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A photo of a large, bright hall with white walls, arched ceiling, ceiling fans and orange and red curtains, where people sit at long tables eating a meal. Most seated diners and standing attendants wear white clothing, including white kurtas and pants, with a woman in a red long dress walking between tables. Steel serving containers sit on the right side and tables are covered with patterned cloths. The scene looks like a communal dining hall meal (annadan) at the ashram.

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A photograph of a bright, white-walled dining hall with a curved corrugated roof and ceiling fans. Groups of people sit at tables covered with white floral cloths, eating from steel plates and drinking from cups. Red and black chairs are arranged around the tables. Orange curtains hang at the windows. Several people wear white clothing, a woman in a teal salwar kameez sits at the centre, and a woman in a pink sari is seated nearby. A bald man in white stands in the background near the tables, and a framed picture hangs on the wall. The scene resembles an ashram canteen during a meal.2011-07-01 +1 copiesA dining hall with white walls, a vaulted ceiling and ceiling fans. Many people sit at tables with yellow and white cloths and red chairs, eating meals. Several women in white and cream saris and salwar tunics serve or walk between tables, and one woman wears a green shawl. Yellow curtains hang at the windows and a framed picture of a deity hangs on the back wall. Some diners wear white, others orange or pink.2009-08-21A photograph of a large hall with a arched corrugated roof, ceiling fans and yellow curtains, where many people in white clothing gather around tables set with steel plates and a small red flower on one table. In the foreground a woman in an orange and red patterned top gestures while seated at a table, and a blonde woman in white sits in a red chair. Other people in white shirts and red and orange garments move between tables and chairs, with red window curtains along the walls. The setting looks like a communal lunch or meal hall at the ashram.2009-07-09A large, bright dining hall with white walls, exposed steel roof trusses and ceiling fans, where many people sit at round tables covered with floral-patterned cloths and white chairs eating from steel thalis. Many attendees wear white clothing, including white dhotis and kurtas and a woman in a white head-covering, while a few wear saffron-coloured or green sarees. In the foreground at right, a man in white stands at a long serving counter stacked with steel vessels of food. Orange curtains hang at the windows and the room is busy with people moving between tables, consistent with an annadan-style communal meal.2009-12-10Interior of a large hall with a curved corrugated metal roof, ceiling fans, red curtains and yellow patterned tablecloths on folding tables. Many people sit and stand among the tables, most dressed in white, with some in orange and saffron clothing and a woman in a grey shawl at right. A woman in a white outfit with a dark bag at her feet sits in the foreground, and a person in an orange top sits nearby. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2009-06-01A large dining hall with an arched corrugated roof and ceiling fans, filled with participants seated at long tables covered in yellow cloths and set with steel thalis and small bowls. Many people wear white clothing with yellow or saffron cords and beads around their necks, and several sit eating from the plates. Red curtains hang at the windows and a wall picture of a deity is visible at left. Staff in white move between the tables, and a bald man in a white shirt sits at a table near the centre-right, with a rudraksha mala visible on one man in the foreground. Many people are visible across the hall.2009-11-18Wide view of a large hall with a vaulted corrugated roof and ceiling fans, where many people sit at long tables covered with yellow cloths eating a meal from steel plates. Most men wear white shirts and dhotis, women wear sarees, and several attendants in white walk between the tables. Red and orange curtains hang on the walls, and a framed picture hangs above a window. Dozens of diners are visible in an annadan-style communal meal setting at the ashram.2009-09-06December 17 20092009-12-17July 05 20092009-07-05July 05 20092009-07-05A large white-walled dining hall with an arched roof, ceiling fans, and red and orange curtains at tall windows. Many people in white clothes sit at round tables covered with yellow cloths, eating from steel plates and thali-style trays on red chairs. Some attendees wear yellow lanyards and white head coverings. Staff in white shirts carry food and stand near steel containers at a serving counter on the left. The atmosphere is an organised communal meal, with participants seated closely together.2009-11-18November 19 20092009-11-19