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An outdoor covered pavilion with corrugated metal roof and tall pillars, surrounded by palm trees, where devotees sit at white plastic chairs eating a meal. A man in white clothes with a rudraksha-style necklace and a woman in a red-and-pink patterned sari are seated at a dark wooden table holding plates. Several people in white garments with yellow shawls sit at right, one holding a flatbread, and a person in white stands at left. Table items include water bottles, a jar of spice, a bottle of cooking oil, steel containers and an orange. The setting looks like an ashram meal.

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