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January 12 2008

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A long hall with rows of seated devotees in white clothes and orange shawls eating from banana-leaf plates set on the floor, with brass cups, small metal vessels and steel bowls along the line. A person in white kneels at the centre serving food, and another figure in white bends forward near the row. Bamboo poles with saffron flags stand at the left, and a framed portrait with flowers and a garland hangs at the back wall beside a banner with printed text. A sink and a window are visible at the right.2008-01-14January 12 20082008-01-12A photograph of people seated along a long covered veranda at an ashram meal, eating from banana leaves set on a metal table and on mats on the floor. A woman in the centre wears an orange shawl over white and sits at the table with a banana leaf of rice and sides. A man on the right with white hair and glasses wears a white dhoti and an orange vest with a rudraksha-style mala, and he sits in profile. Along the left, several brahmacharis in white with orange shawls sit on the floor before leaf plates. Bamboo blinds, a red-painted wall and orange flags line the veranda. Steel tumblers are placed beside the food.2006-11-20January 12 20082008-01-12A row of women sit cross-legged on an orange cloth strip eating a communal meal from banana leaves on a pale tiled floor. Each leaf holds rice and small side portions, with paper cups set beside them. A woman in a cream sari with a red-and-gold border stands at the left holding a steel pot and serving. The women wear white and cream saris with gold and red borders; one older woman has grey hair in a bun and another wears a purple sari. Behind them, other women in white move through a hall with chairs and orange mats. This appears to be an annadan style communal meal.2010-09-17 +1 copiesA long dining hall where many devotees sit on benches at white-covered tables, eating from green banana-leaf plates with flatbreads. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers walks down the centre aisle carrying a steel pot and serving food. Several people wear white clothes with yellow or gold neck cords, a woman in orange sits on the left, and a few stand at a serving counter on the right. Plain cream walls and fluorescent lights frame the room, and a small blue-and-white logo appears in the upper left corner.2010-01-07October 12 20062006-10-12Outdoor covered hall where seated devotees eat a meal served on banana leaves. A man in white kurta and dhoti with an orange shawl leans forward holding a steel bucket, serving food to the row of seated people. Seated diners wear white and red; a woman in the foreground has a dark beaded necklace. Other servers in white and orange stand behind a steel counter. A large framed portrait on the wall behind shows a figure in a white turban and white robe, labelled with a partial printed name ending in 'wananda'. Steel tumblers sit beside the leaves.2006-10-22A long seated meal in a plain white hall with a concrete floor and high windows. Rows of devotees sit cross-legged on the floor in white clothes with orange shawls draped over their shoulders, facing banana leaves laid end to end, each holding small mounds of food and steel cups of water. In the background a woman with grey hair in an orange shawl holds a large steel bowl, and another woman in a white sari with a red border bends forward carrying a bowl to serve. A framed picture hangs on the left wall, and a brass kalasha-style vessel sits on a leaf. Several long bamboo poles with orange cloth tied to them stand in the foreground, and a small figure in white sits near a rug at the far end of the room. Counting visible seated and standing people gives more than twenty.2008-01-12August 09 20072007-08-09July 19 20092009-07-19August 21 20062006-08-21