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A large seated community meal on a red carpet. Long rows of banana leaves hold rice, curries, fried vegetables and small sweets, with plastic water bottles placed between them. Many women in saris and salwar kameez, in yellow, green, orange and pink, sit cross-legged along the leaves, several reaching to eat or serve. A woman in a multicoloured printed top and pink trousers in the foreground holds a phone. Behind them a dense crowd of seated and standing people fills the hall. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in the frame.

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Women sit cross-legged in a long row on the floor of a hall, eating a communal meal from green banana leaves laid along a white cloth. In front of them are bottles of mineral water, small steel cups and bowls of food. The woman at left wears a magenta salwar with a rudraksha-style bead necklace and gold bangles. Beside her, a woman in a red blouse and yellow sari eats with her right hand. Next, a woman in a blue top with a saffron shawl serves herself from a leaf. Other participants in white and saffron shawls sit further down the row, and staff move in the background near a red wall and wooden door.2016-02-24A long row of women sits cross-legged on a red carpet eating a meal from fresh green banana leaves laid on a white cloth, with water bottles placed between them. Women in yellow, orange, pink and cream saris and salwar kameez with gold bangles predominate. Behind them stand large golden deity murti statues and a bright ornate decorated hall with more attendees in white and in colourful dress.2016-12-21December 21 20162016-12-21A large hall with a red carpet and white runner where many women sit in rows on the floor eating a communal meal served on fresh green banana leaves. In the foreground a woman in white garments and a white hair net leans forward to handle food on her leaf, beside water bottles. A woman in a purple saree and gold jewellery carries a steel bucket down the row, while other attendants in white dhotis or saris and white hair nets work at serving tables at the back. Many participants wear saris and salwar kameez in yellow, orange, pink and teal. A small girl in green sits at left. The scene reads as an annadan style community meal.2016-12-21A large seated gathering of devotees eats a communal meal on banana leaves laid over a red mat. In the foreground, four men sit cross-legged: one in a white kurta, one in a purple kurta with a rudraksha mala, one in a yellow kurta with a mala, and one in a cream kurta. Each has food on a leaf with small portions and sweets. Plastic water bottles sit between the rows, and a woman in a red sari with gold border sits at the left edge. Behind them, many more people sit or bend over in white, yellow, pink, blue and green clothing, with a bright stage backdrop. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.2016-12-21A large seated gathering eats a meal from green banana leaves laid on a red carpet at an indoor event. Many devotees sit cross-legged in rows wearing white kurtas and dhotis, yellow, purple, blue and saffron-toned clothes, and rudraksha malas. A woman in a green sari sits at left, and a man in a yellow kurta with a rudraksha mala eats at centre. Bottled water sits along the banana leaves, and some attendants in white bend over the rows serving food. No single leader is clearly identifiable, and no a person candidate is clearly visible among the people shown.2016-12-21A large communal meal in an event hall, with many people seated on the floor on a red carpet along white cloth runners. Banana leaves are laid out before them holding rice, sweets and snacks, and water bottles sit beside each leaf. In the foreground a woman in a green sari with red bangles and a rudraksha-style bead necklace eats beside a small girl in a yellow top, and another small girl in navy and red sits nearby. At right an older woman with glasses, a forehead marking and an orange shawl looks down. Other attendees in saffron, pink and white clothing sit or bend over the leaves in the background. No identifiable figure is clearly shown as a person.2016-12-21October 12 20162016-10-12February 24 20162016-02-24 +1 copiesA large seated gathering of devotees on red floor mats eats a communal meal served on banana leaves. In the foreground a woman in a purple and blue silk saree and dark-rimmed glasses reaches toward a leaf plate of rice and sides, beside a woman in a maroon blouse and white saree and a woman in a green and red saree with rudraksha mala. Others wear white kurtas, saffron-orange shawls and rudraksha malas. Several people stand and walk in the background near draped white tables. No a person candidate is clearly visible; the event is an annadan-style community meal, and the page's text does not establish a readable event name in the image.2016-12-21December 18 20162016-12-18A seated community meal in a hall with white-draped tables and a red carpet. Children in the foreground sit on the floor before banana leaves set on white paper, holding up their hands; one girl in a white kurta and blue pants waves. Adults in white kurtas and dhotis, and women in saris, sit cross-legged along the back, some with water bottles nearby. Plates of food, including sweets, are laid on the leaves and bottles of water sit between groups.2016-12-21