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Overhead photo of a rectangular stainless steel tray holding six small stainless steel bowls. Each bowl contains fried snack pieces: crisp golden-brown wafer-like fragments mixed with crumbly deep-fried dough balls flecked with green herbs. No people, deities or ritual objects are visible; the plain grey surface beneath the tray suggests an ordinary kitchen or dining setting.

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KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 11/26/20202020-11-26A close-up photo of a silver thali plate resting on a green banana leaf. In a hammered silver bowl, a heap of boiled chickpeas is scattered with yellow and pink flower petals. Beside it, in a small steel bowl, fried vadas or fritters sit alongside a fried flat item. Loose petals lie on the plate and leaf. No people are visible.2022-02-28KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 11/14/20202020-11-14 +2 copiesA photograph of fried samosas arranged on an oval white plate on a golden-yellow table surface. Five or six golden-brown triangular pastries with crimped edges are piled around a small white bowl of bright green chutney. No people, deities or ritual objects are visible in the scene.Photo 66795482022-05-03 +1 copiesA stainless steel thali tray holds several food servings: yellow lemon or turmeric rice garnished with curry leaves, a bowl of fried golden-brown vada or pakora fritters, and a bowl of mixed rice with carrot, beans and red rose petals on top. A small brass cup sits among the bowls and a fingertip enters from the upper right. No people are clearly visible apart from the hand, and the scene looks like a temple prasad or annadan meal.2020-11-29KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/21/20202020-12-21Close-up photograph of a stack of crisp, thin, golden-brown savoury snack wafers heaped in a shallow round stainless steel plate. The wafers are flat and irregularly shaped, speckled with small dark green herb or spice flecks, with a few showing holes. A striped yellow and black cloth edge appears at the upper left, and a plain pink surface lies at the lower right. No people, deities, or ritual items are visible.2022-07-13September 09 20132013-09-09Close overhead photo of several shallow metal bowls filled with sweets and snacks arranged on a deep red velvet cloth. The central bowl holds cubes of pale golden fudge-like sweet, with dark gulab jamun balls in a bowl at the top, twisted orange jalebi-style spirals at top left, sesame-coated brittle pieces at top right, and fried savoury snacks at lower left. No people are visible; the food appears to be offered as prasadam, with the scene.2022-12-19Overhead photo of a round stainless steel plate on an orange-red cloth. The plate holds fried puris, thin crisp papadums or wafers with black seeds, and three small golden-brown fried balls. At top right a copper vessel wrapped with white thread sits beside the plate. A pink-and-gold shimmering cloth edges the left side. No people are visible.2024-12-07Overhead photo of a round stainless steel thali tray set on a red cloth over a wooden surface. Seven small steel bowls hold snacks: fried pastry pieces, yellow flaked rice with peanuts, thin crisp wafers, a yellow-green sweet, a light cream sweet, fried vermicelli with raisins and dal, and a fried dough piece. A white sweet with a green edge and specks sits in the centre bowl. No people, ritual fire or deity visible.