A close overhead photograph of food offerings on a red cloth with banana leaves. A round brown disposable plate holds a heap of pale yellow flattened-rice dish with curry leaves, green chillies and scattered red-brown peanuts. Above it on a banana leaf are thin crisp brown wafers, and below are many round brown sesame-coated balls arranged on a second banana leaf. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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A close overhead photograph of food offerings on a red cloth with banana leaves. A round brown disposable plate holds a heap of pale yellow flattened-rice dish with curry leaves, green chillies and scattered red-brown peanuts. Above it on a banana leaf are thin crisp brown wafers, and below are many round brown sesame-coated balls arranged on a second banana leaf. No people are visible.

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