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Overhead photo of a food offering laid out on a red cloth in a temple-style setting. Stainless steel bowls hold South Indian style dishes: a vegetable curry with spinach and a creamy sauce, a mixed vegetable stew, rice with lentils and red chillies, a tomato-based vegetable sambar, and a bowl of white idli cakes. A small mound of plain white rice sits on a brass plate, and a copper tumbler stands nearby. Behind the food, a gold-brocade-covered table holds a brass kalasha, a pearl garland, flowers and betel leaves, and a red and gold patterned cloth hangs at right. A bare arm with a red thread is visible at the top edge, placing or adjusting an item. No people are shown in full. The food offering is consistent with a food-offering ritual.

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