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A food-serving line inside a pink-walled hall with bright ceiling lights. In the foreground, several people in orange saris with yellow borders and white hygiene caps serve from a long stainless-steel serving counter. To the left, men in white dhotis with red-and-yellow sashes carry white plates. Behind them, more people in white clothing wait and move along. A few women wear orange, and a man in an orange wrap stands among the servers. Green leaf scraps lie on the floor.

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