A large outdoor crowd of men and women queues beneath shade trees and a covered walkway, many holding round metal plates with food. Men wear white shirts and trousers, one in a teal shirt, and a woman in a pink-and-teal sari stands at the lower left. Some attendees wear lanyard badges. Trees and a multi-storey white building form the backdrop, with a painted yellow wall at the left edge. - Nithyanandapedia

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A large outdoor crowd of men and women queues beneath shade trees and a covered walkway, many holding round metal plates with food. Men wear white shirts and trousers, one in a teal shirt, and a woman in a pink-and-teal sari stands at the lower left. Some attendees wear lanyard badges. Trees and a multi-storey white building form the backdrop, with a painted yellow wall at the left edge.

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