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Men sit cross-legged in long rows on a tiled hall floor, eating from green banana leaves set before them. Most wear white dhotis and white shirts, one man in the foreground wears a cream kurta, and a few wear saffron or orange clothing. A woman in a white sari with gold border walks between the rows carrying a large steel vessel. Plates hold rice, sweets and cut fruit, and small paper cups stand beside the leaves. In the background a stage has red curtains and an ornate deity backdrop. This is an annadhan community meal.

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