A woman in an orange blouse and red bead necklace performs go seva in a cowshed at night. She holds a small oil lamp in one hand and reaches over a black cow draped with a green and gold brocade cloth. Several white and dark cows stand in the shed under fluorescent lights, with pillars and a corrugated roof visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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A woman in an orange blouse and red bead necklace performs go seva in a cowshed at night. She holds a small oil lamp in one hand and reaches over a black cow draped with a green and gold brocade cloth. Several white and dark cows stand in the shed under fluorescent lights, with pillars and a corrugated roof visible.

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