A brass plate on a banana leaf holds a meal offering: a mound of white rice, a bowl of brown vegetable curry, a bowl of thin orange-brown sauce, a mound of reddish-brown crumbled preparation, and a small brass bowl with two white rice-cake rolls. The plate sits on a wooden surface scattered with white flowers tipped in red, in front of draped red and gold brocade fabric. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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A brass plate on a banana leaf holds a meal offering: a mound of white rice, a bowl of brown vegetable curry, a bowl of thin orange-brown sauce, a mound of reddish-brown crumbled preparation, and a small brass bowl with two white rice-cake rolls. The plate sits on a wooden surface scattered with white flowers tipped in red, in front of draped red and gold brocade fabric. No people are visible.

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