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Night-time photo of a crowded street food service in a market lane lined with shops and stalls. In the foreground, two bare-chested priests with shaved heads and rudraksha malas serve rice from steel trays onto leaf plates. Several women in bright orange saris and a man in a checked shirt and blue lungi hold out wooden bowls to receive the food. Behind them, devotees in pink, teal and yellow clothing walk past shops selling sandals, bangles and garlands. Strings of orange and red decorations hang from a stall at right, and a television is mounted on a shop wall. Several people are visible in the crowd, and the scene is lit by overhead lamps.