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December 11 20092009-12-11December 12 20092009-12-12December 10 20092009-12-10A busy communal dining hall with white tiled floors and orange curtains at the windows. Rows of tables covered with floral-patterned cloths are filled with seated diners eating from steel plates. In the foreground, a man in a light beige kurta sits eating, while a woman in a cream sari with a brown border and a woman in a light blue salwar stand at the serving line holding steel plates. Several people in white clothing and staff in white move among the tables carrying food and serving from steel containers. No ritual dress, saffron robes or prominent person is clearly identifiable as a person.2009-12-12A large, bright dining hall with white walls, exposed steel roof trusses and ceiling fans, where many people sit at round tables covered with floral-patterned cloths and white chairs eating from steel thalis. Many attendees wear white clothing, including white dhotis and kurtas and a woman in a white head-covering, while a few wear saffron-coloured or green sarees. In the foreground at right, a man in white stands at a long serving counter stacked with steel vessels of food. Orange curtains hang at the windows and the room is busy with people moving between tables, consistent with an annadan-style communal meal.2009-12-10December 11 20092009-12-11Girls and young women eat a meal seated at round tables covered with floral-print tablecloths in a dining hall with beige chairs and orange curtains. They hold steel thali plates with dal, rice, flatbread and small katori bowls. Several wear white tops with red lanyards, and one in a blue top smiles while eating. A worker in white carries a steel plate in the background. The mood is informal communal dining, and no a person candidate is visible.2009-12-17December 11 20092009-12-11December 15 20062006-12-15A long hall with many men in white dhotis and white shirts eating a meal from steel plates on long metal tables, serving staff carrying plates and trays through the crowd. Several men in white stand at the back and sides of the room, with large windows and concrete pillars lining the space. A plastic water bottle sits on one table. A small framed portrait hangs on the far left wall. This appears to be a communal dining scene at an event.2006-12-15July 07 20102010-07-07A large, plain dining hall with cream walls, a corrugated metal roof, ceiling fans and tall windows. Many people in white clothes sit at long dark tables on white plastic chairs eating from steel plates, with small steel tumblers and a book on the table. A man in a white shirt stands in the background, and a woman in white at left has a small microphone clipped to her collar. The scene is an ashram-style communal meal, with a rack of clothes visible on a railing at the back.2004-05-05