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A photograph of a large dining hall at an ashram with white-draped tables set with red and orange flower arrangements. Men in white kurtas and white shirts, plus some in red and blue shirts, sit eating at tables, while others stand and walk among them. Colourful striped cloth hangings with tassels hang from the draped ceiling. A red banner on the right shows a smiling man in an orange turban, and a logo appears in the upper left. Around twenty to thirty people are visible. No one can be confidently identified as a person; the banner figure is a depiction, but his appearance is uncertain.

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A large hall with pink walls and a draped white fabric ceiling hung with tall cylindrical decorations in red, blue, yellow and green patterns with orange tassels. Rows of white-clothed tables with red and black chairs and small flower arrangements are set out, and many men in shirts and trousers sit eating from plates while others stand and walk between tables. A few people in white ritual-style clothing move through the room. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2011-02-01A large dining hall with pale pink walls and a white fabric-draped ceiling hung with colourful cylindrical banners in red, blue, yellow and orange. Many men and a few women sit at round tables covered in white cloths, with red and grey chairs, eating from steel plates. Some people wear pale shirts and trousers, others white garments and a grey shirt. Vases of flowers decorate the tables, and standing attendants move through the room. Black speakers hang on the walls and tall windows with orange curtains line the back.2011-02-01A large tented hall during an annadan-style meal service. Many seated sannyasis and devotees wear saffron and orange robes and sit at long tables covered with cloths and banana-leaf style plates of food. Men in white shirts and white dhotis walk between the rows carrying metal buckets and serving food. The tent ceiling is hung with colourful decorative tassel banners in red, yellow, green and blue, and white fabric drapes frame the roof. Wall paintings and a deity display are visible at the far end of the hall.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30A photograph of a large dining hall with pink walls, a draped fabric ceiling and hanging decorative cylinders with orange tassels. Several men sit at round tables covered with white cloths and red chairs, eating from plates; flower arrangements in orange and yellow sit on the tables. One seated man in a cream-gold shirt and grey trousers eats with his right hand, and a man in a light shirt with a lanyard sits across from him. At right, white-clad attendants in dhotis serve from a long side table covered in blue cloth with steel vessels. Other staff move about in the background. No identifiable swami figure is visible.2011-02-01A photograph of a large white tented dining hall with a curved white canopy, lined with tall cylindrical hanging banners in red, yellow, blue and green patterns. Rows of men in white kurtas and white dhotis sit on white plastic chairs at long tables eating from plates, while others in white stand or walk through the central aisle. Two men in white sit cross-legged on the tiled floor in the foreground near a water bottle. Seated men wear lanyards. Patterned banners and white drapery line the walls, with a doorway and a small stage area at the far end.2010-02-21December 30 20092009-12-30A large hall with a light cream wall and a white draped ceiling, hung with tall cylindrical banners in red, blue, yellow and white geometric patterns with orange tassels. Rows of seated men fill the room on white plastic chairs, mostly in white dhotis and kurtas or pale shirts, with several in green and yellow. One bald man in the foreground wears a white dhoti and a white shirt with a beaded necklace and holds a notebook. Ceiling fans and a dark curtain line the back wall. No figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance in this view.2010-08-08A seated audience fills a large hall with cream walls and a white canopy ceiling hung with colourful striped pennants in red, yellow, blue and green with orange tassels. Rows of red-cushioned chairs face forward while men in white shirts and dhotis, one in a dark shirt, and an older bearded man in an orange shawl over a brown top listen attentively. Ceiling fans turn overhead and red curtains line the walls.2010-07-07December 30 20092009-12-30A photograph of a large hall with a white draped ceiling and tall decorative pillars wrapped in coloured cloth. Thirty-odd seated people sit in rows on mats and cloths, many dressed in white, with women in saris and salwar kameez. Banana-leaf plates with food sit on the floor in front, along with paper cups. At the far end, a man in white stands and attends to the seated devotees while others in the front area perform service nearby, with a red curtained stage and a small altar behind them. The setting suggests a communal meal or prasadam distribution in a temple hall.2011-12-11A photograph of a long, plain white dining hall with a corrugated metal roof, blue steel trusses and ceiling fans. Blue-framed tables with blue plastic chairs run in two rows. Seated men in saffron and orange robes eat from steel plates, while several standing servers in white and orange clothing carry vessels down the central aisle. Decorative cloth hangings with red, blue and yellow patterns and yellow tassels hang from the walls, and a round wall clock is visible at the back.2011-09-26