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A photograph of a seated group sharing a meal on the floor of an open-sided pavilion with a plain concrete floor and a stone bench behind them. A long-haired man in an orange-red dhoti and wrap sits at the left, leaning over a row of steel thali trays arranged on a patterned runner. Opposite him, an older bearded man in white kurta and dhoti, a woman in a cream sari, and a woman in a green sari with a red flower garland eat from their own trays. Steel tumblers stand beside the trays, and a child is visible at the upper right edge. Trees and dry ground are visible through the open side of the pavilion.

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