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A large white-walled dining hall with exposed steel roof trusses and ceiling fans. Many seated people sit at long stainless-steel tables eating from metal plates, with several pressing their palms together in prayer before eating. Most wear orange or yellow shawls over white or light clothing. A small shrine on the back wall holds a framed portrait and a purple cloth with flowers. Steel pots and bowls sit on a serving counter at left. Blue plastic chairs line the tables. No identifiable a person is visible.

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November 06 20082008-11-06November 06 20082008-11-06Interior of a large, plain dining hall with white walls, exposed metal roof trusses and ceiling fans. Rows of metal tables with white and blue plastic chairs hold steel plates of food. Many people sit with palms pressed together in prayer before their meals, most in orange or saffron robes, while others wear white dhotis or a green top. A standing server in orange and white stands near a counter of large steel pots at the back right. Two wall-mounted speakers and a few small posters hang on the walls.2008-11-06A large, plain dining hall with white walls, exposed roof trusses and ceiling fans. Long metal tables with blue and white plastic chairs are filled with seated people, most in orange or saffron robes and white dhotis, many with palms pressed together in prayer before steel plates of food. In the background a man in an orange robe stands at a serving counter with steel pots. Several posters hang on the far wall, and a decorative painted border runs along the right edge. The scene resembles a communal meal before eating.2008-11-06A dining hall at an ashram with long stainless-steel tables and benches where people eat from steel thalis. Devotees in white kurtas and orange shawls sit in rows, with a woman in a yellow shawl in the right foreground eating from a plate. A man in an orange robe sits at a table in the centre-background, and a white-clad attendant stands near the doorway. Ceiling fans hang from exposed metal trusses and tall windows light the room.2008-11-06A photo of a large dining hall with white walls, metal ceiling trusses and ceiling fans, where many people sit at long metal-topped tables on blue and white plastic chairs. Most diners have their palms pressed together in prayer before their steel plates of food. Several men in saffron-orange robes sit at the right, and women wear white saris with orange or yellow shawls. Stainless steel pots sit on a side table, and small posters hang on the wall.2008-11-06Ashram dining hall with long steel tables where many people sit eating lunch from stainless steel thali plates. Most diners wear white kurta-style clothing with orange saffron shawls or stoles. A woman in a white top and yellow shawl carries a steel tray between the tables, and a man in orange stands at the back near the wall. Ceiling fans and metal roof trusses hang above, with posters and a speaker on the side walls.2008-11-06November 06 20082008-11-06A dining hall at an ashram with white walls, exposed roof trusses and ceiling fans. On the back wall, a framed portrait of a long-haired figure in ornate clothing and garlands sits on a purple cloth beside flowers and a red painted border. Several people sit at steel tables with metal plates of food, hands pressed in prayer. A monk in orange robes with a shaved head sits at the centre, and another bearded monk in orange sits beside him. Women in white saris with orange shawls and a girl with a long braid sit nearby. Empty tables and blue chairs fill the rear of the room. Posters are pinned on the walls.2008-11-06November 06 20082008-11-06A photograph of a large hall with a curved arched roof and ceiling fans, where many people in white clothes sit at long metal tables eating from steel plates on plastic and wooden chairs. Most diners wear white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, with a few women in white or light saris among them. Servers in white stand near a serving counter at the back left, and windows line the right wall.2010-07-06A large plain white hall with a high ceiling, exposed steel roof trusses and ceiling fans, where many people sit at long rows of metal tables with blue and white plastic chairs eating meals from plates. Most seated people wear saffron-orange cloth, and several wear white clothing. Sunlight comes through a row of windows on the left. No individual is clearly identifiable as a specific person, so no a person candidate is described.2008-11-06