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A dining room with cream walls, dark wooden chairs and white-clothed tables, where many devotees in orange shawls are eating meals from white plates. In the foreground a woman in a red garment with gold necklaces and a white-dressed man photographing with a phone stand nearby. A standing man in an orange shawl with a backpack watches the room. Orange flower decorations and a framed wall hanging are visible, with a crowd of people in the background.

A buffet dinner line inside a warmly lit hall. A man in an orange polo shirt serves from a steel chafing dish of yellow rice and vegetables, while a man in an orange t-shirt with a rudraksha mala holds a plate of flatbread and curry. Beside him a woman in a white sari with a red border and a small girl hold plates. Other devotees in white and grey shirts queue behind a serving counter, and a bald man in a grey shirt with a lanyard stands among them. Steel serving pans and food trays line the counter at left.

A photograph of men seated on benches at a long metal-topped dining table in a tiled hall, eating rice and curry from white plates and steel thalis. The foreground diners wear white shirts and dhotis or trousers, one in a checked shirt wears a rudraksha-style bead necklace. Several other men in white clothing stand and move in the background near a barred window.

A dining hall with red tables and red chairs where people eat from metal thali plates. In the foreground a woman in a red patterned kurta sits at left eating, a man in a dark sweater gestures while eating, and a blonde woman in white clothing eats at the near table. Behind them, many people in white kurtas and white clothing sit at tables, some with shaved heads, and a woman in white serves food from a pot. White walls, orange curtains and a fan are visible.

December 25 2008

A photo of people seated at a long wooden dining table eating a meal served on banana leaves and steel plates with small bowls of curries and rice. A man in a grey vest and dark glasses eats at left, a man in a white polo shirt sits beside him, and a bearded man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala sits at right eating from a leaf plate. Standing behind them, a man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and a woman in red sari with long hair move about the room. Yellow table mats, glass-fronted cabinets and a glass block wall are visible.

A photo of a seated meal scene. Several young men in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on mats in a row, bare-chested, with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and bodies and rudraksha malas around their necks. They are eating from green leaf plates piled with yellow rice, fried snacks, sliced fruit and small steel cups, their hands reaching to the food. Long dark hair is visible on the right foreground person. Behind them, other people in white and orange clothing move in the background of a hall with colourful striped cloth. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable by appearance here.

A photograph of a crowded dining hall with stainless steel tables and pink tiled walls. Many women are eating from metal plates of rice and side dishes, some seated and others lining up with trays. A woman in a red sari with a dark braid sits at the front left, and a woman in a yellow and orange checked sari eats at the right. Several women wear white dresses, and one stands at the back right with a metal tray. Water bottles sit on the tables. The scene appears to be a communal meal service.

A long dining hall with stainless steel tables where many men in white shirts and white dhotis sit eating from steel plates and white plates, with rice and curry visible. In the foreground an older man with grey hair and a moustache eats with his right hand while another man in a white shirt sits nearby. Tiled pillars and barred windows line the room, and other diners and servers stand in the background.

Several men sit cross-legged on the floor at a long silver-plated low table ornately carved with floral and lion-paw feet, eating a shared meal from metal plates. The foreground man, shaved-headed, wears an orange-and-gold dhoti and a rudraksha mala with a white tilak on his forehead, and eats with his right hand. Beside him are other men in saffron-red and white garments, one with a rudraksha mala, while a man in white kurta and white dhoti on the right is seated and eating. Drinking glasses stand on the table among rice, curries and sweets on silver trays. Golden temple-style panels and a red cloth backdrop frame the scene.

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A seated meal in a plain hall with white-clothed tables and blue plastic chairs. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and a red sleeveless robe with rudraksha beads sits at a table, looking toward the camera with a plate of food on a banana leaf before him. Beside him, men in white and pink shirts with white vibhuti marks eat from banana leaves, served by a woman in a yellow sari with floral print who carries a steel pot. Steel tumblers, bowls and dishes sit on the table, with a green-paned window and wooden doors behind. Visible people are about six, including the server and a woman standing at the back.

A wide photograph of a dining hall at an ashram, with many people seated at long tables covered in yellow patterned cloths and red and black chairs. Diners eat from metal plates and steel tumblers. Several staff in white and blue clothing move between tables, and orange and red curtains hang at the windows. A white-haired woman in a light blue apron sits in the foreground, and a woman in a light blue dress eats nearby.