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Two young male sannyasi-style devotees in saffron dhotis and bare torsos, marked with white vibhuti stripes, share food at a large pandal with draped white ceiling and hanging paper lanterns. The figure on the left, with long dark hair, has rudraksha malas and a gold necklace, holding a yellow food offering in his hands while another youth feeds him from the right, smiling and wearing rudraksha beads, earrings and a gold chain. Behind them, other bare-chested youths in saffron cloths sit at rows of banana-leaf food plates, and a bearded man in orange robes stands at the far right, all consistent with a food offering ritual such as pinda or annadan.

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