Close photo of a hand shaping pale dough on a white cloth. A brown-skinned hand with a dark bracelet pinches and pulls a soft, pale strand of dough into a loop beside a coiled ring of dough. Only the hand is visible, with flour dusting on the fingers. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close photo of a hand shaping pale dough on a white cloth. A brown-skinned hand with a dark bracelet pinches and pulls a soft, pale strand of dough into a loop beside a coiled ring of dough. Only the hand is visible, with flour dusting on the fingers.

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A close photograph of a hand shaping a small ring of pale white dough on a white cloth. The fingers pinch and fold a rope of dough into a round ring, with a second dough piece partly visible at the top edge. The background is plain white fabric with a soft shadow across the left side. This appears to be preparation of a food offering, but no person's face or a person is visible.

Close photograph of a hand shaping a twisted rope-like ring of pale dough on a white cloth. A brass bangle is on the wrist and a silver ring is on a finger. A second pale dough piece sits at the right edge. No face is visible, and no one can be identified from the frame.

Close-up photograph of a person's hand shaping a ring of white dough on a white cloth. The hand, with a silver ring on one finger, presses and pinches a rope-like piece of pale dough into a loop, and additional loops are partly visible at the top edge. The scene suggests preparation of ritual food. a person is not visibly present.

Close photo of a hand shaping a coiled, twisted dough ring on white parchment paper beside a wooden board. The pale dough is being piped or rolled into a spiral of ridged rope-like strands, part of preparing naivedyam food offerings. No people's faces are visible, only a hand with rings. No a person figure is visible.

Close photo of a hand with silver rings and a bangle shaping a twisted rope of white dough on a white cloth. The dough forms a spiral loop, a food preparation step for naivedyam offerings. A tan cloth edge appears at left and part of another white dough piece is at the right edge. No a person candidate is visible, only hands.

Close photograph of a hand shaping pale dough on a white cloth. A person's fingers, with a visible orange and red garment at the top edge, twist a rope-like ring of white dough, and another flattened dough piece sits at lower right. The setting appears to be food preparation for an offering. Only a hand and part of a lap are visible, so no face or identity is shown.

Close photograph of a raw, pale dough ring on a light grey parchment or cloth surface. The ring is twisted rope-like, a braided spiral of dough, shaped as an oval with a central hole, ready to be fried as a sweet or snack. Two more partially visible dough rings sit at the top left and right edges.

Close-up photograph of a hand shaping a ring of pale dough on a white cloth. The hand, with a silver ring set with a dark bead, pinches and folds a braided white dough coil. Another dough ring sits at the bottom edge of the frame, and the surface is a plain white cloth on a wooden table.

Close-up photo of a person's hands shaping a coiled sweet dough on a white cloth. A hand with a gold bangle pulls a strand of pale dough that is wound into a spiral on the cloth, with a gold-bordered textile at the left edge. No a person figure is visible. The copyright notice in the lower right corner is not described.

A close photograph of a hand shaping a pale dough sweet into a coiled spiral on a plain white cloth. The hand wears a thin gold bangle on the wrist. The coil is pressed into a neat rosette with ridged rings around a small centre, and a gold-edged fabric border is visible at the lower left. No other people are visible.

A close photo of a woman's hand piping pale batter in a spiral onto a sheet of white parchment paper, forming ring-shaped sweets. Several uncooked rings of batter lie scattered across the paper. The woman wears gold bangles and a dark ring. The top right corner shows a wooden board and a bowl edge. This is a preparation of naivedyam, the food offering prepared in the kitchen.

A close photograph of a raw, unfried ring-shaped sweet made from pale dough, pressed into a twisted, rope-like spiral on a sheet of white parchment paper. Its surface shows ridged grooves and a central hole. A golden-brown surface lies at the lower left edge and a second dough piece is partly visible at the upper right. No people are visible, so this shows food preparation for offerings.