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A top-down photograph of a traditional South Indian meal served on a green banana leaf placed over a red patterned cloth. Centre of the leaf holds a mound of white steamed rice with a small serving of green vegetable curry, flanked by two large round papadams. Fried vegetable fritters and crisp fried pieces sit on the left, with ripe bananas on the right and lower left. Small steel bowls hold rasam with red chillies, a yellow vegetable preparation, raisins, yoghurt in a glass, a bowl of white rice, and a steel bowl of spiced lentil dish, plus a pinch of ground spice. No people are visible. A timestamp reads 02 November 2025 12:53 pm.2025-01-11A photograph from above of a traditional South Indian meal served on a green banana leaf placed on a red patterned cloth. Centre: a mound of white steamed rice with a small heap of cooked green vegetable pieces in the middle. Left: fried vadas and crisp brown fried fish or meat pieces. Top: two papadams, a small dish of dark dried raisins, a bowl of thin dark liquid with curry leaves and a bowl of yellow spiced dal. Right: two ripe bananas, a small cup of white yogurt and a steel bowl of yellow tamarind or lemon rice. Bottom: a steel bowl of plain white rice and two more bananas. A timestamp reads 02 November 2025 12:52 pm. No people are visible.2025-01-11August 14 20172017-08-14A photograph of a meal served on a green banana leaf placed on a metal tray over an orange patterned cloth. The leaf holds steamed white rice, a yellow lentil or vegetable curry, a small fried puri bowl with potato curry, a mound of coloured vegetable salad, pickles, lemon-yellow tamarind or lemon rice, fried vadai, a sweet ball, murukku, a papad, fried banana slices and pomegranate arils with apple pieces. A timestamp and address overlay sits in the lower right. No people, deities or a person are visible.2025-01-11Photograph of a banana leaf served as a plate on a light tiled floor, holding prasadam offerings for a maheswarapuja naivedyam. On the leaf are vadas, papadums, a mound of rice with yellow curry and mixed sides, a cooked portion of rice, a pile of dried fruit or raisins, a small heap of brown pulses, and a banana piece. A steel tumbler sits at the upper right, and an orange cloth edge is visible at the bottom. A timestamp overlay reads 12-May-2025 06:26:24 with the caption kailasa thiruchenkod u maheswarapuja naivedyam. No people are visible and no a person depiction appears.2025-11-05A photograph of a traditional South Indian meal served on a large green banana leaf placed on a metal tray with an orange patterned cloth in the background. The leaf holds rice dishes in yellow and white, fried vadas, a coiled sev-like snack, fried papad pieces, a cooked vegetable medley with carrot and beans, pomegranate arils with apple pieces, a dark chutney or pickle, and a pastry-like turnover. A timestamp and handwritten-style caption overlay the lower right, reading a location in Pallavaram, Chennai. No people are visible in the frame.2025-01-11A top-down photograph of a traditional South Indian vegetarian meal served on a green banana leaf placed on a red and gold patterned mat. White rice mounds the centre, surrounded by cut fruit including apple and orange slices, a small pile of cucumber slices, fried vadas, a lentil or vegetable curry in a steel bowl, greens, a yellow vegetable dish, papadums and a small sweet in a bowl. Silver plates, a flower-garnished plate with yellow marigolds and strawberries, and a small black oil lamp with a burning flame frame the meal. No people are visible.2021-05-01November 20 20062006-11-20A photograph of a traditional South Indian meal served on a large green banana leaf placed on a tiled floor. The leaf holds small portions of food: a golden fried snack on the left, a creamy orange-pink chutney or raita, a heap of chopped green vegetables with pieces of carrot, sliced bananas with pomegranate seeds at the upper right, a round fried vada, a dish of spiced chickpeas in gravy, a mound of yellow-green coconut rice, a mashed vegetable preparation, and a small white cup of thin sambar or dal. No people, a person, or ritual activity are visible; the scene is a prepared food offering, annadan-style, on the banana leaf.2012-04-26 +1 copiesJuly 20 20112011-07-20 +1 copiesFebruary 23 20162016-02-23September 30 20162016-09-30