A woman in a white shawl with a blue-and-white striped border stands at a concrete feeding trough in a thatched cowshed, offering food from a metal plate to a brown cow. A black-and-white spotted cow stands in the foreground by the trough, and a second brown cow is nearby. Wooden poles support the palm-thatched roof, and a faded red cloth hangs overhead. No a person candidate is visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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A woman in a white shawl with a blue-and-white striped border stands at a concrete feeding trough in a thatched cowshed, offering food from a metal plate to a brown cow. A black-and-white spotted cow stands in the foreground by the trough, and a second brown cow is nearby. Wooden poles support the palm-thatched roof, and a faded red cloth hangs overhead. No a person candidate is visible.

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