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In Bengaluru, eat a north Kannadiga thali at Kamat Yatri Nivas (kamatyatri.in); a Kerala thali at Karavali, Taj Gateway (tajhotels. com); and an Andhra thali at Bheema’s (31, Asha Building, Church Street). In Chennai, Ponnusamy (ponnusamyhotel.com) offers the largest Tamil thali named the Bahubali thali. In Hyderabad, Ulavacharu (ulavacharu.in) at Jubilee Hills is a must-stop to savour an authentic Andhra thali.