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Photograph of a dining hall where several men in saffron-orange robes with maroon borders sit at a long metal-topped table eating from steel plates. A man in front holds a rolled paper or scroll, another with a long beard eats with his right hand, and a man on the right wears a gold chain and eats from a plate beside a tray of wrapped sweets. Behind them, women in white saris with orange or yellow borders move around the room, one carrying a steel vessel. Shelves with books and a striped orange cloth hang on the left, and white plastic chairs are visible.

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A photograph inside an open-sided tent-like pavilion with an orange canvas roof, showing saffron-robed sannyasis seated at metal tables eating a meal from steel plates. One man with a full beard sits at the centre holding a white cup, and another with long hair in an orange robe eats from a plate at right. Two women in white saris with orange borders stand and serve nearby, one in a yellow shawl. Behind them are a wooden shelf with small items, an orange curtain and a framed picture on the white wall. The meal is an annadan-style feast for the monastics.2008-12-25December 25 20082008-12-25A photograph of a covered open-sided dining hall with an orange and red tent-like roof and a red-draped table at the back. Several monastic devotees in saffron-orange robes serve food on steel plates to seated people in white clothes at long steel tables. One robed man in the foreground carries a tray of food, another in the centre ladles from a steel pot, and others stand at the serving tables. Plastic cups and metal plates of food are on the tables. Seated diners in white shirts occupy the foreground. A yellow and red striped cloth hangs on the back wall beside a framed picture. The scene shows an annadan style communal meal.2008-12-25A photo of a covered, open-sided dining hall where devotees sit at long dark tables eating from metal thali plates of rice, curries and sweets. Many seated men wear white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas and lanyards. Standing and walking among them are attendants in saffron/orange robes serving food and carrying pots, with orange and striped curtains hanging at the back. The scene shows a communal feast, with orange-robed servers moving between tables and no single identifiable central figure presented as a person.2008-12-25Ashram dining hall with a metal roof and open sides. Several men in orange robes sit at metal tables eating from steel plates; one bearded man on the right wears orange with a gold necklace. A woman in a white sari with yellow border serves food at the back, and another woman in white stands at the right beside a white board. Steel tumblers and a large steel pot sit on the tables.2008-12-25A photograph of a communal feast in a open-sided pavilion with orange curtains and a white-walled back wall. Several people in saffron-orange robes serve food: a woman in orange robes carries a white tray of food, and a man in orange with a long orange garland stands at the right holding a steel plate. Seated guests in white shirts and white clothing eat from steel plates on long tables, with cups and bowls of rice, curries and sweets. Another woman in orange serves from a pot at the back-left, and a man in orange with a gold-toned necklace stands near the middle. Steel serving trays and pots line the tables.2008-12-25A photograph of a communal meal being served in an open-sided hall with a tiled roof and orange curtains. In the foreground, a young woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl ladles rice from a steel pot onto a stainless steel counter. Beside her, a man in orange robes and a yellow-beaded garland holds a steel pot, while a bearded sannyasi in orange robes stands at the back. Men in white kurta-style clothes with orange shawls sit at the counter or stand in line, and steel plates, flatbread and paper cups are set out. White plastic chairs line the right side of the hall, where more seated people eat.2008-12-25A photograph of a communal feast in a covered open-sided hall with a corrugated roof and orange curtains. Several monastics in orange robes serve food from stainless steel pots and trays to seated guests. Seated diners in white clothing eat from steel plates on long metal tables, while a man in the foreground in a white shirt with an orange lanyard looks down at his plate. A standing monk in an orange robe and beaded necklace holds a steel vessel near the back. Cups, water bottles and an orange-draped table are visible in the background.2008-12-25December 25 20082008-12-25December 25 20082008-12-25A dining hall where seated devotees in white clothes eat from steel plates at long metal tables. A standing woman in a flowing orange robe carries a tray of food along the row, while other people in orange robes move about in the background. Orange curtains and a woven hanging decorate the walls. Cups and food plates sit on the tables, and a man with a red-and-white tilak and a rudraksha mala sits at the right foreground. Several devotees are visible, with the seated attendees in white clothing.2008-12-25A photograph of a meal being served at a round table covered with a floral cloth in a sheltered pavilion with red curtains and red-brown wooden seats. A seated man in an orange turban and orange robe, with long hair, gestures while talking. Opposite him a clean-shaven monk in a saffron-orange robe eats, and beside him a bearded man in orange serves food from a steel plate. Steel thalis, water bottles and steel tumblers sit on the table. Two men in white kurtas, one with a yellow shawl and one with a video camera on his shoulder, stand in the background near a cardboard box. a person is a seated man in orange turban and orange robe with long hair, speaking at the table.2009-12-11