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Seated community meal in a hall with a light tiled floor. In the foreground a woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari serves food from a brass thali onto a banana leaf, while beside her an older man in white dhoti with gold border and a bare upper body sits on a mat. Behind them rows of saffron-clad sannyasis, many with rudraksha malas and some with white ash markings and dark turbans, sit on green leaves set with brass bowls, cups and food. A brass vessel and a sprinkling of offerings lie nearby. A white curtain frames the left edge.

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