A man in a dark grey t-shirt and camouflage shorts kneels on a patterned carpet beside a dark wooden home shrine, sorting stacks of sealed plastic food containers and bags of prepared food into a meal distribution for annadan. The shrine holds framed deity pictures and gold-framed devotional images, a brass tray with small brass lamps and bowls, and a lit oil lamp. - Nithyanandapedia

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A man in a dark grey t-shirt and camouflage shorts kneels on a patterned carpet beside a dark wooden home shrine, sorting stacks of sealed plastic food containers and bags of prepared food into a meal distribution for annadan. The shrine holds framed deity pictures and gold-framed devotional images, a brass tray with small brass lamps and bowls, and a lit oil lamp.

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