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Overhead photograph of five dishes served in perforated paper bowls lined with green leaves on a bright red cloth. Top left holds a mound of pale cooked grain. Middle left has a stir-fry of mixed beans, carrot pieces and green chillies garnished with fresh coriander. Middle right shows diced yellow banana or plantain pieces sauteed with spices. Bottom left contains diced fried potato or plantain with coriander leaves. Bottom right shows a dish of sliced green gourd or vegetable with a dark spiced coating. No people, deities or ritual setting are visible.

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Overhead photograph of a food spread on a red cloth. Bowls lined with green leaves hold, from top right, cubed fried vegetables with orange-brown spices, white crisp wafers on a leaf at top left, a pale mound of cooked rice or porridge in a perforated metal bowl at lower left, and a mixed dish of chopped vegetables and legumes at lower right. No people or a person visible; the setting suggests a ritual offering or meal.Overhead photograph of a festive vegetarian meal served on a bright red cloth. Several small round metal bowls with scalloped, perforated rims sit on green banana or leaf liners. Bowls hold fried potato cubes with spices, a sautéed vegetable dish with chopped green herbs and cilantro, a mixed vegetable stir-fry with yellow and green pieces, a pale creamy grain preparation, and an orange chutney or curry. Sliced cucumber and white crisp wafers or chips appear at the top, and light fried snacks at the bottom left. No people are visible.A close-up photo of a festive food spread on a red cloth. In the upper left, fried okra-like pieces sit on a green banana leaf inside a metal plate. In the center, a small steel bowl holds cubes of spiced golden-brown fried potato or paneer-like pieces. At the upper right, a bowl of yellow dal or curry rests on a leaf. At the lower left, white jalebi-like lacy rings lie on a banana leaf over a metal tray, and at the lower right a plate holds white rice-based items. No people are visible.Overhead photograph of a festive meal served on a brass tray. Four perforated brass bowls lined with green banana leaves hold, clockwise from upper left: a yellow dal topped with chopped coriander, a red-orange vegetable dish with green peas and chopped coriander, a stir-fried dish of green chilies and meat pieces, and white plain rice in the lower centre. The left bowl holds seasoned rice studded with red chilies and curry leaves. A red cloth lies at the right edge. No people are visible.Close overhead photograph of several rice preparations served on green banana leaves set on a metal tray over a red cloth. The central leaf holds rice mixed with green peas and chopped green vegetables with a few small pieces of white ingredient. Surrounding leaves hold golden-brown fried rice with small pieces of fried or cooked food, and coconut-topped rice. Food offering prasadam style, no people visible.Overhead photograph of a festive meal served on banana leaves over a red cloth. Clockwise from top right: carrot and peas fried rice in a leaf-lined bowl, a mound of plain white rice with a small bowl of puffed rice or pop-style grains above it, a pile of brown spiced rice with curry leaves and dark whole spices at the bottom, a bowl of cabbage and grated vegetable rice at right, and round sliced cucumber on the lower left next to a plate of golden fried fritters or vadas on the left edge. No people are visible; the scene shows food offerings arranged for an annadan-style meal.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 photograph of a round brass thali tray on a red cloth, holding four small brass bowls lined with green banana leaves. The bowls contain yellow tamarind rice garnished with green coriander and red chillies, a second rice dish with red chilli and green leaves, a reddish puffed rice mixture, and crisp white rice wafers. Fresh green banana leaves frame the tray edges.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.Overhead photograph of a festive meal served on large green leaves set on a red cloth. In the centre is a bowl of spiced rice with green vegetables and red-brown seasoning. To the left is a bowl of white rice mixed with grated coconut and green beans. Above is a leaf plate of golden fried rolls, and at the right edge is a plate of crisp fried snacks. 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.Overhead photograph of a vegetarian meal served on brass plates and in small brass bowls lined with green banana leaves on a red cloth. Visible dishes include round brown laddu-like balls, a bowl of yellow tamarind or lemon rice garnished with cilantro, white rice topped with curry leaves, dried red chillies and mustard seeds, a thick orange-brown curry or chutney, and puffed rice mixed with fried spices. No people are visible.