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Photograph of a crowded covered hall under a blue corrugated metal roof with fluorescent tube lights and two dark screens or boards hanging in the doorway. Many people stand and sit in a dense crowd, including a woman in an orange sari with a long braid, a woman in a green sari, a man in white dhoti and shirt, and a seated man in a white patterned shirt in the foreground. Blue and white plastic chairs are scattered among them. Clay pots sit on a shelf at the upper right.
Photo 100 of 137 from 16 November 2003

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