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Outdoor photo of villagers seated on sandy ground under palm trees during an annadaan meal distribution. Women in saris, including a teal sari and a pink sari, sit on the sand with steel plates and cups in front of them. A small child in a white dress stands beside the seated group. A woman in a white headscarf carries a large bowl or tray in the background, and other people walk along a white boundary wall. A pond or water area is visible at the right, and some plates and litter lie scattered on the ground.

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