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Annadan free meal service under a corrugated metal roof at an open-air ashram canteen. Two women in white saris with gold borders stand at steel serving counters ladling rice dishes into paper-lined plates. The woman on the left wears a red beaded necklace and a red bindi, and the woman beside her wears black-rimmed glasses and a black mangalsutra-style pendant. An elderly woman in an orange sari with a vibhuti line on her forehead holds a plate while a worker in white reaches toward her. Behind them, a crowd of men and boys in white clothing waits in line, and volunteers wear hairnets and disposable gloves. Steel trays hold rice, dal and a brown spiced dish.

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