Overhead photo of a meal served on a brass thali placed on a newspaper. Four stainless steel bowls hold vegetable rice with carrot and peas, golden square pieces of a baked sweet or cake with dried fruit, a yellow dal, and a chickpea curry with tomato pieces. The newspaper beneath has printed column text and a headline fragment reading NEWS. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Overhead photo of a meal served on a brass thali placed on a newspaper. Four stainless steel bowls hold vegetable rice with carrot and peas, golden square pieces of a baked sweet or cake with dried fruit, a yellow dal, and a chickpea curry with tomato pieces. The newspaper beneath has printed column text and a headline fragment reading NEWS. No people are visible.

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Overhead photo of a round stainless steel thali plate set on a red cloth and a blue book. Clockwise from the top: a bowl of yellow dal, a bowl of plain white rice, a bowl of yellow vegetable pulao with peas and chickpeas, a round orange laddu in a small steel bowl, a small bowl of crumbly sweet, and a copper cup at the centre. The red cloth bears printed Sanskrit-style script, and the blue book has partial printed text. No people are visible.

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Overhead photo of a stainless steel thali on a bright red cloth. Four steel bowls hold steamed white rice garnished with saffron strands and a clove, a yellow potato and green pea curry, dry-spiced potato cubes, and brown chickpeas. A small steel cup of golden liquid, possibly ghee or oil with saffron threads, sits in the center. No people, deities or ritual setting are visible; the image shows a vegetarian meal served on a platter.

Top-down photo of a round stainless steel thali plate resting on a red and cream woven cloth on a dark wooden surface. Around the rim sit a bowl of yellow dal with green herbs, a mound of white steamed rice, a bowl of yellow turmeric-tinged rice, a bowl of diced orange fruit, a small copper cup of liquid, a small square of sweet, and a dish of two dates. No people are visible, and there is no visible figure or portrait; the setting suggests a shared sacred meal.

Overhead photo of a stainless steel thali on a bright red cloth. Clockwise from top left: a bowl of cooked green beans with cilantro garnish, a bowl of yellow mashed or cooked grain topped with cilantro, a small bowl of clear liquid ghee or oil with saffron threads, a dark brown thick lentil or dal broth with saffron threads, and a small bowl holding a round ball of ground grain sprinkled with saffron. No people are visible.

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Overhead photo of a round stainless steel thali tray laid on a red cloth over a wooden surface. Four stainless steel bowls hold rice dishes: lemon-yellow rice with green peas, cashews and cumin seeds at top left; plain white rice with slivered almonds at bottom left; turmeric-yellow rice with cumin and a single carrot piece at bottom right; and diced orange carrot pieces at top right. A small steel cup of water with saffron threads sits at the centre. No people are visible.

Overhead photo of a stainless steel thali tray set on a red and gold brocade cloth. Bowls hold potato and pea curry with green chilli and coriander, pulao rice with peas, carrot and corn, a small bowl of saffron-tinted liquid, a bowl of thick pale soup with a spoon, and a bowl of white sweet balls topped with nuts. A peach-coloured fruit sits at the lower right and a brass lamp with dark rudraksha-like beads appears at the top right. No people are visible.