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A photograph of a seated group in a bright hall during a meal or prasadam offering. In the foreground, several shaved-headed monastics in saffron-orange robes with gold-yellow borders sit cross-legged on the floor, hands pressed together in namaskar. Some wear white ash or tilak marks on their foreheads. Banana leaves hold sweets, flatbread and savouries, with small paper cups nearby. Behind them, women in white and cream saris and men in white kurtas sit on mats with small oil lamps, while a monastic in orange stands at left serving. Cameras on tripods and a larger audience of onlookers in white and orange appear in the background.

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