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A group of people sit cross-legged on a polished marble floor eating meals from steel thalis during a communal meal. In the foreground, a bald man in white clothes with wire-rimmed glasses eats from a steel plate. Beside him, a man in cream clothes eats from a steel plate. A central man wears an orange t-shirt, white dhoti and a lanyard, gesturing with one raised hand. Other seated men in white kurtas and maroon lanyards eat from steel plates and bowls, with paper cups and a steel bowl nearby. A woman in a red and orange sari stands at a table at the left, and a white-clad man walks in the background. Chairs and red-and-white woven mats are visible behind them.

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Four men in white kurta-style clothing eat a meal from steel thalis on a polished light stone floor. A bald man in a white t-shirt with a multicoloured logo and a lanyard sits on a chair at the upper left holding a steel plate. Two men sit cross-legged on the floor: the one at lower left, in white with a red-and-black beaded mala, spoons food from a steel bowl, while the centre man, wearing rimmed glasses and a rudraksha-style mala, smiles and gestures while eating. The man at right, in white with a maroon cloth at his neck, eats from a steel thali. Paper cups sit beside the thalis, and metal stanchions and white-clad people stand in the background.2011-07-17 +2 copiesA group of about a dozen men and one woman sit cross-legged in a circle on a polished cream marble floor in a large hall, eating from metal thalis. Most wear white kurtas or white dhotis with lanyard ID badges; one man in the foreground wears an orange t-shirt and cream trousers, and a woman in a blue top sits at the right edge. Steel tumblers and small bowls sit beside the plates. Behind them, a stage with dark red curtains, rows of chairs, and red-curtained windows line the room, with a few people walking in the background and stacked mats along the wall. No one in the image is clearly identifiable as a specific individual from appearance alone.2011-07-17 +1 copiesOctober 11 20142014-10-11 +1 copiesDevotees seated cross-legged on a white marble floor eating a communal meal from steel thali trays with small steel bowls and flatbreads. Most wear white kurta-style clothing with red-orange shawls or scarves. A few wear dark trousers and lanyards. A man in the foreground right eats with his right hand while another in the centre-right holds a tray. Red mats and chairs line the background, and a glass of orange drink sits on the floor. No ceremonial figure appears in the frame.2014-10-11 +1 copiesAugust 22 20152015-08-22 +1 copiesJuly 04 20112011-07-04 +1 copiesDevotees sit cross-legged on a polished tile floor in a temple hall, eating a meal from steel plates and drinking from glasses. Most wear white kurta-style clothing with red shawls. In the centre, a man with bare back wears a white dhoti with gold borders and a white upper cloth, eating from a plate. A man in the foreground on the left drinks from a glass, wearing white with a red shawl and glasses. Another man at right, in white with a red shawl and glasses, eats from a steel tray holding curries and flatbread. Red-cushioned seating and chrome railings are visible behind.2014-09-07Several men sit cross-legged on the floor of a hall, eating a vegetarian meal served on green banana-leaf plates. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and a beige-grey shawl-less outfit with glasses and a wristwatch picks up food with his right hand, while a man in a white dhoti and a red shawl beside him eats similarly. Behind them, further men in white clothing wear orange lanyards and rudraksha-style beaded malas. Plates hold rice, papadum, pickles, sambar-like sides and sweets, with paper cups of drink and a pink bowl at the front. The floor is pale marble and the room has a blue-edged mat along the edge.2013-09-05 +2 copiesSeptember 12 20142014-09-12A photograph of a hall with a tiled floor where several men sit on the ground eating from metal plates of rice. In the foreground a man in a checked shirt and white dhoti eats from a steel plate. Beside him a man in an orange cloth and orange-saffron garment sits cross-legged eating from a plate, with a green plastic bottle on the floor. To the right a man in a white shirt sits eating, and at the far right a man in an orange turban and orange garment sits with a plate in front of him. Other people sit further back, and a blue plastic chair and red bags are visible in the background.2011-09-26Men sit cross-legged in a row on a pale tiled floor eating a meal from stainless steel thali trays, with food such as rice, yellow sweets and flatbread visible. Most wear white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, and one man on the right has a white forehead band. Behind them a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a saffron-robed figure with a rudraksha mala, and a woman in an orange sari stands near it. Several seated men carry ID lanyards. The setting appears to be a dining hall of an ashram, where devotees share food seated on the floor.2013-08-17 +1 copiesJuly 04 20112011-07-04 +1 copies