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A 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.

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A 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.2025-01-11Mahashivaratri 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.2025-01-11January 22 20142014-01-22A 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.2025-01-11Overhead photo of a stainless steel thali plate lined with a green banana leaf, holding a full vegetarian meal. Clockwise from upper left: a vada, a bowl of white buttermilk or curd, a bowl of brown rasam or sambar-style broth, a bowl of yellow upma, a mound of white steamed rice, a bowl of shredded vegetable salad, a bowl of reddish-brown pulao with chickpeas, a bowl of sambar with a dark roasted chilli, a bowl of vermicelli payasam, and a large crisp papad at the centre. Blue on-screen timestamp and hashtag overlay in the lower right. No people visible.Photo 11712544Overhead photo of a vegetarian meal served on a large green banana leaf laid over a red and white patterned mat. Arranged on the leaf are white rice, a yellow vegetable pulao with carrots and peas, a diced mixed-vegetable salad, a pale rice dish, fried sweet and savoury snacks, round dark dough balls, crisp fried vadas, sliced kiwi and fruit, and a small steel bowl of orange vegetable curry. Three flowers, a red rose, pink blossoms and a yellow marigold, sit beside the bowl. No people are visible.2024-08-08Overhead photo of a traditional South Indian style meal served on a large green banana leaf placed on a white floor. Arranged across the leaf are small portions of food including white rice, a yellow lentil or vegetable dish, a pile of orange and yellow spiced rice, green moong sprouts with shredded carrot, dark brown chutney, a reddish pickle, a pale sweet cake, coconut pieces, fried snacks, cashews, and small sugar balls. Two paper cups holding a yellow liquid sit at the top left corner. No people are visible.2013-10-17 +1 copiesA 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 round stainless steel thali plate on banana leaves, set on the floor, filled with vegetarian food for a naivedhyam offering. Small steel bowls hold white rice, a yellow lemon or tamarind rice, a thick lentil preparation, sambar, rasam-style broth, curd (yogurt), fried potato, a red pickle, a vada with a hole in the centre, and papadams. A brocade blue fabric and a gold-coloured ornate base appear at the top edge. Blue overlay text in the lower right reads the date, Naivedhyam Offering and hashtags. No people are visible.2025-01-21May 08 20172017-05-08