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Night-time photograph of a food distribution on a dusk-lit street. Women in saris and head coverings, some in teal and turquoise caps, crowd around a table of food and lean forward to receive or serve portions. One woman in a red blouse and orange-red sari holds a ladle-like utensil, while women in yellow and pink saris reach toward the food. A white truck and a parked motorbike stand behind the crowd beside residential buildings. The scene reads as an annadhan meal being handed out to the public outdoors.

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