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A long row of seated women in rust-red and orange saris and robes sits on the floor along a white cloth laid with banana-leaf plates, steel cups and metal tumblers, eating a meal together. Several have white or grey hair and rudraksha-style beads, and one wears a white vibhuti-marked forehead. In the foreground a bald man in white clothing sits with his back to the camera facing the row. Behind them, a woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari moves between steel vessels and pots on a side table, and a red curtain and large bright screen are visible at the upper right. The setting is an indoor hall, consistent with an annadan meal serving.

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