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Outdoor queue of pilgrims in front of a thatched food stall at a riverside camp under a large rusted iron railway bridge with brick piers. A wooden banner shows a smiling woman with long braid in orange clothing, hands raised in blessing, labelled in Hindi 'अन्न क्षेत्र' (annakshetra, food hall). In the queue, a bearded man in a yellow-orange dhoti with a folded-hands namaste, a man in red headband and white kurta, an elderly man in white with a blue bag, and women in saris and shawls, including a child in red. A camera operator in green jacket films beside the stall.

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