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A woman in an orange silk sari and matching orange blouse feeds a spotted cow beneath a red-tiled shed at a temple gaushala. The cow wears a green and yellow cloth draped over its back, with painted horns and a rope halter. A brown-and-white calf stands in the foreground, and the woman wears a rudraksha mala, gold earrings and a white-marked forehead with a red tilak. Wooden posts, a bamboo-screened wall and plastic chairs fill the background.

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