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Close-up photograph of a steel plate piled with triangular wedges of red watermelon with dark seeds and green rind, arranged as offering or prasadam fruit. Sliced yellow fruit. No people are visible in the frame.

MAy 19 2021

Close-up photograph of a bunch of ripe yellow bananas arranged on a shallow brass plate as a ritual offering. The fruit has brown speckles and dark stem stalks, and more bananas and sliced red fruit are visible in soft focus behind, with a maroon cloth beneath. No people are visible.

December 23 2009

A close photograph of a ritual offering arranged on a red cloth. In the foreground a large brass plate holds pomegranates, limes and green-yellow limes, with a whole watermelon at the left edge. At the right stand pineapples, and behind them bunches of bananas. A glass oil lamp or ornate lantern and a small bowl of red liquid sit in the background beside folded orange cloth and a bangle-like metal object. No people are visible.

A photograph taken from above of a round brown plastic bowl holding several wedges of cut watermelon. The red flesh shows dark seeds, and the green-white rind is visible at the edges. The bowl rests on a brown wooden surface. No people are visible.

Close-up photograph of a ritual fruit offering on a purple cloth. In the foreground, a silver plate holds a heap of fresh green grapes on their stems. Behind it are ripe bananas on the left, orange fruits and a glass-like metal vessel with embossed patterns in the centre, and red-skinned apples or pomegranates on a silver plate at the right. No people are visible.

A 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.

Close-up photograph of a ritual offering setup. In the foreground a large polished stainless steel thali holds small steel bowls, one containing cut watermelon pieces. Behind it, folded orange and red silk cloths with gold-bordered edges rest on a white cloth, decorated with pink flower petals. A brass kalasha-style vessel and a small brass bell sit near pink flowers. At the top edge, the orange-robed lap and white hand of a seated figure are partly visible, with no face shown. Soft warm light and shallow focus blur the background.

Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 2013

2013-01-01 +1 copies

May 04 2014

A close overhead photograph of a round metal bowl filled with cut watermelon wedges, showing bright red flesh with black seeds and pale green rind. A partial hand is visible at the upper right edge and a bare foot at the upper left, with no clear ritual setting, deity or ceremonial object shown. No person is identifiable as a person in the frame.