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Photo of a puja offering laid on a wooden floor before a deity murti decorated with white jasmine garlands and red flowers. In front of the image sit a silver kalasha with mango leaves and a coconut, a brass pot, a steel plate of bananas, apples, coconut, betel leaves and fruit, plus steel bowls of cooked rice, boiled chickpeas and lentils, and a small cup of ghee. Only the lower legs and feet of a person in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and gold-toned sandals are visible, with a purple silk sari at upper right. Loose petals scatter the floor.

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Photograph 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.2006-11-05October 23 20062006-10-23Close photograph of a festival setting on a wooden floor scattered with flower petals. A golden-framed deity murti sits on a small ornate base, adorned with a white garland and necklace. Beside it, a clay kalasha pot wrapped in white netting is decorated with green mango leaves and white jasmine and yellow flowers. A silver vessel with leaves stands to the right. Behind, the legs of a figure in white dhoti and gold-embroidered cloth are visible, next to a purple silk garment with red-and-gold border and a red-and-green flower garland. A golden pillar and parked motorbikes appear at the edges.2006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23Overhead photo of a temple puja on a polished reddish-brown wooden floor. A silver tray holds bananas, a coconut half, flower petals, a small plastic-wrapped item and a bowl of white offering. To the right, a bronze deity murti is draped in pink and red garlands and white flower strands, with glass jars of sweets wrapped in pink ribbon placed around it. Bare feet and white-clad legs of attendants are visible at the top edge, and a hand gestures at right. No face is visible.2006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23Overhead photo of a floor offering arranged on a red-brown tiled floor. Steel trays hold sliced bananas, halved coconuts, lemons or limes, a steel bowl of cooked grain or pudding, another bowl of chickpea-like pulses, and a trays of coconut pieces and pink flowers. A small pink basket holds coconut pieces and fruit, and a glass dish contains pink petals. Behind the offerings stands a flower-covered arrangement of white jasmine garlands, red and pink blossoms and coconuts, with a brass pot on the right. Bare feet in white cloth appear at the left and edge. The scene reads as a ritual food offering; no visible person's face or identity is shown.2006-10-23Overhead 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.2006-10-10October 20 20062006-10-20October 15 20062006-10-15October 25 20062006-10-25Overhead view of a Hindu puja offering on a red-brown floor. Garlands of white jasmine and red flowers drape a deity murti and a kalasha-style brass pot topped with a coconut and mango leaves. In front, a steel plate holds bananas, an apple, a yellow fruit, a coconut, betel leaves and fruit arranged for offering, with bowls of white rice, chickpeas, honey and a small cup nearby. Only a pair of bare feet in white dhoti with an orange border is visible at the left edge. Scattered petals cover the floor.2006-10-23