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A dining hall serving a communal meal. Several people in plain clothes stand at a long serving counter along the left, ladling food from large steel pots into bowls; a woman in a yellow kurta and a man in a blue striped shirt with a tie are prominent, and a woman in white stands nearby. Plastic baskets hold steel spoons and plates. Seated diners sit at red plastic chairs and tables under ceiling fans, with orange curtains and red window drapes. Some attendees wear white ashram-style clothing. A portrait hangs on the back wall. No identifiable a person appearance is visible in this scene.

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Interior of a large dining hall with a arched corrugated roof, ceiling fans, red curtains and red doorframes, and yellow curtains at the far end. Many people sit at tables covered with yellow patterned cloths, eating from steel thali plates with small steel bowls. Several people in white clothes serve food from a buffet table on the left, and a man in a white shirt walks through the middle of the room. A boy in a blue striped shirt sits in the foreground. Framed pictures hang on the white walls and a red flower sits on a table.2009-06-09August 27 20082008-08-27A photograph of a large hall with a arched corrugated roof, ceiling fans and yellow curtains, where many people in white clothing gather around tables set with steel plates and a small red flower on one table. In the foreground a woman in an orange and red patterned top gestures while seated at a table, and a blonde woman in white sits in a red chair. Other people in white shirts and red and orange garments move between tables and chairs, with red window curtains along the walls. The setting looks like a communal lunch or meal hall at the ashram.2009-07-09A large hall with a curved corrugated roof, ceiling fans and red and yellow curtains hangs along the walls. Many people in white clothes sit at rows of tables with steel plates of food, eating a meal together. Several women in white stand near the doorway on the left, and a woman in orange stands at the far left edge. A framed picture hangs on the wall at the back, and a small framed image appears on the right wall. No one can be identified as a person here with confidence.2009-08-27A photo of a communal meal service in a white-walled hall with an arched ceiling, ceiling fans and orange curtains. Several people in white clothing stand behind a long serving counter, ladling vegetables and salad from steel pots and bowls onto steel plates. A woman in a red-and-green sari serves at the back, and a boy in a white shirt and jeans wearing plastic gloves stands at the left near stacked steel vessels. Stacks of steel plates and copper-bottomed pots line the foreground, consistent with an annadan-style serving.2009-07-08A large dining hall with an arched corrugated roof and ceiling fans, filled with participants seated at long tables covered in yellow cloths and set with steel thalis and small bowls. Many people wear white clothing with yellow or saffron cords and beads around their necks, and several sit eating from the plates. Red curtains hang at the windows and a wall picture of a deity is visible at left. Staff in white move between the tables, and a bald man in a white shirt sits at a table near the centre-right, with a rudraksha mala visible on one man in the foreground. Many people are visible across the hall.2009-11-18June 09 20092009-06-09A large, long hall with a curved corrugated metal roof and white walls, used as an ashram dining room. Rows of tables and red chairs fill the floor, with many people seated eating from plates on the tables. Red curtains hang at the windows and along the walls. Several people in white and cream clothing stand and move between the tables, serving or walking through. Ceiling fans hang beneath the roof.2009-09-06October 15 20092009-10-15July 21 20092009-07-21A large, bright dining hall with white walls, exposed steel roof trusses and ceiling fans, where many people sit at round tables covered with floral-patterned cloths and white chairs eating from steel thalis. Many attendees wear white clothing, including white dhotis and kurtas and a woman in a white head-covering, while a few wear saffron-coloured or green sarees. In the foreground at right, a man in white stands at a long serving counter stacked with steel vessels of food. Orange curtains hang at the windows and the room is busy with people moving between tables, consistent with an annadan-style communal meal.2009-12-10A photo of a communal dining hall with a curved corrugated roof and ceiling fans. Diners sit at long stainless-steel tables with plates and steel cups, eating from metal thalis. Several people stand in the background, some in white kurtas and white clothing, a woman in an orange sari and a woman in pink. A man in a blue checked shirt carries a steel plate. A framed religious picture hangs on the white wall near an open door. Plastic chairs line the room.2010-07-11