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Photograph of a crowded outdoor courtyard with a red floor covering where many devotees sit on the ground and on blue plastic chairs eating from plates and leaf-style meals. Women wear cream and white sarees with gold borders, bright yellow, orange and green saris, and a woman in the foreground has a red bindi and vibhuti-style marks. Men wear white shirts and dhotis, and a man in a checked shirt stands at right. A girl in a green dress wears a flower garland in her hair, and a small child in orange walks at right. Concrete block buildings and blue scaffolding frame the courtyard.

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November 01 20152015-11-01 +1 copiesA large outdoor communal meal on a red mat-covered ground, with many devotees seated cross-legged in rows. Many wear white or cream clothing, several women in saris with bright blue, green and orange borders, and some children in colourful frocks. People hold leaf plates and steel tumblers, and a few servers in white bend over to serve food. Pale plastic chairs are visible at the back, and a row of tall trees and a building stand beyond the crowd. Some attendees wear lanyard badges.2015-11-01 +1 copiesMay 10 20172017-05-10January 02 20162016-01-02 +1 copiesA large, bare-walled hall with a polished white floor shows a communal meal in progress. Many people sit on the floor in rows holding metal plates of food, while others in white clothes walk among them serving. Women wear saris in red, yellow, orange, purple, pink and green, many with flowers in their hair, and men wear white shirts and dhotis. Several children sit among the diners, one in an orange dress and one held in a blue top. White plastic chairs line the edges, and a man in a green shirt stands near the left side. This appears to be an annadan style communal meal. No person is clearly identifiable as a person in the visible scene.2010-01-01January 02 20162016-01-02A large photograph of a crowded indoor hall with a white draped fabric ceiling, bare grey concrete walls, and tall windows. Hundreds of people, mostly in white clothing, sit on a polished white floor, many on the ground and some on blue and red plastic chairs. Women wear bright saris in pink, orange and yellow, and several children sit among them. A red curtain hangs on a stage at the far end. No individual can be clearly identified as a specific leader; the scene shows a satsang or gathering of devotees.2010-01-01A crowded hall with a pale tiled floor and white walls where many devotees, mostly women and men dressed in white with gold-bordered white saris and white shirts, sit on the floor eating from leaf or plate meals. Some attendees walk through carrying plates and leaf bowls of food, serving as part of a meal line. A woman in the foreground wears a red blouse and a flower garland in her braid, and a girl in a pink dress sits among the adults. Water bottles and small bags lie on the floor, and attendees wear name badges. Some women hold leaf plates aloft while walking between the rows of seated people.2014-08-24 +1 copiesA seated communal meal on a white floor in a hall. Many women and girls sit cross-legged in rows, eating from steel plates and bowls. Most wear white or cream saris and salwar-style outfits, with some in blue, green, orange and maroon. A small girl in a white top and blue skirt sits in the foreground, and a child in green sits at left. Behind them, stacked orange and striped mats lean against a wall, and white plastic chairs are stacked near the back. A few standing people in white move through the hall. The scene looks like annadan, a community meal, with no visible a person figure.2010-08-19A large outdoor tented meal, an annadan-style communal feast, with many people seated on red mats under a yellow and red draped canopy decorated with marigold garlands. A woman in a cream sari with a green border stands centre-left holding a steel plate, and seated men wear white dhotis and shirts. Other diners in green, orange and teal saris eat from steel plates while volunteers in white move between rows. A devotee in white sits centre-front with a rudraksha-style mala, holding a plate. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance in this view.2006-12-30Outdoor photograph of a large open-air gathering on green lawn at an event with a red and maroon canopy and draped fabric. Many people wear white clothing, including white shirts and dhotis, while several women wear white saris with orange or blue borders. Some people sit on the grass eating from pale leaf or paper plates, and others sit on white plastic chairs. A woman in the foreground holds a plate, and a girl in a pink outfit with a flower in her hair sits on the grass. Two banners hang under the canopy, a man in a white shirt walks through the crowd, and a woman in an orange-bordered sari stands at a serving area on the right. Trees and a concrete building appear in the background.2006-11-25July 25 20092009-07-25