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A large communal dining hall where many people sit on long wooden benches eating from fresh green banana leaves. In the foreground a woman with a long braid, wearing a white sari with gold border and an orange shawl, serves rice and white dollops onto the leaves at a table. Seated diners include men in white and pink shirts and dhoti-style cloth, women in colourful saris, and children. Behind them hang painted cloth wall panels with decorative and deity-like motifs. Steel glasses of water sit beside the leaves. The scene reflects an annadan style meal service.

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A communal meal is served on long wooden tables under a canopy hung with patterned cloth. On the left, a young woman in a white sari with an orange border and an orange shawl serves rice from a steel ladle onto a large banana leaf. Seated men wearing white dhotis and red-and-white checked towels eat from banana leaves, with a child in a striped shirt among them and other guests in the background. Plastic blue chairs and water glasses are on the table.2007-09-09A seated meal service in a plain hall with pale walls and ventilation grilles. Long dark tables hold banana leaves set with food, steel tumblers and small bowls. A woman in a white sari with orange and red border and a black mangalsutra stands at left, serving from a steel pot. Beside her a long-haired figure in an orange robe leans in to serve, while a man in white shirt and dhoti stands behind. Rows of men in white shirts and dhotis sit along the tables eating, some with raised hands, and another man in a white shirt sits at right. A photograph credit line on the image reads2007-01-12September 09 20072007-09-09A dining hall in which men sit at long metal tables eating from banana leaves set with rice, curry and sides, with cups and a steel bucket on the table. On the right, a figure with long dark hair and an orange saffron robe, with a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, stands serving food; the figure matches the candidate appearance cues of the page's Swamiji reference, so this is a probable Swamiji. Several seated men wear white shirts and dhotis or pale clothing, one in a pink shirt, smiling and eating. Other people stand and sit in the background near pillars and walls, and a small logo appears at upper left.2007-01-12A large open-sided tent with red, green and orange striped canopy and colourful printed cloth panels with figures, hung along the back. Rows of long wooden tables with blue plastic chairs hold seated men, women and children eating rice from green banana leaves. A woman in white clothes walks along the left carrying a steel bucket, and a person in white stands at the far right near a flower-decorated table. A large framed picture of a bearded saffron-robed figure hangs on a dark backdrop above the diners. Several people are visible, many partly obscured by the tables.2007-08-28September 09 20072007-09-09A photograph of a community dining hall where seated diners eat from banana leaves on long metal tables. A long-haired figure in an orange saffron robe stands at left, serving food from a large steel pot, appearing to be a person by appearance cues: long swept-back hair and saffron clothing. Seated men wear white shirts and dhotis or plain shirts, and a woman in a white sari with a magenta border sits at right with a necklace. Leaves hold idli-style cakes, rice, and sides, with steel tumblers around. Plain grey walls and fluorescent lights frame the room.2007-01-12A long dining hall where rows of seated people eat a meal served on banana leaves set on long tables. A person in ochre-orange robes with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala stands at right holding a steel bucket and serving food, barefoot. Seated diners in saris, shirts and white dhotis, including a woman in a red-brown sari at left, eat with their hands. Steel tumblers, small bowls of rice, vegetables, papads and banana leaves cover the tables; more people sit and stand in the background under ceiling fans and white pillars.2007-01-12A free meal being served under a tent lined with red and purple printed cloth panels showing deity figures and peacocks. A volunteer in white kurta with an orange shawl stands at left serving rice from a steel pot onto a leaf plate, while a woman in white with an orange shawl and another volunteer in white serve at a long table. Rows of seated men, women and children in colourful saris and clothes eat from leaf plates on plastic chairs and wooden benches.2007-10-07 +2 copiesAugust 26 20072007-08-26 +2 copiesSeptember 09 20072007-09-09August 27 20072007-08-27 +2 copies