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Outdoor food distribution line at a Karthikai Deepam gathering on a red dirt ground beside a white wall. Many men and women queue holding steel plates and bowls while others walk past. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti in the foreground holds a plate. A woman in a blue-and-green sari carries a plate. A man in a striped shirt and orange-and-cream shawl stands with his back turned. Behind them are a striped tent canopy with bunting, blue plastic water tanks and a dark blue tarpaulin. A blue drum is at the right edge. Several people are partly visible at the back.

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