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A night-time outdoor tug-of-war on a dirt ground lit by floodlights. Two teams pull a long yellow rope taut across the middle of the field. On the left, a boy in a black shirt and a girl in orange pull on the rope, while a crowd of onlookers in casual clothes stands watching. On the right, a row of people in saffron and orange robes and a woman in a white sari with a red blouse pull against them. Behind them, a group of people in saffron and orange clothing gathers near a metal frame and a lit pole. Some people in the background wear shawls and white clothes. The scene looks like a community sports game held at an ashram.

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