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Street-side free food distribution (annadanam) on Amman Sannathi Street in Madurai. A bare-chested man with a long rudraksha mala and white dhoti, holding a white cup, reaches toward a large stainless-steel serving urn. Beside him an older man in an orange-yellow shirt with a white forehead mark and a woman in a sari wait near the food table, with more people and shopfronts behind. A timestamp reads Apr 12, 2022 06:43:44.

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