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October 16 20052005-10-16A dining hall with white-washed walls and food-photo posters along the top edge. A framed photograph on the wall shows a man seated in saffron-orange robes with a yellow turban and orange-red flower garland, a probable Swamiji depiction. Several people sit at a long steel table eating from metal plates on banana leaves, while a man in white clothes with a red-bordered shawl pours from a steel pitcher. A bald man in white stands at the back, and a woman in white with blonde hair sits in the foreground. Steel tables and a speaker sit at right.2005-10-16A photo of an ashram dining hall where devotees sit in long rows at dark metal tables, eating a meal from stainless steel thalis and small steel cups. Many participants wear white kurtas or salwar-style clothing with orange-saffron shawls or scarves. Bamboo blinds hang on the walls, and two large framed portraits of Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, labelled in print, show a man in an orange-saffron turban and white garments with ornate embroidery. The floor is grey stone and the room is simple and communal.2006-10-10October 10 20062006-10-10Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a communal meal in a covered dining hall with open windows and a grassy yard outside. In the foreground, a person with hair in a bun and glasses, wearing an orange saffron robe with an orange shawl, holds a large steel pot of curry with a serving ladle and wears clear plastic gloves. Beside them, a woman in a white sari with an orange shawl and a red hair ornament also wears plastic gloves. Seated diners in white clothing eat from steel plates at long tables, with a plate of rice, vegetables and sweets in front. Several other people in white and orange stand along the far tables.2008-12-25December 25 20082008-12-25A long dining hall where many devotees sit on benches at white-covered tables, eating from green banana-leaf plates with flatbreads. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers walks down the centre aisle carrying a steel pot and serving food. Several people wear white clothes with yellow or gold neck cords, a woman in orange sits on the left, and a few stand at a serving counter on the right. Plain cream walls and fluorescent lights frame the room, and a small blue-and-white logo appears in the upper left corner.2010-01-07October 15 20092009-10-15A covered hall serves a meal to seated men in white clothes at a long stainless-steel table. Several monastics in saffron-orange robes with red borders serve food: a young man in front carries a white tray of food, another in the centre holds a steel pot, and a woman on the right wears a saffron robe, rudraksha-style beaded necklace and gold pendant. Seated diners eat from metal thalis with food and small white cups. Behind them, an orange draped table and an orange-and-red checked curtain stand near a framed picture of a shrine. Saffron-clad figures are seen on the left side, and a fabric-wrapped bundle hangs on the right wall.2008-12-25November 06 20082008-11-06October 10 20062006-10-10