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A photo of a communal dining hall where volunteers and devotees serve a vegetarian meal from steel steam trays along a buffet counter. In the foreground a woman with light brown hair pulled back, wearing a white loose-fitting top and a small tag on her chest, holds a stainless steel tray with rice, a flatbread, yellow dal, orange vegetable curry and a steel bowl. Behind her an older man with white hair and a white beard, wearing a white shirt and a wooden rudraksha bead necklace, holds a tray with a steel bowl. Other people in white clothing, including a man in a white polo shirt with a lanyard, serve food from covered containers. Red curtains line the windows and the ceiling is white.

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