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A large hall with a white tent-like ceiling and bare concrete walls shows a dense crowd of people, mostly in white clothing, queuing and eating a communal meal. Women in white saris with gold borders and long braids serve from steel vessels along a long table covered with a patterned cloth. Men and women hold round metal plates or leaf plates piled with food, and several people hold plates aloft. Ceiling fans hang overhead and bright windows line the back wall. No recognizable a person candidate is clearly visible among the crowd.

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A large, bright hall with a corrugated metal roof, ceiling fans and rows of windows, filled with a dense crowd of people standing and queuing for a communal meal. Men wear white shirts and white dhotis, while many women wear cotton saris in pink, peach, orange and maroon. Several volunteers in white stand behind long serving tables, one holding a steel vessel and ladling food onto plates held out by queuing devotees, with stacks of flatbread visible on a table. Many participants wear name badges. Standing and serving activity suggests an annadan meal distribution.2009-07-30July 30 20092009-07-30July 17 20092009-07-17 +1 copiesA large yellow-walled hall with white pillars is crowded with devotees queuing and carrying steel plates of food for a meal service. Most people wear white clothing, including white saris and white shirts, with many women in white saris with coloured borders. Several women hold brass plates with rice or curry, and a man in a white shirt with a lanyard and a rudraksha-style mala walks through the crowd. A young girl in pink eats from her plate, and a small boy in a white shirt stands nearby.2012-09-20January 28 20092009-01-28A large photograph of a crowded indoor hall with a metal roof and tall pillars, where hundreds of people stand and sit eating from green-rimmed plates of rice and curry. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, while women wear sarees and salwar kameez in bright colours. Many are holding plates and steel bowls, and a few are seated at plastic chairs near the front.2010-02-14A large hall crowded with people queuing and serving a communal meal. Men in white shirts and trousers stand in lines, many holding round yellow-green plates of rice. A man in the foreground with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace serves from a large brass vessel. A woman in a sari with a flower in her hair stands among the crowd, and a man with grey hair in white shirt is at centre. Tall decorative pillars with lotus-like motifs line the background, and light falls through a high roof.2010-02-14 +1 copiesA large crowd of devotees fills a big tent-roofed hall, many holding leaf plates and bowls for a meal distribution. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis, and women wear white saris with gold borders. Several people carry round leaf plates aloft while moving through the press. White fabric ceilings, ceiling fans, bright windows and red-draped doorways frame the scene. No single person is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd view.2010-01-01A large dining hall with bright yellow walls, white pillars and ceiling fans, filled with many devotees in white and cream clothing. Several people carry metal plates of food, and rows of people sit eating at long tables while others walk between them serving. Women wear sarees and gold necklaces, and men wear white shirts and veshtis, some with lanyards. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the scene, and the crowd appears to be an annadan style meal service.2012-09-20A 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.2006-12-15September 20 20122012-09-20A crowded indoor hall full of people in white ritual clothes, many holding round leaf plates with yellow food, apparently receiving or distributing a meal. In the foreground a man with a grey moustache and white shirt wears an orange and blue shawl and a red forehead mark, while a woman in a mustard shawl stands beside him. Other men in white shirts and dhotis hold plates, and a bare-armed man at right holds a plate overhead. Plain concrete walls and a pink curtain are visible at the back, with a distant figure at top right who is too small to assess. No clear depiction of a person is identifiable in this view.2010-01-01