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October 12 20082008-10-12A large white-walled hall with ceiling fans and steel trusses holds a crowded communal meal. Many people in white and light clothing sit at long steel tables and rows of blue plastic chairs, eating from metal plates. Women in saris, including a yellow sari and an orange sari, stand carrying plates and serving or moving between tables. A man in a striped shirt walks through the aisle. A woman in teal sits on the floor at lower left with a plate, and a man in white sits cross-legged on the floor at lower centre. Badges hang from some necks. A poster is pinned to the left wall.2008-06-20July 07 20102010-07-07A photograph of a large dining hall with white walls, ceiling fans and tall windows, where many people sit at long metal-topped tables with plastic chairs eating from steel plates. Most diners wear white shirts, and some wear light blue or patterned clothes; a woman in a red sari sits at the left. Several standing attendants in white shirts move between the tables and a serving counter at the back, carrying food and bowls, as people serve a communal meal.2010-07-07A dining hall during a communal meal break. Long rows of metal tables with white plastic and yellow chairs are filled with people eating from steel plates. Most diners wear white clothing, and several older men on the right wear white shirts and dhotis. Volunteers in white garments move along the back and serve food near a counter. Some women in saffron and orange saris stand by the serving area. Steel tumblers sit on the tables. The wall shows a small purple bird logo in the corner.2010-07-06June 17 20082008-06-17A large white hall with a corrugated roof and ceiling fans shows a crowd of devotees eating a meal. Many men in white dhotis and shirts stand and sit at blue plastic chairs and long tables holding steel plates of food. One man in the foreground wears a light green shirt and grey trousers while carrying a plate, and another in the right foreground wears an orange saffron shawl over white clothing. Women in saris stand at the right edge. Steel containers and buckets sit along the right side, and speakers are mounted high on the walls.2008-06-17July 07 20102010-07-07A photograph of a large whitewashed dining hall where many people sit at long metal-topped tables eating from steel plates on a meal service. Most diners wear white shirts and light clothing, and several women in saris and salwar kameez sit on the left. Plastic chairs in yellow and blue surround the tables, ceiling fans hang overhead, and volunteers in white and a man in a striped shirt move between tables, carrying food and trays near a serving counter at the back. Sunlight comes through tall windows with red frames.2010-07-07July 11 20102010-07-11A large, plain dining hall with cream walls, a corrugated metal roof, ceiling fans and tall windows. Many people in white clothes sit at long dark tables on white plastic chairs eating from steel plates, with small steel tumblers and a book on the table. A man in a white shirt stands in the background, and a woman in white at left has a small microphone clipped to her collar. The scene is an ashram-style communal meal, with a rack of clothes visible on a railing at the back.2004-05-05A crowded indoor dining hall with pale walls, columns and ceiling fans, where many men in white dhotis and shirts sit at long metal tables eating from steel plates. Several standing people queue or move between tables carrying food; one man in a white shirt holds a steel tray of food at right. Most diners wear white, with a few in checked or colourful shirts, and a man in an orange shirt stands at the right edge. Windows with grills line the back wall.2006-12-15