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January 16 2016

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October 07 20072007-10-07October 07 20072007-10-07A photograph of food served on large green banana leaves laid end to end on a concrete floor. A pile of white rice mixed with yellow and orange vegetables sits on the central leaf, with a block of yellow sweet or cake and a piece of pale food beside it. A small brass oil lamp with a spout stands among the leaves, and a long bamboo stick rises from the left. Several people in plain white clothing are partly visible at the edges, including arms and bare feet on woven mats near the top. Their hands are reaching toward the leaves.2006-10-21Close-up photograph of two cupped hands held out palms-up, filled with a mound of pale yellow granular food, possibly prasadam or cooked grain with turmeric tint. The person wears a plain white garment on the left edge. The background is softly blurred in warm reds and greys. No faces or other people are visible.2011-11-07Close-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 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.2016-12-18Close photo of hands handing over a mound of yellow-orange rice mixed with vegetable pieces. A bare-armed person on the left, wearing a beaded red and black bracelet, dips into a large steel tray of the same food. On the right, a bare-chested person with a steel wristwatch cups the portion in open palms. A blurred figure in a red garment sits in the background beside a white cloth. A small logo sits in the top left, and a2016-09-30A photograph of a large green banana leaf laid on a grey stone floor, holding a prasad meal of several food portions. On the left is a heap of shredded vegetables with carrot pieces and a dark dried fruit, next to a mound of yellow rice with peas, a pale creamy portion, a small pale yellow sweet block at the right, and a pale white porridge-like mound at the upper right. No people are visible apart from a partial hand at the top right corner. The banana leaf runs diagonally across the frame.2006-10-21 +1 copiesA photograph of an annadan meal service on a long blue table. Several men in white and cream shirts sit on the left, eating from large dried leaf plates holding rice and a yellow-orange cooked dish, with small yellow banana-like pieces nearby. On the right, a man in white clothing serves food with a ladle from a large steel bucket. The scene is a community food distribution with a dirt floor visible below the table.2007-09-03Close-up photo of a person's hands offering food in a leaf bowl during a ritual. One hand holds a small leaf bowl filled with pale green cooked rice, while the other hand pinches a bit of red-orange substance. The person wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over the body, with reddish-orange rudraksha malas around the neck and wrist, and white vibhuti marks on the arm. Behind the bowl sits a dark black stone lingam on a base with a shallow brass vessel, and a small oil lamp burns on a red cloth on the right. The setting suggests a puja or pinda offering.2016-12-18Close photo of a shaven-headed priest in saffron-orange dhoti and red-and-white rudraksha-style mala, seated on the ground during a puja. He holds a leaf bowl of cooked rice in one hand and pinches an offering with the other. Behind him are a dark stone lingam with a golden yoni-pitha base, a lit oil lamp, and brass vessels. White sacred ash marks his bare upper arm and shoulder, and the setting suggests a Maheshwara Puja pinda offering.2016-12-18Close photo of a person's hands offering food during a ritual near a black stone shivalingam. One hand holds a leaf plate of cooked yellow rice while the other pinches a small red petal or offering to place on it. The person wears an orange-peach cloth with a red and white rudraksha-style mala visible at the right edge. Behind, a brass oil lamp with a flame, a red cloth and a brass vessel sit on a golden surface, with a shivalingam base in the middle distance. The setting suggests a puja or pinda offering.2016-12-18