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November 13 20122012-11-13 +1 copiesA group of devotees sits cross-legged on striped and patterned mats on a bare concrete floor, sharing a meal from metal plates and bowls during a Ganesha festival gathering. Behind them, a decorated altar holds a large Ganesha image in red and gold, with flowers, fruit and offerings. A seated woman in a green sari and a woman in an orange sari lead the group, a man in a white shirt sits near the front, and children are among those eating. A man in a dark shirt on the right holds a plate and a young boy in a maroon shirt eats in the foreground. A stack of steel vessels and a sound system are visible in the back room.A photograph of a long dining hall where women and children sit on chairs along a red-topped table, eating a meal served on metal thalis. A woman in the foreground wears a purple saree with a gold necklace and bangles and holds a plate of food with a small phone beside her. Others in orange, red and yellow sarees are seated along the table, and a few people stand and walk in the background near a window with orange curtains. The setting appears to be a community meal hall, consistent with an annadhan food-service event.2012-01-01 +1 copiesMarch 03 20202020-03-03March 05 20202020-03-05Annadhan in 20112011-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of an annadanam meal service in a plain hall with lavender-painted pillars and a green door. Children and young women sit on the tiled floor on banana leaves, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border serves rice from a steel bucket. Beside him, a woman in an orange and green silk sari bends over a steel bowl of cooked rice, and a girl in a black top spoons rice onto a leaf. Bananas and yellow rice sit on the leaves. Several seated women in pink and yellow saris line the far wall.A dining hall where people eat lunch seated at tables covered with colourful fruit-patterned cloths. In the foreground a young girl in a light blue top and pink bracelets eats from a steel plate of rice and curry, while a girl in a dark top beside her also eats. A woman in a peach and blue sari with a dark blouse and a beaded necklace sits at the center table with a steel plate and steel tumblers. Behind them more diners sit at other tables near orange curtained windows. Steel plates of rice, vegetable curry and dal are set out with steel tumblers.2010-12-10March 05 20202020-03-05A photograph of children seated at a long table set with a colourful patterned cloth and metal thalis of vegetarian food, including dal, rice, sambar-like curry, bananas and a small bowl. A young girl in a white top with a red tilak on her forehead eats with her hand at centre, a boy in a green kurta sits at left, and a boy in an orange-and-white kurta eats at right. Other children and a woman in white are partly visible in the background of a bright hall with plastic chairs and windows. Eating is the main action, a meal being served to children.2010-12-07A long hall with yellow walls where devotees sit on floor-level tables covered with striped runner cloths in red, green, blue and purple, eating a meal served on metal thalis and bowls. Women in saris, one in a red blouse, one in a white and gold sari with a garland, sit at the front with a young boy in a dhoti-style cloth beside them. Behind them a large painted backdrop shows a mountain landscape and a deity figure, with a seated deity murti on a golden throne and a figure in orange robes before it, along with a lit oil lamp and a golden kalasha-like ornament. A blue water bottle sits on the table, and a banner along the table edge reads part of the Nithyananda Satsang name.2020-03-08March 13 20202020-03-13 +1 copies