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Four people sit on a stone bench outdoors eating from steel plates on a street near a temple gate. From left, a teenage boy in a plaid shirt and white trousers eats with his right hand, a girl in a red top and black leggings holds a plate, a woman in a blue and orange patterned sari with a gold necklace and red bangles holds a plate, and an older woman in a red sari with gold bangles holds a plate and eats. All have tilak marks on their foreheads. Behind them, devotees in saris walk along the road past a colourful temple gateway and a stall with offerings. A water bottle sits on the bench. A timestamp and caption read 25 Jan 2024 and Sri Nithyananda Janmabhumi Kshetram annadhanam.

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