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A long communal dining hall with rows of students seated at stainless steel tables eating from steel thali plates of curry and idli or dosa. Many wear white clothes with orange saffron shawls draped over their shoulders. In the foreground a young man in white with a gold bracelet eats with his hand, and a smiling woman in an orange shawl reaches toward her plate at right. Behind them a standing man in white and orange, and an older man with glasses and white hair seated near the centre. A large portrait of a smiling woman in white hangs on the back wall, with a person in white standing at left. Steel tumblers sit on the tables and the room has open windows with bamboo blinds.

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A photograph of a long communal dining table in an ashram hall with a woven bamboo screen at the window. Several young women and a woman with light hair sit side by side, dressed in white tops and white garments with orange shawls or wraps. They eat from round steel thali plates and use their hands; some hold steel tumblers. Partially visible at the upper right, two more seated people are wearing white and orange. No a person candidate is visible.2006-10-10October 10 20062006-10-10A covered open-sided dining hall with a thatched roof and bamboo mat walls. Long stainless steel tables hold rows of seated people eating from steel plates with steel tumblers beside them. Most diners wear white clothing with orange saffron shawls, and several have white or sandalwood forehead markings. Two large framed portrait photos hang on the matting walls, each showing a man in a white turban and white garment; the portraits are printed images, not physical people.2006-10-10Students eating a meal seated on long stainless steel tables in a open-sided thatched hall with a brick wall and bamboo blinds. In the foreground, a young man in white clothes with a tilak on his forehead and long swept hair eats from a steel plate, while a woman in an orange shawl over white clothing sits at left with a steel plate and tumbler. Rows of students in white and orange sit along the tables, and a large portrait banner of a man in a white turban hangs on the back wall. Steel tumblers and plates reflect on the polished tables.2006-10-10Students seated at long stainless steel dining tables in an open thatched hall eat a meal from steel plates with steel tumblers. In the foreground a bald man with a beard wears white clothes, an orange shawl and a wooden bead necklace. Behind him, young men and women in white and orange garments sit along the benches. Two large framed portraits on the bamboo walls show a smiling man in a cream turban and white garment, marked by an identifiable printed-style presentation. The setting resembles a communal dining area of an ashram.2006-10-10October 10 20062006-10-10October 10 20062006-10-10A photo of a covered, open-sided dining hall where devotees sit at long dark tables eating from metal thali plates of rice, curries and sweets. Many seated men wear white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas and lanyards. Standing and walking among them are attendants in saffron/orange robes serving food and carrying pots, with orange and striped curtains hanging at the back. The scene shows a communal feast, with orange-robed servers moving between tables and no single identifiable central figure presented as a person.2008-12-25October 10 20062006-10-10Students eat a meal in an open-sided thatched dining hall with long metal tables and steel plates and tumblers. Seated on the left, several young women and girls wear white clothes with orange shawls and bangles. On the right, a shaved-headed man in white clothing and a rudraksha mala sits at the table, reaching toward a plate, with a young man in white beside him. A standing attendant in orange stands near a water pitcher at the back. A large printed portrait of a bearded figure in white turban is displayed on the wall behind the tables. Bamboo screens and roof beams frame the hall.2006-10-10A covered dining hall with long tables and white plastic chairs where devotees are being served a meal on steel plates. In the foreground a bearded man in an orange robe and a woman in a white sari with a red border serve food from steel containers, while a young woman in white sits at the bench on the left. Many people in white clothes and orange saffron robes sit and eat or move between tables; a woman in orange stands near a shrine-like backdrop with orange and gold curtains. The setting appears to be a communal feast or annadan.2008-12-25Overhead view of a communal meal serving in a open hall with a bamboo mat ceiling. A man in white kurta with a white shawl and red-and-white cord serves idli-like rice cakes onto a steel plate from a bowl beside a steel vessel. Several people in white clothes with orange shawls stand and sit around a metal serving counter holding steel plates and bowls of sambar, while a woman with reddish hair in a white top and orange shawl and beads reaches toward the food. Others are seated at tables on the left.2006-10-10