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A photograph of an open-sided flower stall under a corrugated tin roof. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers stands at a metal table strung with red and yellow flower garlands, reaching for a garland. Beside him a woman in a light blue sari sits on the ground sorting yellow flowers into a basket. Two finished garlands in red, yellow and white hang from the rafters on the left, and a white cloth and plastic bucket sit nearby. A banner above shows a smiling portrait of a woman in orange with floral border text reading NITHYANANDA FLOWER STALL.

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