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A crowded indoor hall with unfinished concrete walls and large bright windows draped with red fabric. Dense groups of devotees, mostly in white shirts and dhotis or saris, queue and stand shoulder to shoulder. Several people hold round leaf plates. A man in the centre wears a striped shirt, and an elderly woman in a maroon sari smiles at right. Children stand among the adults, and a woman in white with a red bindi stands at left beside a wooden table. a person is not visibly present in this image.

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A 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.2010-01-01A large crowded hall with a draped white fabric ceiling and tall pillars wrapped in coloured geometric patterns with orange fringe. Hundreds of devotees dressed in white clothes fill the floor, many wearing white shirts, dhotis and white saris with gold borders. Several men hold small hand cymbals and a few carry plates. A man in the foreground wears a large rudraksha mala and a visitor badge. Women in white saris and a man in a red-striped shirt appear among the crowd. Many people sit on the floor at left while others stand and move through the gathering.2014-08-24 +1 copiesA large indoor hall filled with a dense crowd of devotees dressed mostly in white, men in white shirts and dhotis, women in white saris with some wearing red or orange garlands. Many hold small brown wooden hand cymbals or percussion instruments. Tall decorative pillars wrapped in multicolored geometric patterns with orange tassels line the room under a draped white ceiling with ceiling fans. Red curtains hang at the windows. Some attendees wear identification badges. A few people sit on the floor at the left, and the crowd extends toward the back of the hall.2014-08-24A large hall with a corrugated roof, ceiling fans and a row of latticed windows shows a long crowd of devotees queued for a meal. Men in white shirts and white dhotis stand alongside women in colourful saris, some with lanyards and name badges. Long steel dining tables run along the room, and a server in a white uniform at left serves food from steel bowls onto plates. A framed portrait is visible on the far right wall, with its caption not legible enough to copy. The scene resembles communal food service at an ashram-style annadan.2009-07-30June 29 20142014-06-29A 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.2009-07-30A large crowd of devotees fills a bright, spacious hall with a white ceiling and tall windows along the walls. Many people stand closely packed, most in white shirts and light clothing, with women in saris and salwars in orange, green and blue. A man in front in a white shirt has a red tilak on his forehead, and a woman on the right wears a green patterned sari. Some hold small items, and a man in white near the centre carries a tray of food. No a person candidate is clearly visible in this crowd scene.2009-07-11A 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.2010-01-01A photograph of a crowded food distribution line under a canopy of poles with orange, purple and red cloth. Women in white, yellow-green and turquoise saris and men and boys in white shirts queue behind wooden railings while volunteers in white serve from steel vessels on a long counter at left. A woman in a white sari holds a steel plate and another carries a stack of plates. The setting appears to be an open-air hall with a sandy ground and low buildings in the background. Festival meal service is visible, though no a person appears in the frame.2009-01-01A large crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis stands packed together under a white tented pavilion lit by bright overhead lights. Many wear white shirts with lanyards or neck cords, and some have hands folded in prayer or raised. Green mats cover the floor in front, with a red carpet at the left edge, and blue draping and speakers are visible at the back of the hall. No swami is clearly identifiable in the scene.2009-08-15A photograph of a crowded dining hall with a white-painted interior, exposed steel roof trusses, and ceiling fans. Many people sit at long tables with metal plates and blue plastic chairs, eating. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing lanyards, carry steel plates and trays between tables. A woman in a yellow sari with a red-and-white striped head covering sits in the foreground, and a child in yellow sits at a table. Water bottles and food are visible on the tables. No identifiable a person appears in this image.2007-12-25A 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.2010-01-01