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A large hall filled with many people seated at white-clothed round tables and on the floor, eating from steel trays at a meal service. Many guests wear white, saffron, orange and red kurtas and saris. Long buffet tables on the right hold steel chafing dishes and bananas on a yellow cloth. Tall hanging cylindrical banners in orange, blue and multicoloured patterns are suspended from the ceiling. Framed portraits hang on the walls, and a golden decorative backdrop stands at the far end. Several people are queuing or serving food, and some stand in the crowd.

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December 06 20162016-12-06December 11 20112011-12-11December 11 20112011-12-11December 22 20092009-12-22December 11 20112011-12-11December 27 20082008-12-27December 30 20092009-12-30A large tented hall during an annadan-style meal service. Many seated sannyasis and devotees wear saffron and orange robes and sit at long tables covered with cloths and banana-leaf style plates of food. Men in white shirts and white dhotis walk between the rows carrying metal buckets and serving food. The tent ceiling is hung with colourful decorative tassel banners in red, yellow, green and blue, and white fabric drapes frame the roof. Wall paintings and a deity display are visible at the far end of the hall.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30A large hall filled with hundreds of seated devotees, mostly women and some men, dressed in white and in colourful saris and salwar kameez, sitting on orange and patterned mats on the floor. Tall colourful cylindrical pillars with orange tassels line the tented ceiling. At the far end a raised stage holds ornate golden and decorated deity murti and a central figure seated on a throne-like seat amid floral decorations, with flower arrangements and brass items placed in front of the seated crowd. Ceiling fans, a projection screen and brass lamps and vessels are visible.2010-11-12A large tented hall decorated with tall cylindrical hanging banners in yellow, red, blue and multicolour patterns, with white ceiling fabric and ceiling fans. Long rows of white chairs line tables set with banana-leaf plates for a communal meal. Seated people in orange and saffron robes eat, while people in white dhotis and orange shawls, and a woman in an orange sari, carry vessels and serve food along the aisles. A woman in white and red sari holds a steel pot. Devotees in white and orange move through the hall.2009-12-30A large tented hall with white draped walls and colourful paper lanterns and tassels hanging from the ceiling. A crowd of many people fills the floor, most seated on the ground or on chairs, while several women stand in the middle, one in a green salwar kameez, one in a white sari with a purple shawl, and a man in a white kurta. Many sitters wear saffron, red, pink and teal saris and salwars. A camera on a tripod and a second camera are at the upper centre, and projection screens hang at the sides.2016-12-16