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December 12 20092009-12-12A 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.2009-12-12December 11 20092009-12-11December 09 20092009-12-09 +1 copiesDecember 10 20092009-12-10December 11 20092009-12-11A large white hall filled with seated diners at long tables with red and blue plastic chairs during a communal meal. Many men in white shirts and women in sarees, including pink, green, and orange tones, eat from plates. Standing staff in white shirts serve food and walk between the rows. At left, a small altar with framed portraits, garlands and oil lamps sits on a white-draped table near a wall. Ceiling fans, windows and a speaker mounted high on the wall are visible. Many people are visible across the room.2007-12-14A large plain dining hall with a corrugated roof, exposed trusses and a wall clock reading about 4:40 above a doorway. Many people, mostly men and women in white clothes, sit at long grey tables eating from metal plates, while others stand and queue or move between tables. Some women wear orange and pink saris and a few men wear blue checked shirts. Steel bowls and plates are set on the tables, and the room is crowded with people filling the space.2009-01-28A large hall with white walls and tall cream-colored doors where many devotees sit at long white folding tables on red plastic chairs, eating from plates. Most wear white clothing, and several women wear saris in pink, orange and green. A standing woman in white on the left watches over the seating, and a framed picture of a seated figure with garlands, flanked by two smaller framed photos and small lamps, is placed on a table at the back. The scene looks like a communal meal in an ashram setting.2007-12-14A large communal dining hall at a person Spurana Program in Salem, Tamil Nadu, with rows of grey folding tables and red plastic chairs filled with hundreds of seated people eating from metal plates. Most diners wear white shirts and white dhotis or mundus, with some in checked shirts. Volunteers in white walk between the tables serving food. Many men and women are seated eating, forming a dense crowd typical of an annadan meal.2007-12-14A large hall with stainless steel serving tables and concrete pillars where many men in white shirts and white dhotis queue and sit for a communal meal. In the foreground a young man in a white shirt holds a white plate with food, and a man in a white shirt beside him carries a steel tray. Several seated diners eat from white plates with rice and curry. Many people in white, some wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, fill the room. Water bottles sit on the table. This looks like an annadan or prasadam meal at a convention.2006-12-15A large dining hall photographed from above, with many people seated at long white tables and red plastic chairs eating from plates. Most attendees wear white or pale clothing, with some in saffron, pink, green and yellow saris. A few men wear white shirts with a blue-lettered logo. Volunteers in white stand between the tables serving food.2007-12-14