07-27-2007, 08:18 PM
The arrangement of the food on the platter(banana leaf, silver plate, kendu leaf and whatever). There is a definite ritual to that not just convienence. I have ssen pictures from all over South India(Andhra, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and yeterday from Kerala on PBS show on Kerala) and there is a pattern. Also the number of items at ritual feasts are usually odd five, seven or nine.