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Indoor dining hall with long stainless-steel tables where devotees eat seated in a row. In the foreground a young girl in white clothes with a red bindi and beaded necklace eats from a steel plate holding two flatbreads. Behind her a man in white with orange shawl and glasses eats from a steel plate, and other people in white clothes with orange shawls sit along the table. A steel jug and small cup of yogurt sit on the table. A banner with a portrait and a colourful drawing hang on the wall behind them, and a blurred figure in white moves at the left edge.

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September 03 20062006-09-03A long communal dining hall with rows of students seated at stainless steel tables eating from steel thali plates of curry and idli or dosa. Many wear white clothes with orange saffron shawls draped over their shoulders. In the foreground a young man in white with a gold bracelet eats with his hand, and a smiling woman in an orange shawl reaches toward her plate at right. Behind them a standing man in white and orange, and an older man with glasses and white hair seated near the centre. A large portrait of a smiling woman in white hangs on the back wall, with a person in white standing at left. Steel tumblers sit on the tables and the room has open windows with bamboo blinds.2006-10-10A photograph of a long communal dining table in an ashram hall with a woven bamboo screen at the window. Several young women and a woman with light hair sit side by side, dressed in white tops and white garments with orange shawls or wraps. They eat from round steel thali plates and use their hands; some hold steel tumblers. Partially visible at the upper right, two more seated people are wearing white and orange. No a person candidate is visible.2006-10-10September 03 20062006-09-03Students eating a meal seated on long stainless steel tables in a open-sided thatched hall with a brick wall and bamboo blinds. In the foreground, a young man in white clothes with a tilak on his forehead and long swept hair eats from a steel plate, while a woman in an orange shawl over white clothing sits at left with a steel plate and tumbler. Rows of students in white and orange sit along the tables, and a large portrait banner of a man in a white turban hangs on the back wall. Steel tumblers and plates reflect on the polished tables.2006-10-10October 10 20062006-10-10Students seated at long stainless steel dining tables in an open thatched hall eat a meal from steel plates with steel tumblers. In the foreground a bald man with a beard wears white clothes, an orange shawl and a wooden bead necklace. Behind him, young men and women in white and orange garments sit along the benches. Two large framed portraits on the bamboo walls show a smiling man in a cream turban and white garment, marked by an identifiable printed-style presentation. The setting resembles a communal dining area of an ashram.2006-10-10Several women and girls sit at a long wooden table eating a meal from stainless steel plates in a dining hall with bamboo blinds at the windows. The woman second from left wears an orange shawl over white clothing, with a white vibhuti mark on her forehead and a beaded mala around her neck. The young woman at centre wears a white top, a mala and a vibhuti mark, and holds a steel tumbler. The woman at right in white clothing with a mala eats with her fingers.2006-10-10October 10 20062006-10-10A young woman with wavy dark hair and a thin headband, wearing a white kurta and an orange lanyard, carries a steel tray of food with rice, flatbreads and a small dish of vegetables. Behind her, other people in white clothes with orange lanyards move through a bright room; a man in white stands to the right and a woman in a red-orange shawl is at centre-right. Shelves of colourful items and framed pictures line the back wall. The scene looks like an ashram meal service.2013-07-09 +1 copiesOctober 10 20062006-10-10A photo of several women seated at a long metal dining table eating a meal from stainless steel thalis filled with yellow curry and rice. The women wear white tops with orange shawls or sashes, one wears a red lanyard, and one wears gold bangles. A large portrait hangs behind them on a bamboo-screened wall, showing a man in a white turban and white garment in profile, identified by the portrait's presence but not named in visible text. Bamboo blinds cover the windows and the room looks like a simple dining hall.2006-10-10