and a yellow paper wrapping with red printed text. On the right, a tray of loose pink and red flowers sits beside a yellow and white flower garland, bananas, limes or lemons, and a halved coconut. Scattered petals lie on the floor, and a brass lamp with a lit flame and a bare foot appear at the top edge.2006-10-24Overhead 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.2006-10-10