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A long buffet table laid for a temple feast, photographed from above. Rows of small glass cups hold fruit pieces, dals, salads, pickles, nuts and flatbreads on wooden trays, with steel plates of parathas and papads down the right. A large glass dish holds an orange sweet decorated with raisins and cashews shaped into the number 13. Bottles of juice and fruit sit along the back near a decorated shrine area with blue and yellow cloth and garlands. A caption reads Kailasa Seattle - Nithyanandeshwara Hindu Temple. No people are visible.

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