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Four women serve food in a room lined with dark bookshelves filled with hardbound volumes, with a sign reading "Pancha Tantra" and a banner above. In the foreground, a woman in a white top and pink sari with a rudraksha mala serves rice onto a white plate from a steel pot. Beside her, a woman in a pink patterned sari and bangles spoons food. A woman in a blue printed kurta holds a plastic glove and looks on. At right, a woman in a red patterned sari with a red bindi and a rudraksha mala ladles curry from a steel pot. The scene suggests annadan prasad service at the ashram library.

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