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Close-up photograph of a hand offering a handful of yellow grain or prasad mixture into an open cupped palm of a person in a white garment. The offering hand wears a red thread bracelet on the wrist and a reddish-orange cloth lies beside it. Behind them are metal trays and a brass vessel filled with yellow food. No identifiable a person is visible in this frame; the scene shows only two people's hands and arms in the foreground.2017-07-03Close view of a shivadeeksha-style ritual moment. In the foreground, a blurred golden ceremonial vessel gleams. At left, a person in a rust-orange garment with gold border and a dark bead mala stands. At right, a person in white and gold-bordered dhoti-style clothing, wearing red beaded bracelets, holds cupped hands out with a folded white cloth. Another white-clad figure stands behind. Setting is a temple-like hall with metallic pillars.2015-11-28Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +2 copiesDecember 20 20152015-12-20 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual offering in a hall of seated devotees. On the left, a person with a shaved-head style hair bun and a long-haired appearance wears an orange-and-gold robe with a beaded mala necklace and holds out a large golden-brown food offering. Opposite, a bald man in a white kurta with a red-and-saffron shawl and a rudraksha mala receives the offering cupped in both hands. Behind them, many seated devotees in white clothes and red shawls, some with red lanyards, watch; a woman in a hairnet and gold top is at right. Brass pots and bowls stand on a rug.2015-06-15 +2 copiesAnnadhan in 20152015-01-01 +2 copiesClose photograph of a ritual offering. In the foreground, a bare forearm reaches into a large silver bowl heaped with a yellow-grained mixture. In the right foreground, a woman in a grey knit top extends her hand, holding a clump of the same yellow mixture. Behind them, blurred figures in orange-red and white garments are bending forward. No clearly visible face or deity murti is shown.2014-12-28Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +3 copiesDecember 20 20152015-12-20 +1 copiesA busy indoor ritual setting showing devotees offering food during a naivedyam-style ceremony. In the foreground, a bare-chested, grey-bearded man in white dhoti with a red-orange shawl and rudraksha beads holds a handful of cooked rice toward a basket. A woman with long dark braids and a pink flower garland passes a bowl of rice, while women in cream and gold saris with red sashes and lanyards stand nearby. Several women in orange saris hold plates and stand around a floor with food offerings and banana leaves. A young girl in a green and orange dress stands at the right. The floor is covered with white cloths and small trays of food.2017-08-14A seated man in a rust-orange cloth with a dark brown rudraksha-style mala and a large brown shawl sits on a red cushion, smiling as he receives yellow prasad from a silver bowl held by a woman in a white sari with a red blouse and red-and-gold border. Behind them, several devotees in white and orange garments bend over the bowl, and a silver staff rests beside the seated figure. A silver bowl of yellow mixture sits on a banana leaf on the floor, with yellow grains scattered around it.2014-12-28Close photo of a person's hands offering a mound of yellow rice mixed with raisins or dried fruit, cupped in a palm. The wearer has a white full-sleeved garment with gold trim, a black and orange wrist band, a wristwatch, and a rudraksha mala across the chest. A silver aluminium tray of the same yellow food sits at lower left, and a second arm in white sleeve holds a bowl or offering at left. The setting suggests a food offering ritual with prasad and bright background.2016-12-18