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A photograph of a large ritual food offering spread across a purple cloth on the floor. Dozens of small metal plates hold fried snacks, sweets, sev-like noodles, laddus and fried savouries arranged in rows. A heap of cooked rice and a mound of yellow pongal sit on a large round plate with a green banana leaf. Bananas, apples, a mango and cucumbers fill brass plates in the foreground, and brass tumblers and a small brass tray stand at the edges. Brass kalasha vessels sit at the top of the frame. No people are visible.2022-07-13KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 3/14/20222022-03-14November 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copiesOverhead view of a ritual offering spread on a blue and maroon checkered cloth. Banana leaves hold heaps of fruit including bananas, apples, limes, oranges, guavas and a whole coconut, alongside grains, lentils, chopped vegetables, a sweet and a yellow sweet mound. A brass thali holds bananas, limes and bowls of food. Brass oil lamps with flames, a brass bell, a small bowl of coconut and a tray with burnt incense sticks in a sand-filled dish sit nearby. A red cloth lies at the top edge. No people are visible.A top-down photograph of a ritual food offering spread across a red and cream woven mat with green leaf and orange flower motifs. Many silver and steel bowls hold rice dishes, fried vadas, round sweet laddus in brown, white and yellow, a mound of golden lentil-like sweet, nuts, sugar candies and mixed savouries. A brass plate holds bananas and a block of jaggery, and steel bowls hold red pomegranates and apples with oranges. A red and gold silk cloth and a mango leaf bundle sit at the upper right, and a small book titled Glory of the Divine Mother lies at the top left. No people are visible; this is an offering arrangement.2009-09-25November 17 20132013-11-17Overhead photo of a large ritual spread of food offerings laid out in rows on a white cloth over a red and gold patterned mat. Dozens of small stainless steel and brass bowls hold naivedyam items such as sweets, nuts, dried fruits, seeds, savouries, rice, fried snacks and vegetable dishes. A green coconut and a golden tray of mixed fresh fruits sit at the upper right. A brass plate and lamp are visible at the top edge. No people are visible.2021-11-04A photograph of a festive offering table draped in red velvet with a gold-bordered cloth edge. Brass plates hold savory fried snacks in brown and orange tones, round white sweet balls coated in sesame or coconut, grey-brown laddus, fresh fruit including pineapple, oranges, guavas, apples and bananas, and small steel bowls of sweets, nuts and fried items. A tiger-striped cloth-covered box sits at the centre with a brass bowl of flowers and petals on top. No people are visible; the arrangement looks like a naivedyam offering.2023-01-03A photograph of a large floor spread of food offerings on a white cloth with a red and green border. Dozens of small brass bowls hold savouries, sweets, dried fruits, nuts and snacks, including crisp chips, spiral murukku-style snacks, jaggery balls and fried items. A woven basket in the upper centre holds bananas, apples, oranges, pomegranates and grapes. A round brass tray holds small bowls of white and yellow sweets and condiments. At the upper left are brass lamps, a brass tray and a kalasha-like vessel on a golden cloth. No people are visible in the scene.A photograph of a ceremonial food offering laid out on a table for a naivedyam. Many small portions of cooked rice and vegetable dishes, cashews, almonds and sliced fruit are arranged on green banana leaves and metal plates. Bananas, a red apple and a long green gourd sit on a large silver tray at upper right. Silver containers with brass bowls and a small silver dish of pulses or grains sit at left. Yellow and pink flowers are scattered around, and a tiger-striped yellow cloth hangs behind the arrangement. No people are visible.2021-01-23 +1 copiesPhoto 82867272022-06-21 +3 copiesKailasa in thiruchengode 23 july 2021