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Overhead photograph of a festive food spread on a red cloth at a Navaratri Durga Puja offering. Brass platters hold yellow fried snacks, crisp puris, and dishes of savory rice or grain with green herbs and vegetables in small woven baskets lined with green leaves. Round fried dumplings and crisp fried strands sit on a leaf in the upper area. No people are visible.

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A photograph of a festive spread of food laid out on a red cloth. Large brass plates and small brass bowls hold yellow and orange savouries, fried spiral snacks, round fried balls, puffed poori bread, and several rice dishes with vegetables and peas, many set on green leaves. No people are visible.Overhead photo of a festive meal served on steel plates and banana leaves over a red cloth. Clockwise from the left: rice dishes with peas and yellow spices, a golden fried-rice preparation, rice topped with cucumber rounds in a leaf cup, a bowl of savoury puffed snacks, and flat fried breads at the lower left. No people are visible.Close overhead photo of food offerings on brass trays over a red cloth. Small bowls lined with green banana leaves hold puffed rice balls, white rice, crisp white wafers, a seasoned rice dish flecked with green herbs, and a reddish-brown puffed rice mixture. No people are visible.Overhead photo of a ritual food offering laid on a red cloth. Brass and steel bowls hold rice, a yellow lentil dish, a red-brown vegetable curry with green herbs, fried okra, papad and fried snacks, many set on green banana leaves. Baskets of rose petals, brass pots, a conch shell, a brass lamp stand and small bowls of kumkum and turmeric powder surround the spread. No people are visible.A festive meal spread on a red cloth, served on green banana leaves over brass trays and plates. Visible dishes include crisp papadums stacked at the top left, pickled or fried lotus-root-style rings, sliced cucumber, a bowl of yellow lentil curry, a dish of spiced vegetable stir-fry with peanuts, white curd with dried red chillies and mustard seeds, yellow tempered rice, and crisp wafers and chips. Small brass bowls hold condiments. No people are visible.A photo of a prasadam spread laid out on a dark red tablecloth. Steel and brass bowls hold yellow saffron rice, white rice with almonds and cardamom, a brown curry, crisp fried papadam on a green banana leaf, round brown laddoos in a brass bowl, a yellow dal-like dish, and a thin pale soup. A small red flower petal rests near the yellow rice. No people are visible.Overhead photograph of a spread of South Indian food served on brass and copper trays over a red cloth. Several items are arranged in small brass bowls and on banana leaves: yellow lemon or turmeric rice with curry leaves and red chillies, orange-brown lentil or pumpkin preparation mounded on a leaf, reddish tamarind-style rice garnished with green coriander, golden rice with dried red chillies, puffed rice, round brown fried balls at the left edge, and white rice with coriander and chillies at the bottom left. No people are visible.Top-down photograph of a festive vegetarian meal spread on brass plates set over a red cloth. Several items are served on fresh green banana leaves: a yellow spiced rice dish with curry leaves, a heap of white flaky chips, a plate of sliced cucumber, a dish of yellow-brown spiced vegetables, and a bowl of white coconut-style chutney garnished with dried red chillies. Round pressed crackers in a ring pattern and thin crisp papadums sit alongside, with a small bowl of orange curry at the bottom edge. No people are visible.Overhead photograph of a festive meal served on silver-toned metal trays over a red cloth. Several small bowls lined with green banana leaves hold rice dishes in varied colours: golden lemon-style rice, a green herbed rice with chopped greens, a light-brown rice with pieces of vegetable, and a bowl of rice with green pepper and curry leaves. A plate of thinly sliced cucumber sits at the top, and crisp golden fried snack rolls lie on a leaf at the right. Two flat round pieces of bread are at the lower left. No people are visible.Overhead photograph of a festive meal spread on a deep red cloth. Brass plates and bowls hold rice dishes, lentil curries and a yellow dal, arranged in small cups lined with green banana leaves. Crisp fried snacks, pappadam-style chips, spiral rice crackers and puffed savouries sit on the right and left edges. No people are visible; the image shows food offerings only, as typically prepared for a ritual meal.A photograph of a traditional South Indian meal served on a large brass thali set over a red cloth. Banana leaves hold a rice dish with curry leaves, yellow dal topped with coriander, a green vegetable stir-fry, a red-orange vegetable salad with herbs, and small brass bowls. Lower on the tray sit round crisp snacks, white net-like chips, and thin puffed wafers on banana leaves. No people are visible in the frame.Overhead photograph of a festive vegetarian meal served on brass and copper plates lined with green banana leaves. Clockwise from the upper left are round fried lentil or dough balls, yellow lemon-style rice garnished with green coriander and red chilli, a crisp papad on a copper dish, orange-brown tomato or lentil curry in a banana leaf cup, white rice with curry leaves and dried red chillies, and orange-red spiced rice with coriander. The plates rest on a red cloth. No people are visible.