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Overhead 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.

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October 23 20062006-10-23October 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.2006-10-23Photograph 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.2006-11-05Overhead 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.2006-10-10Top-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.2006-10-24Photograph of a puja offering table at a temple procession, with bananas, coconuts, sweets, flowers and baskets of fruit laid out on a red-brown wooden platform. A man in white clothing, shown only from the waist down with bare feet and a red-bordered white dhoti, stands at the right edge beside the table. Behind him, several women stand with hands pressed together in namaste, one in a red sari, another in a lavender sari with gold bangles, and a young child is visible. A golden pillar edge frames the left side, and a bouquet of yellow and pink flowers sits in the lower right. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-10-20April 20 20112011-04-20October 24 20062006-10-24Top-down view of a ritual offering on a red-brown wooden floor. Steel bowls hold sweets wrapped in purple packaging, a yellow powder, a creamy kheer-like pudding, sliced fruit with cashews, a bowl of sugary flakes, and yellow-orange items arranged in a circle. Behind them a metal kalasha or pot sits among green mango leaves, and a large deity murti or statue is draped with white jasmine garlands and red and yellow flowers, with a yellow cloth at its base. A small oil lamp burns at the upper right, and a bare foot is visible at the top edge. Scattered petals and leaves lie on the floor. No people are clearly visible.2006-10-23Photo 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.2006-10-23October 24 20122012-10-24