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October 23 2006

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Overhead photo of a puja offering arranged on a red-brown tiled floor. Silver and steel trays hold sliced and whole fruit including apples, bananas, limes and a green leaf, pink and white rose petals, mixed flower garlands, pale cone-shaped sweets in a bowl, a small pot of kumkum and a steel dish of yellow and white powders. A brass plate with a tray of savoury coiled snacks sits nearby, with a small steel lota and bowl. Wrapped packets and a boxed item sit at the edges. No people are visible.2006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23Top-down photograph of offerings laid on a reddish wooden floor during a puja. On the left, a silver-rimmed tray holds two red apples and pale yellow-green fruit beside cut coconut halves. Center, a second tray holds banana fruit, more coconut halves, and a yellow paper wrapping with red printed text. On the right, a tray of loose pink and red flowers sits beside a yellow and white flower garland, bananas, limes or lemons, and a halved coconut. Scattered petals lie on the floor, and a brass lamp with a lit flame and a bare foot appear at the top edge.2006-10-24Overhead photo of a puja on a red tiled floor. A figure in white dhoti and shirt, seen only from the knees down and by hand, pours liquid from a silver vessel over a deity murti seated on a golden peetha, with a flame burning above. Around the murti are flower garlands, green leaves and pink petals. Surrounding trays hold sliced coconuts, apples, bananas, oranges, sweets, rice, kumkum, a golden plate with a small kalasha, and a silver bowl. The scene shows abhishekam and offerings. No face is visible, so a person cannot be confirmed in this image.2006-10-23October 31 20062006-10-31April 20 20112011-04-20August 25 20092009-08-25Overhead photo of a homa ritual setup on a striped orange, red and blue cloth with yellow lettering partly visible. Silver bowls hold pink rose petals, mixed sweets or candies, round brown sweets, a folded white cloth bundle, white flowers with green leaves, and small dishes of yellow and red liquid. Behind them, white brick platform with yellow turmeric and pink flower marks, small oil lamps and a brass ritual vessel. No people are visible.2009-07-01October 24 20122012-10-24Overhead photo of a floor offering arranged on a red-brown tiled floor. Steel trays hold sliced bananas, halved coconuts, lemons or limes, a steel bowl of cooked grain or pudding, another bowl of chickpea-like pulses, and a trays of coconut pieces and pink flowers. A small pink basket holds coconut pieces and fruit, and a glass dish contains pink petals. Behind the offerings stands a flower-covered arrangement of white jasmine garlands, red and pink blossoms and coconuts, with a brass pot on the right. Bare feet in white cloth appear at the left and edge. The scene reads as a ritual food offering; no visible person's face or identity is shown.2006-10-23Overhead photo of a temple puja on a polished reddish-brown wooden floor. A silver tray holds bananas, a coconut half, flower petals, a small plastic-wrapped item and a bowl of white offering. To the right, a bronze deity murti is draped in pink and red garlands and white flower strands, with glass jars of sweets wrapped in pink ribbon placed around it. Bare feet and white-clad legs of attendants are visible at the top edge, and a hand gestures at right. No face is visible.2006-10-23