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Outdoor festival gathering under long white canopies decorated with red, orange, green, yellow and purple bunting, supported on wooden poles. Banana plants and palms line the paved courtyard. Rows of stainless steel tiffin-style food vessels with lids are arranged on a raised red-brick platform around a central square fire pit. Hundreds of seated devotees, mostly women in colourful saris and men in white, fill the tented area. Several men in white dhotis and shirts walk through the courtyard, and a small black speaker stands at left. The scene resembles an annadan or community meal event.

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