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A photograph of a long marble-floored hall where people sit in rows along the walls eating from white plates set on the floor. A standing man in a white shirt and grey trousers watches on the left, while a man in white dhoti and white shirt pours from a yellow bucket to serve food, and a seated figure in an orange shawl over white clothing in the foreground reaches toward a plate. A man in an orange robe stands in the background near the doorway.

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May 07 20122012-05-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a crowded, tiled room where seated sadhus in saffron-orange robes eat from metal thalis on low wooden tables along a wall beneath a window. Several young men in white dhotis with gold-bordered shawls stand and bend over large steel pots and buckets of food, serving with ladles. A framed picture with marigold garlands hangs on the back wall, and other people in orange clothing stand behind. The scene suggests a communal meal distribution at an ashram or camp kitchen.2015-09-10A crowded indoor food-serving scene in a large kitchen or dining hall. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis press together, holding up steel plates and white paper plates of rice and food, some arms raised high. In the centre, a man in an orange turban and orange-saffron clothing holds a plate and serves food.2006-12-15A busy indoor dining hall during an event meal service, with many men in white shirts and dhotis and several in saffron-orange clothing moving among tables and steel serving vessels. Centrally, a man in an orange robe with an orange head wrap and a long rudraksha mala stands among others, holding a plate. Nearby, a man in white holds a metal bowl of food while another in a white kurta has a hand on a companion's shoulder. Some attendees hold plates of rice and curry. Several men wear saffron sashes. Background includes stainless steel kitchen counters and vessels.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15September 10 20152015-09-10 +1 copiesDecember 15 20062006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A large hall where many men in white shirts and white dhotis sit cross-legged in rows on the floor eating a communal meal from green banana-leaf plates, with small steel cups of water placed along the leaves. Volunteers in white clothing walk between the rows serving food, and one server wears a white sari with a gold border and carries a plate. A man in a white shirt with an orange cloth draped over his shoulder and carrying a notebook stands at the centre. Other people, including a woman in a green sari with an orange border seated at right, are seated on striped mats. Pillars with orange and yellow banners frame the hall, and a few people stand near the back in the background. This appears to be an annadan style communal meal.2012-05-20September 15 20142014-09-15A crowded indoor serving line at a large a person Spurana convention hall, with many men in white shirts and dhotis crowding a food counter and holding white plates heaped with food. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron robe and orange head wrap, wearing a rudraksha mala and holding a plate of food, is serving or distributing food to devotees. Several other volunteers wear orange shawls. Steel vessels and kitchen equipment stand along the back wall, and large windows and pillars frame the hall. a person's cues are present (orange robe, rudraksha mala, distinctive hair and head wrap), but identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2006-12-15A large dining hall at a person Spurana convention, with men in white shirts and white dhotis queuing and eating at long steel tables. Several men seated on the left eat from steel plates with their hands, while a line of men holding empty round steel plates waits on the right. Pillars, ceiling fans and fluorescent lights line the hall. No ritual or identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-12-15 +1 copies