Photograph of many small silver-toned plates arranged in neat rows on a patterned brown and gold floor cloth. Each plate holds a folded cloth napkin in red, purple, green, blue or white, topped with fresh fruit such as apples, limes, green chillies and small pink flowers, tied with orange thread. Shown as an offering arrangement for a Navaratri pooja. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Photograph of many small silver-toned plates arranged in neat rows on a patterned brown and gold floor cloth. Each plate holds a folded cloth napkin in red, purple, green, blue or white, topped with fresh fruit such as apples, limes, green chillies and small pink flowers, tied with orange thread. Shown as an offering arrangement for a Navaratri pooja. No people are visible.

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