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December 25 20072007-12-25A photo of a communal dining hall with pale blue walls and ceiling fans. Seated devotees at long metal tables eat from steel thalis, many wearing white clothes. Standing people in white, cream and orange, including one in an orange shawl, queue to serve food from steel vessels on the left. A framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" hangs on a red backdrop near the centre, showing a printed image rather than a physical person. Several people are visible in the room, mostly in white attire.2009-08-26June 25 20092009-06-25A crowded indoor hall with white walls, ceiling fans and fluorescent lights, where many devotees in white and cream clothing gather around long tables with plates and water bottles, appearing to share a meal. A woman in the foreground wears a red bindi, a beaded mala and a white sari; a woman beside her has short grey hair and a yellow sari; a younger woman wears a yellow shawl. On the right, a framed image with orange and red decoration hangs on the wall beside a small pale wall poster. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand and sit among the crowd. The scene suggests an annadan or communal food service at an ashram-style gathering.2008-07-17 +2 copiesA photograph of a large white-walled hall with exposed steel roof trusses and ceiling fans, where a crowd of people in white clothes gather for a breakfast meal. Many attendees in white shirts and dhotis or white kurtas stand in a queue near the foreground, some wearing yellow lanyards, while others serve from a long table along the right wall covered with steel pots and trays. A few people in orange and saffron clothing and women in pink, blue and green saris are visible, and several people sit on the floor eating from plates. Two windows with orange curtains line the left side.2009-07-02July 30 20092009-07-30July 02 20092009-07-02A 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 photo of a communal dining hall with a curved corrugated roof and ceiling fans. Diners sit at long stainless-steel tables with plates and steel cups, eating from metal thalis. Several people stand in the background, some in white kurtas and white clothing, a woman in an orange sari and a woman in pink. A man in a blue checked shirt carries a steel plate. A framed religious picture hangs on the white wall near an open door. Plastic chairs line the room.2010-07-11A photograph of a large hall with white walls, a corrugated roof and exposed steel trusses, where volunteers serve a communal meal. In the foreground, women in cream and white saris and men in white kurtas wear yellow shoulder scarves and carry steel plates, bowls and pots. Several people walk between rows of blue and beige plastic chairs, while others sit at tables eating. A man in a white shirt at right holds a plate, and a cook stands at a steel serving counter with large pots near an open doorway.2010-01-04 +1 copiesJuly 27 20062006-07-27September 03 20092009-09-03