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Outdoor covered platform at an annadhan event with a grey tiled floor. Several seated men in white dhotis and orange shawls sit on green leaf plates with food, metal cups and brass vessels before them. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt bends forward to serve or offer food. Bamboo poles with orange cloth hang around the platform, and red flower petals are scattered on the floor. Standing onlookers in white and cream clothing watch from behind a low wall, and a video camera is in the right foreground. A thatched hut and palm trees appear behind.

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