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Crowded outdoor distribution under a thatched straw roof with bamboo beams. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti and pink shawl, with a green-bordered cloth over his shoulder, faces away from the camera and offers food from a metal plate to outstretched hands. Around him villagers reach forward: a man in a brown sweater and striped shirt, a man in a pink shawl and purple head cloth, a woman in a green head covering, children in colourful clothes, and a woman in an orange sari. The mood is an annadan-style food offering with people crowding for prasadam. A burning incense stick or lamp smoke drifts in the background.

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