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A night-time photo of a food service line at an ashram. A man in glasses and a white head covering and white shirt, wearing a rudraksha mala and a red tilak, stands behind steel vessels serving food and looks toward the camera. Beside him a woman in a white top with a purple shawl and a rudraksha mala holds a steel plate of food and a small cup. Other people in white clothes hold steel plates of rice and curry, and a girl in a light dress stands at the right. A steel bucket of rice sits on a dark counter in the foreground.

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