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A long row of seated people eats a communal meal on a red cloth on the ground, with metal plates holding yellow food spread along the line. A server in a teal and brown patterned kurta and pants stands at the right, holding a green metal pitcher to serve. Most seated men wear white kurtas, and one wears a yellow head covering. Several diners reach toward their plates. This appears to be an annadan style communal meal. Visible people number roughly six to twenty.

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