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A photograph of a dining room on a cruise ship where devotees in white clothes with orange lanyards sit at round tables eating from bowls and plates. A child in white with an orange lanyard eats in the center, and a woman in a red-bordered sari sits at right. Staff in yellow polo shirts move through the room, and a bar with bottles stands in the background beneath a staircase with metal railings.

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A candid photograph of people dining in a restaurant with dark wooden chairs and white tablecloths. In the foreground a man in a blue striped polo with rudraksha beads eats from a plate, while a woman in a turquoise top and pink sleeves with a rudraksha mala eats with a fork. A waiter in a grey shirt carries a tray behind them, and another woman in white eats in the background. Several other diners are visible, a dark wall hangs behind, and an orange flower sits in a vase on the table.

2011-07-26 +1 copies

A dining hall at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam-style ashram where devotees dressed in white are seated at long tables with green-and-white tablecloths and small flower vases, eating from plates. Several white-clad volunteers, some wearing hair nets and surgical caps, serve food and carry buckets, while a man in a white dhoti and a rudraksha mala at the centre holds a bucket. Behind them a golden deity murti and a red-and-gold painted backdrop of a deity stand against the wall, and a laptop sits on a wooden bench in the foreground. Steel rope barriers guide the flow along a glossy floor.

2015-02-21 +3 copies

A photograph of a large seated group eating a meal on the floor of an indoor hall with cream walls and a red curtain backdrop. Many people sit cross-legged on the floor and on chairs, wearing white and red clothing with red shawls draped over their shoulders. They hold disposable trays of food and eat with their hands, while water bottles sit on the floor. Several women with grey and white hair and a few children are visible among the crowd. A small orange and white decorative banner hangs on the left wall.

A photograph of an annadan-style meal service in a hall with lilac-patterned wall panels. In the foreground, women in rust-red and orange shawls sit on the floor before rows of banana leaves laden with food, with small cups and water bottles placed along the leaves. Along the centre of the image, devotees in white clothes with red-and-white shawls walk barefoot in a line down the hall; a man in the middle wears a white kurta with a red shawl and an orange-lanyard badge, and an older woman in a cream sari with orange border stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. At the right edge, a saffron-robed person stands near the wall. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance.

2015-05-23 +1 copies

A photograph of a ship dining room with large windows and teal curtains, many round tables set with white cloths, plates, cups and glassware. In the foreground a man with long grey hair and a white shirt holds a teacup, and beside him a woman in a white top with an orange lanyard sits with a bowl of soup. Several other diners, some wearing orange lanyards and white clothing, sit at nearby tables. A staff member in white stands at a buffet counter on the right, beside a small Christmas wreath on a column.

A long white-draped banquet table in an ornate ship dining hall with chandeliers and patterned carpet. Devotees in saffron and orange saris and robes sit and stand along the table, many with hands pressed in anjali. A woman in orange and white on the left serves rice from a steel tray onto a banana leaf, while a shaved-headed sannyasi in orange robes sits at the right end with hands folded, a rudraksha mala visible, in front of a plated meal on a leaf. A gold lion-shaped ornament sits in the foreground. The scene shows a pada puja style meal offering with devotees seated in rows behind.

2012-12-19 +1 copies