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A photograph of a meal at a banquet table with a red-and-green checked tablecloth. A bald man in a white kurta with a red-and-black printed shawl and a rudraksha mala sits at the centre, with a white horizontal tilak and red bindi on his forehead, eating from a paper plate with fruit, sweets and a piece of bread. A man in a white shirt with a blue lanyard and red shawl gestures at left, and a red-shawled person sits partly visible at right. Bottles of water, a black flask, pink and white flowers and a drinking glass are on the table.

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February 08 20162016-02-08A row of saffron-robed sadhus sits cross-legged on a green cloth-covered floor inside a white tent, eating a meal from white plates. The nearest monk in the foreground wears a gold-beaded mala and a saffron cloth, and eats rice and curry with his right hand. Beside him, another monk in glasses wears a rudraksha mala and saffron robes, and others further down wear orange turbans. Water bottles, small steel bowls, and scattered marigold petals lie on the cloth, with orange bunting strung across the tent ceiling. Seated devotees in white and blue shirts sit at the far right.2015-09-15 +2 copiesFebruary 09 20162016-02-09Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesFebruary 08 20162016-02-08 +1 copiesFebruary 09 20162016-02-09July 02 20162016-07-02Several men in white shirts sit at a long table with a white cloth and eat a meal from stainless steel plates and bowls. A bald man in the foreground wearing a white shirt eats from a steel plate. Behind him an older man in a white shirt with glasses and a red lanyard sits at the table. Other men in white shirts with red lanyards eat nearby. Paper cups sit on the table. Behind them a banner reads Paramahamsa Nithyananda and shows a red-clad figure and a rocky waterfall image.2011-07-09 +1 copiesA dining hall with white-clothed devotees seated at tables covered in yellow patterned plastic, eating from stainless steel thalis. In the centre, a bald man in a white shirt wears a garland of white flowers and a red rose stands in a vase on the table, with a rudraksha-style mala visible at his neck; a shaved head and white clothing alone are not enough to confirm identity, so his role is best described as a devotee eating a meal. To the left, a man with long tied-back hair and a white shirt wears a garland and eats; to the right, a man in white sits at the table. Several other white-clad attendees and women in white move about the room, with red curtains and a yellow curtain on the walls, and a white plastic water bottle on the table.2009-06-01February 08 20162016-02-08 +1 copiesTwo men sit at a table draped in a gold cloth, eating a meal from small white disposable bowls and plates containing rice, vegetables and flatbread. The man on the left wears white kurta-style clothing, glasses and a red-orange shawl printed with script, with a red forehead mark. The man on the right wears a white shirt, a red-orange shawl, a forehead mark and a lanyard badge, and holds a piece of flatbread. Behind them, other people in white clothes with red-orange shawls serve or eat in a white tent. A water bottle and a folded paper card stand on the table.2015-07-05 +1 copiesA man in a white shirt with a navy lanyard and a small red tilak on his forehead sits at a meal, eating from a banana leaf with rice and curried dishes. A man beside him on the left wears white ritual cloth with an orange-bordered dhoti and a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, and a third man on the right wears white. Background shows red and white chairs.2013-10-04 +1 copies