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2022-07-28 +1 copies

Overhead photo of two round stainless steel trays on a steel counter holding small cups of food served over white rice. The upper tray has five cups: yogurt rice at the top, a dark green-brown vegetable curry, a chickpea dish, a mixed salad of peanuts, corn and red and green pepper, and shredded coconut topped with a spiced powder. The lower tray has cups of sweet rice topped with sugar or powdered jaggery, sliced almonds, a cup of milky liquid, and shredded coconut with sugar. No people, deity or ritual setting is visible.

2022-07-21 +1 copies

Two round polished steel thalis photographed from above on a dark wooden surface. The upper thali holds small steel bowls of chickpeas with curry leaves, sautéed green beans with peanuts, cooked black-eyed beans, a cooked vegetable dish, a small glass of water, a bowl of rice mixed with orange spice powder, and a yellow wafer. The lower thali holds bowls of rice with grated coconut, plain rice with ginger, orange chilli-spiced rice, a bowl of sweet brown paste, and a bowl of sliced cucumber and a yellow fruit or lemon, with pink flower petals at the edge. Vegetarian food is laid out as a meal offering or prasadam.

Overhead photo of two round polished steel thalis set on a gold and maroon patterned cloth. The upper thali holds a small steel cup of yellow liquid and five steel bowls of rice dishes: plain white rice with pepper, orange-tinted rice, green herbed rice, plain white rice topped with pumpkin seeds, and white rice with spices. The lower thali holds eight steel bowls and a central steel cup with similar rice preparations, some topped with pumpkin seeds and yellow flower petals scattered nearby. This is a prasadam food offering, with no people visible.

2022-08-27 +1 copies

Two round polished silver-toned metal thalis sit on a stainless steel counter, filled with small footed cups and bowls of food. The upper left thali holds rice dishes, a yellowish-green mixed preparation, white curd-like rice, and a brown dish topped with peanuts. The lower right thali holds several small cups containing rice with powdered or granular condiments in tan, beige and brown tones, a cup of dark red liquid in the centre, and rice topped with chopped nuts. No people are visible.

2022-07-07 +1 copies

Overhead photo of two round silver thalis on a red and maroon patterned cloth, holding small steel bowls of rice-based offerings: yellow lemon or turmeric rice, orange carrot rice, beet-coloured rice, green leafy rice with nuts, plain white rice with nuts, and dried fruit and almonds. A small silver dish holds a lit oil lamp with a red rose petal beside it. Brass items are visible at the lower left edge. No people are visible; this is a neivedyam offering arrangement for deities.

2022-04-29 +1 copies

Overhead photo of a ritual food offering on a red patterned cloth. Two round stainless steel plates hold small bowls of cooked rice: white rice, yellow rice with carrot shreds, brown rice, black rice, and pink-red rice with beetroot, plus greenish herb rice. The lower plate holds smaller bowls of liquids and a small dish. A lit brass oil lamp with a flame sits at the left edge. A few plates of sliced yellow fruit appear at the edges. No people are visible.

Overhead photo of two round polished silver-toned metal trays on a stainless steel counter, holding food offerings in small cylindrical cups. The upper tray has six cups with rice dishes, a yellow-green mixed preparation, a brown lentil or chutney-like dish, a dark reddish-brown sauce, a golden liquid, and a pale cream sweet pudding with nuts. The lower tray has seven cups: rice mixed with dal and vegetables, rice with brown powdered toppings, a golden liquid in a small central cup, rice with white curd, and rice with more brown powder. No people are visible.

A top-down photo of two round stainless steel trays on a dark surface, each holding small steel bowls of food. The upper tray has six bowls of rice preparations in pink, yellow, white, dark and orange-speckled tones, with a central bowl of plain white rice and a rose petal at the edge. The lower tray has bowls of dark red shredded food, a brown broth, a bowl of golden oil or ghee, a bowl of orange grated carrot-like mix, a bowl of yellow-green lentil or vegetable mash, and a bowl of reddish-brown fried or spiced food. A small rose petal lies near the lower tray. No people are visible.

KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 3/9/2021