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Night-time photo of villagers crowding around a green-framed metal cart or stretcher-like vehicle to receive food during an annadaan distribution. A man in a striped shirt and a woman in a light blue-green head cap stand on the cart and hand out items. A man in a yellow-green checked shirt and white dhoti reaches forward among the crowd, and an outstretched hand holds a steel vessel. Many people in mixed everyday clothing press forward, including a woman in a grey shawl and a woman in a red sari with a small child. Dim light and a simple concrete building are visible behind.

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