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A photograph of a large white tented dining hall with a curved white canopy, lined with tall cylindrical hanging banners in red, yellow, blue and green patterns. Rows of men in white kurtas and white dhotis sit on white plastic chairs at long tables eating from plates, while others in white stand or walk through the central aisle. Two men in white sit cross-legged on the tiled floor in the foreground near a water bottle. Seated men wear lanyards. Patterned banners and white drapery line the walls, with a doorway and a small stage area at the far end.

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December 11 20112011-12-11December 11 20112011-12-11A photograph of a large hall with a white draped ceiling and tall decorative pillars wrapped in coloured cloth. Thirty-odd seated people sit in rows on mats and cloths, many dressed in white, with women in saris and salwar kameez. Banana-leaf plates with food sit on the floor in front, along with paper cups. At the far end, a man in white stands and attends to the seated devotees while others in the front area perform service nearby, with a red curtained stage and a small altar behind them. The setting suggests a communal meal or prasadam distribution in a temple hall.2011-12-11January 02 20092009-01-02 +1 copiesInterior of a white tent hall during a ritual event. Thick rows of seated devotees in white clothes sit on mats across a tiled floor, many with their heads bowed. A standing man in a white shirt and white dhoti walks between the rows near the centre. At the front, a gold and red throne-like seat stands empty on a raised stage with a dark drape and orange cloth hanging at the top left. A stand with a small flower arrangement and a gold kalasha-style vessel sit nearby. Multicoloured hanging cloth decorations with elephant motifs hang from the tent ceiling, and a framed deity murti picture hangs on the back wall. Crowd size is well over twenty people.2009-01-02 +1 copiesDecember 11 20112011-12-11A long covered dining hall with a white tent-like ceiling, ceiling fans, and hanging colourful decorative cloth banners with painted elephant motifs in yellow, red and blue. Rows of white plastic chairs line two long tables covered with patterned cloths and banana leaves, where many people in saffron and orange robes are seated eating or waiting. Other people in white shirts and white dhotis move between the tables serving food. A raised platform with a small altar or stage sits at the far end of the hall, with a wall clock visible above it.2009-12-30November 12 20102010-11-12December 27 20082008-12-27December 30 20092009-12-30A wide view of a large white tented hall with rows of seated devotees on the floor, many in white dhotis and some in orange or red garments, their hands pressed together in prayer before green banana-leaf plates of food. Colourful woven hangings hang from the ceiling and ceiling fans turn overhead. At the far end, a golden ornate seat with an orange-robed figure is visible beside a framed portrait, with a red curtain behind. Several attendants stand near the back.2010-11-12A large white tent hall decorated with hanging colourful cloth banners in yellow, red and blue prints. Rows of devotees sit cross-legged on the floor in white clothes, with steel plates and cups in front of them, as a man in white kurta and dhoti bends to serve food along the aisle. A dark maroon curtain backdrop stands behind an empty ornate golden throne (peetha) on a raised stage with a white-draped table and flower arrangements. Another attendant in white stands at the left edge. The scene reads as an annadan meal during a festival.2009-01-02 +1 copies