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Overhead photo of a red and gold patterned metal tray on a speckled terrazzo floor, holding an assortment of sweets and a bunch of ripe yellow bananas. The sweets include cubes and rolls in red, green, cream and brown, a round orange sweet, and two round ladoo-style balls, one with cashews. White jasmine flowers lie at the edge and a wooden picture frame is visible at the top. No people are visible; this looks like a food offering arranged on a tray.

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A floor spread of offerings for a ritual, laid on red and magenta cloths over a grey floor. Plates of bananas, oranges, apples, green grapes, mangoes, almonds, a cluster of dates or dried fruit, coconuts, cubes of paneer or white sweet, and aluminium trays of round sweets and a golden halwa-like dessert sit beside brass thalis, a brass lamp, folded silk saris or shawls in red, blue and pink, and a bowl of yoghurt. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears.2011-04-20March 14 20142014-03-14 +1 copiesA photograph of a fruit and sweets offering on a stainless steel tray set on a white cloth. Green limes, a brown coconut and a pink lotus flower sit at the top of the tray. In front, a white and red cardboard box holds assorted sweets, including pale round sweets, cubes of white fudge, orange and brown sweets, a green and pink rolled sweet and red-dotted round sweets. Apples, a pineapple and bananas lie on other dishes in the background.2009-11-20Close-up photograph of a metal offering plate on a red cloth, heaped with bananas, red apples, oranges, pomegranates and a pear-like fruit. A green leaf with dark raisins or dried fruit sits among the fruit, and a mound of yellow flowers lies in the lower foreground. The arrangement suggests fruit offerings for worship, with no people or deity figures visible.2018-01-31A brass offering plate holds fruit for worship: small yellow bananas, red apples, pomegranates and lemons, with a brown fruit at the top. Behind it sit silver bowls and a silver tray with gold-coloured cups on a white cloth, with scattered red petals. The fruit is an offering, and no people are visible.2009-09-07November 20 20092009-11-20November 05 20062006-11-05Overhead view of a red-floored ritual space covered with trays and steel plates of offerings. Bananas, green beans, tomatoes, apples, limes, cut sweets, packaged snacks, nuts, coconut-shaped sweets and fruit are arranged, with bundles of coloured cloth and folded saffron-bordered textiles at right. Several people in white dhoti-style clothes and an orange-red shawl stand at the upper edge, reaching toward the offerings.2008-07-17A photograph of a traditional South Indian style meal served on a long green banana leaf placed on an orange-red tablecloth. The leaf holds rice, a cone of yellow and white rice dishes, fried fritters, a sweet ball studded with nuts, pickled and cooked vegetable preparations, a dark sweet or date-like item, and a fried or crisp piece. A stainless steel tumbler with orange liquid sits at the right edge. At the upper left, the blurred edge of a person wearing a red garment and a gold-trimmed chair or throne is visible, with no clearly identifiable face shown.2013-07-21 +1 copiesTop-down photo of an offering spread on a reddish-brown wooden table: bowls of sweets and savouries, orange and yellow pulses, bananas, round green fruits, pomegranate-red fruit, a steel plate of dark brown bananas, and red flowers and white garlands near a brass vessel. Only a person's white-trousered legs are visible at the left edge, so one person is partly in frame. Food offerings suggest a puja or annadan setting, but no clear figure is shown. Scattered petals lie on the wood.2006-10-31Overhead photo of a wooden table laid with offerings for a ritual. Metal bowls hold sweets and fried snacks, including ring-shaped fried items and a rice-based dish, alongside plates of bananas, red apples, oranges and green guavas. Bright red flowers and a white flower garland sit near a brass lamp and a small deity murti at the upper right. A person in white clothing stands at the top edge of the frame, partly visible. Scattered flower petals decorate the food.2006-10-31A close-up photograph of a silver offering plate arranged for puja, holding ripe bananas, bunches of green grapes, a red apple, a halved coconut, a pomegranate and scattered pink petals. Garlands of white jasmine and pink and red flowers lie at the left edge, a silver lamp stand and a metal vessel sit behind, and incense sticks rise from the fruit. A striped cloth covers the surface. No people are visible.2017-06-23