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A long row of people seated on the floor eat a communal meal served on green banana leaves. Each leaf holds white rice, orange and yellow curries, fried snacks, a yellow sweet, and a dark meat or vegetable dish. Only hands and forearms are visible; several wear gold bangles and white clothing. Clear plastic water bottles and small white cups stand along the leaves on the left, in a hall with a light floor.

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April 04 20162016-04-04 +1 copiesA row of seated men eat a communal meal from banana leaves laid on a long white cloth on a stone floor. Most wear white kurta-style clothing, and some have red and gold wrist threads or bangles. Plastic water bottles with teal labels and small white cups line the leaves, which hold rice, curries and vegetable dishes. On the right, a person in white dhoti-style cloth with bare feet serves food from the edge of the frame.2016-02-24April 04 20162016-04-04Devotees sit cross-legged on a tiled floor eating a communal meal served on green banana leaves. Several people in white clothing are visible: one wears a rudraksha mala and a red-and-white garment, another wears a red cloth and bangles, and a woman in a white shawl with a red bead necklace eats with her right hand. Each leaf holds rice, fried snacks, sweets, pickles, chutney and small cups of sauce, with a green water bottle and plastic cups nearby. Partial figures at the top edge suggest a larger seated group.2015-03-11 +1 copiesA long row of seated devotees eats a communal meal from banana leaves laid along the floor of a hall. Several plates hold rice, fried snacks, flatbreads and sweets, with plastic water bottles placed between the leaves. In the foreground a person in a white shirt and clear gloves serves rice from a large steel bowl. Seated figures in white dhotis, one with a vertical white tilak on the forehead and a topknot, lean forward over their leaves, and one wears a red and gold border. Figures in the background wear white. The scene resembles annadan community dining at an ashram.2009-12-30April 04 20162016-04-04A long table set with banana-leaf plates of rice, yellow dal-style dishes, papadum, vegetable curries, lime and sliced banana, with plastic water bottles and small paper cups along the edge. In the right foreground, several people in orange monastic robes sit at the table, only partly visible at the frame edge, with one hand near the food. The scene is a communal meal service, shot shallow-focus with the food in the foreground blurred.2016-09-30September 30 20162016-09-30October 23 20152015-10-23April 04 20162016-04-04September 21 20162016-09-21September 30 20162016-09-30