These are traditional offerings made to God before solemnizing a wedding ceremony in Kerala. The brass container is filled with rice and placed alongside a lamp - the 'nilavilakku'.
Amateur photographer. I use a Canon EOS Rebel T1i and a basic 18-55mm lens. Some shots were captured using a 70-200mm Tamron that I rented for a while. I prefer to use open source tools for post processing - GIMP on linux along with qtpfsgui for HDR and tone-mapping are my best assets.