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A photograph of a serving line in an indoor hall with white tiled floor and a yellow fabric drape at the top right. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a red-orange shawl, orange lanyard and rudraksha-style beads carries a white compartment tray of food, with a vermilion-red dish, and has a yellow-orange tilak on her forehead. Beside her an older man in a white head cap and red-orange shawl with rudraksha beads holds a serving spoon over steel pans. Behind them, volunteers in white shirts, red-orange sashes and white head caps serve food from copper vessels on a long white-covered table, with a row of bottled water and small condiment jars in front. A young man in a light blue striped shirt also serves. Several people in white sit or stand in the background near a gold-framed altar area with orange and yellow decorations.

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