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Devotees in white clothes sit and stand along an orange-walled covered veranda at an ashram, many drinking from small steel cups at a long metal-topped table with steel urns and a steel bucket beneath. A woman in white with a braided hairstyle sips from a cup while seated on a bench, beside another seated woman in white with a green-and-yellow shawl and a beaded necklace. Standing at right are women in white and pink clothing, one wearing a lanyard, and others wearing white tops and grey trousers. Bare feet on a concrete floor.

A covered veranda at an ashram with a stainless steel serving table in the foreground. A bearded man in white kurta and white dhoti stands at the table, serving from a steel pot while a man in a white t-shirt and navy trousers with a lanyard stands nearby holding papers. Seated on the left, men in white dhotis and lanyards sit on a bench; one older man drinks from a glass. Steel bowls and containers sit on the table. Red-tiled roof and pillars frame the scene.

A photograph inside a covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and a grey concrete wall, decorated with hanging paper ornaments and streamers. A young woman in white clothes with a rudraksha-style mala around her neck stands with her hands cupped, receiving food or offerings from a young man in white dhoti and shirt who holds a steel bucket on a small black table. A boy in white also assists beside him. Behind them a line of men and youths waits, some in checked lungis and white dhotis, one in a white cap and grey shirt. Printed copyright and source text sits in the lower right corner.

A photograph of devotees eating a meal seated on a bench at a long metal table under a covered veranda with white plaster walls. A man in a white shirt with a yellow lanyard sits barefoot beside a woman in a white top and pale pink skirt with a yellow lanyard, both with steel plates before them. Another woman in white with a lanyard and a bald man in a white shirt and checked lungi eat nearby. On the left a woman in a blue floral kurta with a white shawl carries a steel plate of food. A steel bucket sits on the floor and a window and tree branch frame the scene.

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Photograph of three young people seated at a table indoors, drinking from plastic and paper cups beside a metal plate. The woman in the centre wears a white top with an orange shawl and a small earring; the figure on the left wears white and glasses; the girl in front right wears a white top and a black beaded necklace, holding a clear plastic cup. Large windows and a pale wall form the background. No deity, ritual or a person candidate is visible.

September 06 2009

A photo of a communal dining hall with orange-painted walls and a long covered veranda. Several people sit on a low orange bench eating from stainless steel thalis and bowls. A man in the foreground wearing a khaki-grey t-shirt, khaki trousers, glasses and a rudraksha mala eats with his right hand while sitting barefoot. Women in white and cream salwar kameez and a sari sit along the bench, also eating. A young girl in a pink top stands by a steel table, and a person in white stands at the left edge. Nobody in the scene is identified as a person by appearance.

July 08 2009

A photograph of a busy ashram dining area with a serving counter along a white wall. A woman in white draped clothing with an orange hair tie stands in the foreground eating from her fingers, while a middle-aged man with grey hair and glasses in an orange-saffron robe holds a steel cup and sits beside a woman with long light hair in an orange shawl. Behind them, people in white and orange clothing stand near steel serving trays and tall stainless steel containers. A man in white with a short beard holds a steel cup at the back.

A food-serving line in a bright hall with pink walls and a polished white floor. In the foreground, a woman in a grey cardigan and white sari stands behind a steel pot of pale liquid, ladling into small steel bowls stacked on a patterned cloth. Beside her, a woman in a cream sari with an orange shawl holds a steel plate of food. A woman in a white top with a ponytail is also serving, and a man in white on the left watches the line. In the background, people in orange and white clothes and a golden-framed throne-like seat appear near glass display cabinets. The scene looks like communal meal distribution.