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May 08 2014

A crowded outdoor dining hall with white-draped tables and chairs under a covered colonnade. Participants wear white or pastel clothing, many with red-orange lanyards around their necks. A woman in the foreground wears a red-orange headwrap and white shawl, looking down. Nearby, a man in white with an orange-red shawl eats from a plate, and a woman in a blue top sits at the right edge. Water bottles and plates of food sit on the tables, with attendants in lavender and white moving between diners. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in this scene.

October 15 2009

February 19 2015

A busy communal dining hall with white tiled floors and orange curtains at the windows. Rows of tables covered with floral-patterned cloths are filled with seated diners eating from steel plates. In the foreground, a man in a light beige kurta sits eating, while a woman in a cream sari with a brown border and a woman in a light blue salwar stand at the serving line holding steel plates. Several people in white clothing and staff in white move among the tables carrying food and serving from steel containers. No ritual dress, saffron robes or prominent person is clearly identifiable as a person.

A dining hall at a KAILASA event where people eat seated at round tables covered with lilac cloths patterned with white motifs. In the foreground a man with short greying hair, wearing a maroon knit vest over a light blue shirt, holds a white napkin and eats from a steel thali with rice and curries. Across from him a woman with long light-brown hair in a white top eats from a similar steel tray. Behind them other diners sit at white-clothed tables, including a woman in a white and green sari with a patterned border, and several people in white and orange clothing. Chairs with white covers and a white handbag sit in the foreground.

September 13 2014

A photograph of a seated communal meal in a white-walled hall with tiled floor. Rows of devotees sit on beige plastic chairs holding steel plates of food; many wear white clothing and red or maroon shawls with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Attendants in white, one with a red shawl, carry trays and a steel pail between the rows. A woman in a purple shawl eats at left, and a man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth sits at right holding a plate. Hair nets are visible on some serving staff.

A seated group of devotees eats a meal from metal thalis in a hall. Most wear white or cream clothes with rust-red shawls and beaded rudraksha-style malas; some wear white head coverings. A woman in front left holds a plate of food, a woman in green and white at centre left eats, and a bespectacled woman with curly hair on the right eats from a steel plate with small bowls. Behind them, standing attendants in white serve food and carry trays of prasad, and a boy in a red garment on the left holds a plate. A red curtain hangs at the far left.

A photograph of a dining hall during a meal service, with guests seated at a round table draped in orange cloth. A brass lamp stands at the centre of the table. Several people eat from steel thalis filled with vegetables, rice and sides. A man in a white kurta wears a rudraksha mala and sits at the far side. A bald man in a blue shirt and a woman in a green top with a purple shawl also wear rudraksha malas. A young man in a red kurta sits at the left. A seated woman in an orange top with a purple shawl has grey hair. Behind them, other attendees in white and pink clothing stand near a long buffet counter with white table covers.