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Close photograph of a meal served on a green banana leaf resting on a white plate. On the left are pieces of fried or sauteed vegetables and a dark sauce, with a pale roasted or fried item beside them. In the centre is a round puffed bread and a mound of yellow-flecked rice with diced vegetables. A larger flat fried bread, puri-like, overlaps the bottom left. Behind the leaf, a wooden tray or box holds red rose petals and yellow flowers, with a metal lamp stand at the right edge. No people are visible.

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A close photo of a meal served on a green banana leaf set on a white plate. On the leaf are white rice, a pale puri-style bread, a pink-rimmed round piece topped with yellow-spiced diced potato, and a pile of brown fried pieces with a dark curry. Behind the leaf sits a wooden tray or box decorated with red roses and small yellow-brown sweets, and at the upper right a dark brass lamp stand with a brass vessel. No people are visible.2025-08-08A top-down photograph of a meal served on a banana leaf placed on a stainless steel plate, set on a teal cloth with small gold dot embroidery. The leaf holds white rice, a dark brown curry, fried potato or vegetable pieces, a pale yellow mashed dish with green chilies, two thin crisp papadums or wafers, and a round flatbread or pancake topped with yellow sauce. A stainless steel tumbler of water sits at the upper right, and a small pink petal lies at the lower right edge. No people are visible.2025-08-08A 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.2025-11-21Photograph 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.2025-11-05November 20 20062006-11-20April 14 20132013-04-14 +2 copiesOverhead photo of a South Indian style vegetarian meal served on a green banana leaf over a stainless steel platter. Around the edges are several small steel bowls holding yellow vegetable curry, sambar-like lentil stew, thin brown rasam, a dry spiced rice dish with carrot and bean pieces, and a yellow lemon-style rice. Steamed white rice sits in the centre with a dab of red chutney or pickle, and a large crisp papadam rests on top. The plate sits on a wooden surface. A blue timestamp in the lower right corner reads 20 Dec 2025 1:53:44 pm, with the caption Naivedhyam Offering and hashtags. No people are visible.A 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.2021-05-01A 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.2025-01-11A photograph of a large round metal thali tray lined with green banana leaves, set on a table covered with newspaper. The tray holds small bronze or steel bowls of food: idli cakes, a red chutney or pickle, white rice with mustard seeds, a yellow-brown rice dish with eggplant pieces, a grated vegetable and onion-style side dish, a reddish gravy, a brown dal or sambar bowl, and crisp papadums. This is a naivedyam food offering arranged for a meal. No people are visible. A printed Tamil newspaper page appears at the top edge and a digital timestamp with the caption 'Naivedhyam Offering' and the hashtag #Kailasa Madurai appears in the lower right corner.2025-04-07Mahashivaratri 2021A 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.2025-01-11