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A photograph of a plain, unfinished-looking dining hall with grey plastered walls, ceiling fans and a row of steel serving tables. Many people sit on the left eating from round steel plates, including a man in a red shirt in the foreground. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts serve food or stand at the back near a shrine-like table with a small offering. A young child in a red top walks across the floor, and a man in a white dhoti bends down near it. On the right, men in saffron and orange robes sit at a table. Hanging orange, blue and red decorative panels decorate the ceiling. This appears to be an annadan meal service.

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A photograph of a long, plain white dining hall with a corrugated metal roof, blue steel trusses and ceiling fans. Blue-framed tables with blue plastic chairs run in two rows. Seated men in saffron and orange robes eat from steel plates, while several standing servers in white and orange clothing carry vessels down the central aisle. Decorative cloth hangings with red, blue and yellow patterns and yellow tassels hang from the walls, and a round wall clock is visible at the back.2011-09-26A long hall with a blue-trussed metal roof and ceiling fans hosts a communal meal. Many people sit on the floor eating from metal plates, while others sit at folding tables with blue chairs. Orange-robed sadhus and white-clad devotees are among those serving and eating. A standing man in an orange robe and red dhoti carries a plate. Tall decorative cloth banners with bird and floral patterns hang along the walls, and a wall clock is visible. The scene shows annadan, a free meal service for devotees and the needy.2011-09-26September 12 20112011-09-12 +1 copiesA photograph of a large hall with white walls, a blue steel roof frame and hanging ceiling fans, used for a communal meal. Long metal tables with blue plastic chairs run down the room; seated diners in saffron and orange clothing and light shirts eat from steel plates. On the left a shirtless man in saffron wraps sits at the table. Along the right side, a line of people in saffron, white and pink clothing waits at a serving counter where steel vessels are set out, and attendants in white dhotis stand near the serving area. Hanging decorative cloth columns with red, yellow and blue patterns and orange tassels line the walls. A round wall clock is visible at the back.2011-09-26December 15 20062006-12-15December 12 20072007-12-12September 12 20112011-09-12 +1 copiesA photo of a communal dining hall with a curved corrugated roof and ceiling fans. Diners sit at long stainless-steel tables with plates and steel cups, eating from metal thalis. Several people stand in the background, some in white kurtas and white clothing, a woman in an orange sari and a woman in pink. A man in a blue checked shirt carries a steel plate. A framed religious picture hangs on the white wall near an open door. Plastic chairs line the room.2010-07-11December 12 20072007-12-12December 30 20092009-12-30A photograph of a large hall with white walls and high windows where people are seated at long tables eating a meal served on green banana leaves with steel tumblers. A person in a bright orange robe and orange head wrap stands among the tables, while a man in white shirt and white dhoti holds a large silver tray. Many other people in white shirts, pale checked shirts and dhotis sit or stand along the rows, and a few women in saris are visible at the left. The atmosphere suggests a communal annadan meal in an ashram dining hall.2007-12-12December 30 20092009-12-30