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A long covered dining hall with a dark floor and red-painted lower wall shows rows of people seated at metal tables eating from stainless steel plates. In the foreground a boy in white shirt and a boy in white shirt with glasses eat, and an older woman in white sari with gold necklace sits beside them. Further down, women and children in white and orange clothing sit at the tables. On the right a boy in a striped sweater carries a plate, and a woman in white walks through the background. The scene appears to be a communal meal service.

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2007-LITTLE-ANANDHAS1999-01-01A photo of children and women seated on long metal benches at a covered dining hall with a bamboo-mat roof and red-painted lower wall. Several children in white and colourful shirts sit with steel plates in front of them, eating from metal bowls. A woman in white with an orange shawl sits at the center of the bench; a woman in white sits beside the children on the left. A standing person in white stands at the far left edge, partially visible. Floor is grey tile.2007-05-04 +1 copiesA photograph of a covered dining hall with a corrugated and bamboo-mat roof and a concrete floor. Children sit on a red-painted bench eating from steel plates at long metal tables with blue frames. The children wear white, yellow, orange and green clothes and some have white dupattas or ribbons. A boy in a blue shirt and teal trousers sits second from left, and a girl in a white dress sits at the far right. 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In the foreground at right, a teenage boy in a white shirt with a blue shoulder patch and a name badge holds a steel tray of curry and wears a red tilak mark and a beaded necklace. Seated boys wear orange, red and checked shirts. No ceremonial figure is clearly visible.2007-05-04A long communal dining hall with a curved tiled roof and ceiling fans, where devotees sit on white plastic chairs at long metal-topped tables eating from steel plates. Many people wear white clothes, including a woman in the foreground in a white sari with a gold border and gold bangles, carrying a steel plate of food. Other attendees in white and cream saris sit eating, while a woman in an orange sari and volunteers in white serve food along the tables during an annadan meal break.2010-07-06A covered dining hall with long tables and white plastic chairs where devotees are being served a meal on steel plates. 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