Overhead photo of a simple meal on a wooden table. Four red-rimmed white bowls hold plain white rice with curry leaves and mustard seeds, yellow tamarind-style rice, and two thin yellow-orange lentil or sambar-style broths. A large red hibiscus flower sits among the bowls. No people, deity images or ritual objects are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Overhead photo of a simple meal on a wooden table. Four red-rimmed white bowls hold plain white rice with curry leaves and mustard seeds, yellow tamarind-style rice, and two thin yellow-orange lentil or sambar-style broths. A large red hibiscus flower sits among the bowls. No people, deity images or ritual objects are visible.

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