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Overhead photo of a ritual arrangement on a green banana leaf. A clay oil lamp with a lit flame and water sits in a mound of white rice. Red kumkum powder is heaped beside it, scattered with pink petals, and white jasmine flowers and green leaves frame the lamp. A hand with red-stained fingertips is sprinkling or placing kumkum at the left edge. No people's faces are visible, and no one is identifiable as a person.

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June 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesA close overhead photo of a brass multi-wick oil lamp, a vilakku with five lit flames, held by a hand on a green banana leaf. The hand wears a red thread and a gold bangle. Scattered white jasmine flowers and red kumkum powder sit on the leaf around the lamp base. Ritual oil-lamp offering setting, no people's faces visible. The lamp's white ghee-soaked wicks glow with golden flame.2014-06-29 +1 copiesA brass oil lamp with a lit cotton wick burns at the centre of a round brass puja plate. Red and pink rose petals are scattered across the plate, with a yellow flower at the lower left and a cup of cooked grain offering at the right. Small brass bowls and dark lamp cups surround the central flame. No people are visible; the scene is a close-up of ritual offerings.2018-01-03February 02 20172017-02-02A lit clay oil lamp sits on a small brass dish on a stone floor, its flame glowing in the centre. Beside it lie a pink rose and a white and yellow frangipani flower. Around them is a colourful floor design in white, red, yellow and green powder, with a few flower-like patterns. The setting is dim and shadowed, with no people visible.2011-02-02December 31 20062006-12-31January 01 20182018-01-01A close photo of a puja tray on an orange cloth. A hand with bangles places pink and yellow flower petals and white jasmine blossoms onto a brass plate, which holds a small engraved image or murti. Nearby are brass lamps, a lit oil lamp in a small brass dish, a red cloth, a red fruit and a copper vessel. The scene shows an offering being made during worship. No person's face is visible and no one is identifiable.2011-12-19January 22 20172017-01-22January 06 20172017-01-06A close photograph of a puja offering being prepared on brass plates. A person's bare arm, wearing silver and gold bangles and a silver ring, reaches over a brass plate of red and orange rose petals and flower stems. Nearby are a small brass cup, a brass plate of white grated or powdered offering, and a lit brass oil lamp with a flame. A tall orange wooden stand holds a red rose. The person's orange garment is visible at the left edge. Ritual offering setting.2011-09-20Close overhead photo of a brass puja arrangement on a woven brown mat with gold-patterned border. A bare arm and hand, with a hand-held object, reaches over the tray. Brass plates and small bowls hold purple flowers, green leaves, a rudraksha mala on a reddish block, white and yellow offerings, and a brass tumbler. A lit oil lamp flame burns at the left edge with a small brass lamp and a bell-like brass vessel below. No faces are visible; the arm is partly cropped, and the only person present is the partly visible hand and arm.2017-02-02