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April 20 20112011-04-20March 26 20202020-03-26 +1 copiesMarch 26 20202020-03-26October 24 20122012-10-24October 28 20062006-10-28A ritual offering spread laid out on a striped woven cloth. Silver trays hold bananas in several bunches, yellow and white marigold and orange flower garlands, red roses, sliced green and white coconut, cut fruits including limes, oranges and apples, a red powder heap of kumkum, turmeric powder, dried leaves, sweets and a plate of coiled snacks. Folded orange and green cloth and purple fabric sit at the edges. No people are visible; the arrangement suggests puja offerings.2020-03-13October 23 20062006-10-23October 28 20062006-10-28Top-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.2006-10-24July 07 20092009-07-07September 03 20082008-09-03A floor spread of offerings for a ritual, laid on red and magenta cloths over a grey floor. Plates of bananas, oranges, apples, green grapes, mangoes, almonds, a cluster of dates or dried fruit, coconuts, cubes of paneer or white sweet, and aluminium trays of round sweets and a golden halwa-like dessert sit beside brass thalis, a brass lamp, folded silk saris or shawls in red, blue and pink, and a bowl of yoghurt. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears.2011-04-20