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A busy communal dining hall with a tiled pillar and ceiling fans. Many women and some men in white, saffron-orange and colourful saris and salwars queue and serve food from a long steel counter holding stainless steel plates and bowls. A woman in a red sari stands at the counter, while others sit on the left eating from steel plates. A man in a saffron-orange turban and orange clothing stands in the centre background among volunteers in white. Several women have long braided hair, and some wear identity badges on lanyards. The scene reflects an annadan style meal service.

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