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A photo of men serving food from a large aluminium cooking pot under a red patterned tarpaulin canopy outdoors. A large pot holds yellow rice with vegetables. Five men stand around it: on the left an older man in white dhoti and shawl serves with a ladle, while others wear green and white head caps and sleeveless vests or shirts, one in a white shirt, one in olive vest. A fourth man on the right in a striped shirt and grey head covering watches from the edge. Behind them hang painted banner cloths showing landscape scenes and palm trees. No a person figure is visible; the scene shows an annadan food distribution.

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