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Night-time food distribution from a yellow three-wheeled cargo vehicle. A man in a white shirt and white trousers, with a green hairnet and a beaded mala around his neck, stands on the truck bed handing out foil-wrapped packets. Two women in green hairnets, one in a teal blouse with a blue sari and one in a green sari, load and pass food from large steel pots. Villagers including an older woman in a dark sari, a boy in an orange striped shirt and a boy in a light checked shirt reach up to receive packets. Orange flags are visible at the back of the vehicle. The scene reads as annadan food service.

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