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Outdoor serving scene under a red-and-white canopy with red draped fabric. In the foreground a young woman in white clothing with a white shawl and an event badge stands looking down. Behind a steel cooking pot, a smiling woman in an orange-red sari serves food onto a plate. On the right, a figure in an orange saffron robe and orange turban, bare-shouldered with a long dark hair and rudraksha-style beads, holds a serving ladle and scoops food from the pot. Several men in white shirts and dhotis stand nearby, and a multi-storey building with windows is visible behind. The setting is an Arogya Yoga programme in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, with a pot of food being distributed to participants wearing badges.

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