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Night-time annadanam food service under a pink and patterned tent canopy strung with small coloured pennant flags. Several volunteers stand at large steel cooking pots and serving containers on tables and a black-topped counter. A woman in a white sari with a long braid and a man in a white dhoti with an apron-like cloth serve rice from a big pot. A woman in a pink blouse and a man in a checked shirt and jeans handle food, and an elderly man sits to the right near a folding chair. Bright tube lights hang from the frame and pink flowering bushes are visible outside the tent.

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