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A photograph of an outdoor food-serving ritual at a covered courtyard. In the foreground, a man with dark hair and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace sits bare-chested on a white-draped table, wearing an orange-and-saffron cloth draped over the shoulder, and holds out a handful of yellow rice to a kneeling young woman in a blue and grey outfit with an orange shawl, who receives it with cupped hands. A woman in a white and gold sari with a red shawl bends over the table nearby. Behind them, several women in white saris with red shawls and beaded necklaces stand and serve from silver trays and plates. A large silver bowl of yellow rice sits on the table with banana leaves holding more rice. Other devotees in white and red attire stand in the background.

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