A young boy in a blue crew-neck t-shirt and lime-green shorts stands indoors on a concrete floor, holding a small brown clay or earthen figure cupped in both hands, with a white patch on its front. Behind him, other children and a person in white sit and move about near a barred window and a doorway. The setting looks like a residential children's program hall with a plain, unadorned interior. - Nithyanandapedia

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A young boy in a blue crew-neck t-shirt and lime-green shorts stands indoors on a concrete floor, holding a small brown clay or earthen figure cupped in both hands, with a white patch on its front. Behind him, other children and a person in white sit and move about near a barred window and a doorway. The setting looks like a residential children's program hall with a plain, unadorned interior.

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