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A top-down photo of a South Indian meal served on a green banana leaf placed on a speckled stone floor. Plain white bowls hold a yellow lentil stew, a thin sambar-like broth, a creamy coconut-style chutney, a cucumber raita, and a small mound of grated coconut. Plain steamed white rice sits in the centre, with fried vadas, a spiced vegetable crumble, and crunchy chickpea-style snacks on the right. A small bottle of water sits at the top right. At the bottom edge, the orange-saffron robe of a seated person is partly visible, but no face is shown.

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Overhead photo of a South Indian style vegetarian meal served on a green banana leaf on a speckled floor. Rice sits in the centre with yellow vegetable poriyal, fried vada (doughnut-shaped fritters), chickpea and vegetable sides, yogurt with cucumber in a white bowl, and small white bowls of sambar, rasam, a thick lentil or chutney-like dish, and grated coconut. A plastic water bottle sits at the right edge. At the bottom, the lap of an orange saffron garment is visible.2015-12-20December 20 20152015-12-20 +1 copiesDecember 20 20152015-12-20Overhead photo of a South Indian style vegetarian meal served on a large green banana leaf laid over a white cloth. On the leaf are a mound of white steamed rice, a heap of fried potato-style vegetable pieces, a mound of tamarind or lemon rice with spices, a crisp golden medu vada with a hole in the centre, a whole red tomato, and a small dried red chilli. Four bowls and cups surround the leaf: two with thin yellow dal or sambar, one with a brown beverage in a paper cup and one with a chickpea curry, plus two water bottles at the corners. No people are visible in the frame.2015-12-20 +1 copiesMay 08 20172017-05-08A traditional South Indian vegetarian meal served on a large green banana leaf on a white surface. Heaps of white rice, yellow dal-style curry, pink raita, spiced vegetables, a crispy fried item, papadam, a whole ripe banana, a flatbread roti and sweet and savory sauces sit on the leaf, with small white paper cups holding beverages, yogurt and liquids around its edges. At the bottom edge, a corner of orange-saffron cloth is visible. The image shows food offering arranged for a devotional meal.2013-07-14 +1 copiesA photograph from above of a traditional South Indian vegetarian meal served on a large green banana leaf placed on a pale tiled floor. The leaf holds rice, a pappadam, a folded flatbread, a dal, a red chutney, vegetable curries, fried vadas, a pickle, a sweet preparation, a sweet porridge, and three small white cups holding sambar, curd and a thin broth. No people are visible. This is a food arrangement, not a ritual scene.2011-07-20October 04 20132013-10-04 +1 copiesApril 02 20132013-04-02 +2 copiesA photograph of a traditional South Indian meal served on a green banana leaf. Portions include a dry vegetable curry with carrot and beans, a mound of white rice topped with orange sambar or chutney, a small heap of grated coconut, a yellow-cooked dish with white beans, fried banana chips, a whole yellow banana, a red pickle, a white dollop of yogurt or raita, and a pile of crisp fried vadas. A steel tumbler stands at the lower right edge. No people are visible.2009-07-19A photo of a meal laid out on a large green banana leaf placed on a light floor. On the left are folded flatbreads wrapped in white cloth and a stack of thin pappadums. A deep-fried vada sits at the top centre beside a mound of shredded orange carrot salad. Cooked rice with small lentils is piled in the lower centre, with brown sweet mounds beside it, and chopped pieces in red sauce sit at the upper right. Three white paper cups of liquid stand along the top edge. The leaf is set on a woven mat with blue trim at the bottom edge. No people are visible.2011-11-07December 11 20112011-12-11