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A photograph of a communal meal in a bright, tiled hall with large windows. Rows of people sit on mats on the floor, eating from green banana-leaf plates with steel tumblers beside them. Men in white dhotis and white shirts with saffron-trimmed shoulder cloths stand in a line, and a woman in an orange sari and saffron shawl serves rice from a large steel pot. Other women in white saris with red or orange borders serve food along the rows. At the far right, a figure in an orange robe stands near the wall, and more people in white stand at serving tables in the background. This appears to be an annadan style meal served to devotees.

A photograph of a communal meal in a hall with a yellow-painted wall. In the foreground a bald man in an orange saffron robe with a long beaded necklace bends forward to take banana leaves from a woven basket, while beside him a man in white dhoti and shawl with an orange border and rudraksha mala holds leaves as well. Along a long table on the right, seated devotees eat from banana-leaf plates, with water bottles and steel tumblers nearby. Attendants in white clothing and head coverings move about in the background, and people sit on striped mats on the left. The orange-robed figure has no clearly distinctive a person cues such as long swept hair or crown, so the identity remains uncertain.

2012-05-20 +3 copies

September 05 2013

2013-09-05 +2 copies

A row of men sit cross-legged on a glossy white marble floor eating a communal meal from green banana leaves. They wear white dhotis and white shirts with orange saffron shawls draped over one shoulder, and some wear orange lanyards. Each leaf holds rice, sweets, fried snacks and small dark fruit pieces, with small paper cups of liquid set beside them. Behind them, a young girl in pink and a small child sit near a golden deity shrine, and a shelf of small bottles and figurines stands in the background. A man in white and saffron sits at the back right.

2012-10-27 +1 copies

A photograph of a large whitewashed hall with ceiling fans and high windows, where a group sits cross-legged on the white tiled floor in rows before banana-leaf meals. Foreground devotees in orange robes and a woman in an orange sari with folded hands sit near a plate of food. Men in orange robes and women in white and orange with yellow shawls sit in rows, many with palms pressed together in prayer. Steel tumblers stand beside each leaf. A standing figure in white is at the far right near a counter of stainless steel vessels, and a small orange-draped table sits at the left.

2011-03-05 +3 copies

A large hall with white ceiling drapery and maroon curtains sets up a long seated meal. Rows of people sit cross-legged on the polished floor before green banana leaves holding snacks, with small paper cups. Men on the left wear white dhotis and shaved heads or tilak, some with rudraksha malas. Women on the right wear orange or saffron shawls over white clothing. Several white-clad attendants stand and serve along the rows, and a figure in a green sari stands at the right. Colourful bunting hangs from pillars at the front, with a projector screen on the wall. No clear depiction of the central figure is identifiable, so no a person candidate is confirmed.

2011-07-20 +1 copies

September 21 2016

A large hall with pale green walls and pink trim where many saffron-robed sannyasis sit cross-legged on the floor in rows, most with banana-leaf plates in front of them. A standing figure in a saffron cloth bends forward to greet a seated person in red garments with a white flower garland, while men in white dhotis and shirts move through the room. Several people in white dhotis sit at the right, eating from leaves. Small water bottles and flower offerings are scattered on the floor near the plates. The scene resembles a communal meal or satsang gathering. a person is not clearly identifiable from appearance, so no identification is claimed.

March 30 2016

A photograph of a communal meal service in a bright hall with polished floors and striped colourful mats running down the length of the room. Seated devotees in white clothes sit in a long row on the mats, each before a green leaf plate heaped with food. Volunteers in white clothing and white head coverings walk along the row, serving from steel buckets and pots. Other people in white dhotis and sarees stand and move about in the background, and a tall striped pillar and yellow curtain are visible at the rear. No a person candidate is clearly visible; the figures present are volunteers and seated devotees.

2012-05-20 +2 copies

A dining hall at an ashram with long tables covered in floral cloths and banana-leaf plates heaped with rice, sweets, fried snacks and pickles. Many people in saffron and orange robes sit eating while others in white clothes walk between the tables. In the right foreground a young woman in a white top and yellow shawl carries a steel tray. Water bottles are placed along the tables, and a large display board hangs on the back wall. The scene is a crowded communal meal served to sannyasis and devotees.

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