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A large communal dining hall with rows of long stainless-steel tables and seated diners eating from metal plates. Many men wear white shirts and white dhotis, with a few in blue or pink shirts. A man in the foreground at left holds a plate of food and wears a lanyard badge. Another man at right, with a white beard and a garland-like necklace, eats from a plate near a water bottle. Servers and standing people move between columns under ceiling fans. Some people appear to be children. The scene looks like an annadan style meal service.

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A large indoor dining hall with many men seated at long metal tables, eating from steel plates and bowls. Most wear white shirts and white dhotis, while a few wear light blue or checked shirts. Some men carry plates and trays between the tables, and overhead tube lights, ceiling fans and concrete pillars are visible. Several people are seated in the foreground, one eating with his right hand and another holding a water bottle.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A long dining hall with stainless steel tables where many men in white shirts and white dhotis sit eating from steel plates and white plates, with rice and curry visible. In the foreground an older man with grey hair and a moustache eats with his right hand while another man in a white shirt sits nearby. Tiled pillars and barred windows line the room, and other diners and servers stand in the background.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A crowded dining hall where many men in white shirts and white dhotis hold up steel plates and banana-leaf-style plates of rice and food overhead, pushing forward in a dense mass. Near the centre, a figure in orange-saffron robes stands among them, partly hidden by the crowd, with a steel plate raised. Plates are held high by dozens of arms in the foreground, and the background shows more people and tall pillars in an institutional room.2006-12-15A photograph of men seated on benches at a long metal-topped dining table in a tiled hall, eating rice and curry from white plates and steel thalis. The foreground diners wear white shirts and dhotis or trousers, one in a checked shirt wears a rudraksha-style bead necklace. Several other men in white clothing stand and move in the background near a barred window.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15December 14 20062006-12-14December 14 20062006-12-14A large indoor dining hall with pale columns and ceiling fans, filled with many men in white ritual clothes. In the centre, a person in an orange saffron robe stands holding a steel tray of food, with a tray of food also being carried by a man in white beside them. Another man in white holds a plate of food and gestures toward a devotee. Several people in orange shawls and white clothing move among long serving tables, distributing food, a scene consistent with annadan at a spiritual gathering.2006-12-15 +1 copiesDecember 15 20062006-12-15