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Close-up of hands handling a ritual offering on a silver-toned tray with scalloped rim. A yellow turmeric-coated coconut or kalasha-like vessel with a yellow thread wrapped around it sits on the tray, dusted with rice grains and turmeric powder. Yellow flowers lie beside it. A man's wrist wears several rudraksha mala bracelets with a colourful woven band, and another person's hand in a red thread bracelet touches the flowers. The setting is a blurred ritual space.

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Close-up photograph of a devotee's hands offering a silver-toned ceremonial plate holding yellow marigold flowers, red petals and white blossoms, with a round yellow-wrapped object tied with a yellow thread. A person wearing a rudraksha bead bracelet and a dark rudraksha mala with a pendant is visible behind, in white clothing, alongside a second arm with a multicoloured thread bracelet. Background is blurred with other white-clothed devotees.2015-11-18July 09 20122012-07-09Close-up of a ritual being performed on a white stone platform scattered with yellow and purple flowers. A turmeric-yellow coconut wrapped in white cotton thread sits on a brass plate garlanded with pink and yellow marigolds and green leaves. A person in white clothing with gold bangles and a red-beaded necklace winds white thread around the coconut while another person's hand, in an orange garment, is visible at the left edge. A brass bowl and spoon sit beside the plate.2007-02-15October 18 20152015-10-18Close-up photo of two turmeric-coated coconuts wrapped with bright yellow cotton thread, resting on a silver tray filled with yellow grains of turmeric-dyed rice. The background is a plain peach-coloured wall. No people are visible, and the scene appears to be a ritual offering arrangement such as a puja or marriage-related ceremony.2012-07-09March 07 20132013-03-07Close-up photograph of a yellow turmeric-coated conical object resting in a round steel tray filled with yellow turmeric powder. Loose saffron-orange threads. A blurred orange and yellow floral offering sits in the foreground on a purple and red striped cloth. No people are visible.2016-12-19Close-up photograph of ritual offerings on a wooden board. Two silver plates hold round turmeric-coated balls wrapped with bright yellow threads, and a third plate holds a similar yellow ball with small gold-coloured ritual objects scattered beside it. Behind them are blurred brass bowls, a brass lamp and an open white book on a peach cloth. No people are visible.2011-11-29Close view of a priest in white dhoti and white shawl wearing a heavy gold bead necklace and gold and clear beaded bracelets, holding a silver plate of saffron-yellow sacred thread heaped over yellow turmeric or rice powder, with a small red mark on it. Beside him a figure in orange saffron robe with a gold-beaded necklace holds a small ritual vessel. Behind them other people sit and stand in the hall, and offerings in bowls and flower garlands rest on the floor. The scene looks like a puja or satsang preparation.2010-12-23March 07 20132013-03-07December 28 20112011-12-28November 12 20102010-11-12