Overhead photo of kitchen produce on a reddish-brown floor. Two stainless steel plates and a steel bowl hold fresh green okra (bhindi) pods and bunches of coriander (cilantro) leaves with stems. A folded newspaper lies beside them with a few loose coriander sprigs on it. No people or ritual activity is visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Overhead photo of kitchen produce on a reddish-brown floor. Two stainless steel plates and a steel bowl hold fresh green okra (bhindi) pods and bunches of coriander (cilantro) leaves with stems. A folded newspaper lies beside them with a few loose coriander sprigs on it. No people or ritual activity is visible.

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