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A photograph of an open-sided dining hall with a tiled floor and blue-and-white checked tablecloths on long tables. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with orange shawls, stand at the serving table and serve food. A bald man in orange robes sits at a table in the centre. A young man in a white shirt and a seated man in white clothing eat from steel plates on a table in the foreground, while blue plastic chairs and water bottles are on the tables. Two women in orange shawls stand near a serving counter at the back.

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A covered dining hall with a corrugated roof and open sides where volunteers in white dhotis and orange shawls serve food to seated diners at blue-and-white checked tables. A bald man in an orange robe stands in the centre-left, and several men in white kurtas and orange shawls carry steel plates and tumblers. A young girl in a red dress sits at the far left, and a seated man in a white shirt eats in the foreground, with water bottles and steel tumblers on the tables. The scene shows an ashram annadan meal service, with the orange and white attire of the volunteers as the main colours.2008-03-25March 25 20082008-03-25March 25 20082008-03-25A photo of a covered open-sided dining hall with orange curtains and a tiled floor. A long table with a blue-and-white checked cloth is set with plates and water bottles. Seated at the table are several people: a bald man in an orange cloth with his back to the camera, a person in an orange robe with long dark hair, a man in a pink-and-white checked shirt, and a woman in a blue and orange sari. Young men in white shirts and orange shawls stand serving food from steel pots and plates. Blue plastic chairs surround the table.2008-03-25March 25 20082008-03-25A photo of a covered open-sided dining hall at an ashram, with a grey concrete floor and a corrugated roof. Several people sit at long tables draped with blue-and-white checked cloths, with blue plastic chairs and metal plates, steel tumblers and water bottles set out. A central figure in orange robes with rudraksha beads sits at the table, and beside them a bare-chested man with a bare head wears an orange cloth wrap. A woman in a green sari sits at the left foreground table. Behind them, several people in orange and white robes move around a serving counter, one holding a tray.2008-03-25A covered dining hall with a tin roof and open sides, where people sit at long tables covered with blue-and-white checked cloths, set with steel plates, cups and water bottles. In the centre a bearded man in saffron robes sits with a long plaited braid and rudraksha beads, while a bald, bare-chested man in saffron cloth sits beside him at the table. Across from them a woman in a saffron top is smiling. Several young men in saffron robes and white shawls stand and move about the room, one serving from a buffet counter, while a woman in a green sari sits with children at the left table and a man in white shirt sits at the right.2008-03-25March 25 20082008-03-25A covered open-sided dining hall with a corrugated roof and concrete floor. Several long tables draped in blue-and-white checked cloths are set with plates, steel cups and water bottles. Seated diners on blue plastic chairs include a woman in a green sari and a child in red at left, a man in a pink shirt, and a young man in white at right. Standing attendants wear white dhotis and orange saffron stoles, serving food and moving between tables, with more orange-robed and white-clad helpers in the background near a doorway. The scene reads as an annadan style communal meal service.2008-03-25A photograph of a dining hall with a row of tables covered in blue-and-white checked cloths. Seated at the front, a man in a pink-and-white striped shirt eats from a steel plate. Beside him, a long-haired figure in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala sits in the centre, and next to them a shaved-headed, bare-chested elderly man eats. Standing behind, several men in white kurtas wear orange shawls, one holding a small steel bowl. Water bottles, steel tumblers and food plates sit on the tables, and a partially visible man in white eats at the right edge. a person: the long-haired figure in orange with a rudraksha mala is a candidate for a person, seated at the table with the meal.2008-03-25March 25 20082008-03-25March 25 20082008-03-25