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A large outdoor meal in an open tent at night, with many people seated in rows on the ground eating from metal plates and leaf plates. Most wear saffron and orange robes; some wear rudraksha malas and beaded necklaces. Plastic water bottles stand between the rows, and a man in orange at the right edge carries a steel vessel. A bald man in orange seated centre-right is eating with his hand. Plates hold rice, sweets and side dishes. Several people in front are partly cropped at the edges.

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