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A photograph of a long dining hall with rows of people seated at metal-legged tables, eating from green banana-leaf plates with cups beside them. Several people in the foreground wear white and light-coloured clothing; a man in the centre walks between the rows wearing a white dhoti with an orange-red thread at the waist, appearing to serve or attend. Barred windows line the left wall and the floor is pale tile. Other figures stand near the back, and the scene resembles a community meal at a ritual or ashram-style annadan.

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A dining hall with long rows of tables and chairs where people sit eating from green banana leaves set on the tables, with plastic cups beside each place. Men and women in white clothes, including white dhotis and white saris, are seated along both sides. Several attendants in white dhotis walk the aisles, carrying steel vessels to serve food. One attendant stands at the right holding a steel pot. A seated person in a wheelchair is at the far right. Barred windows, tiled walls and a framed picture on the back wall are visible.A dim hall with pale blue walls and a wooden door shows men eating a meal seated at long tables covered with pink cloth. Diners sit on banana leaves holding rice, curry and fried items, with steel tumblers set between them. A standing server in a checked shirt on the left and another standing man in a grey shirt in the background attend to the diners. Most seated men wear white shirts or white dhotis, while others wear yellow-orange or checked shirts. A young boy in a white shirt eats in the lower right corner. Several other diners are visible along the far table.Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a long dining hall with blue-painted walls and barred windows, where women in saris sit on folding chairs at long dark tables eating from leaf plates. A line of women in colourful saris, some in red, blue and pink, stands along the right side waiting to be served. Several seated women wear yellow, purple and red garments, and a woman in a purple blouse with a white border sits near the centre. Framed pictures hang on the back wall. The scene suggests a communal meal, a common annadan style service.Annadhan in 20092009-01-01 +2 copiesJanuary 12 20072007-01-122003 -Glimpses From Various ProgramsMen seated on long rows of benches in a plain, pale green hall with a corrugated roof and columns, eating a communal meal from banana leaves. The foreground man in the front right wears a grey cap, white shirt and a wristwatch, eating with his right hand from a leaf holding rice and a small mound of condiments. Another man in a white shirt sits beside him, while more diners in white and blue shirts line the tables behind them. A man in white at the left edge serves from a large metal pan of food, and steel tumblers of water sit along the table.ADIKAILASA on 1/1/20042004-01-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20122012-01-01 +3 copiesMen sit cross-legged in long rows on a tiled hall floor, eating from green banana leaves set before them. Most wear white dhotis and white shirts, one man in the foreground wears a cream kurta, and a few wear saffron or orange clothing. A woman in a white sari with gold border walks between the rows carrying a large steel vessel. Plates hold rice, sweets and cut fruit, and small paper cups stand beside the leaves. In the background a stage has red curtains and an ornate deity backdrop. This is an annadhan community meal.2013-01-01A photograph of a dining hall with a long green-topped table lined with devotees seated on benches, eating from banana leaves set with rice and food. A woman in a pale yellow sari with a long braid stands at left serving, and another server in a white and gold-bordered sari carries a steel vessel. Several seated men wear white shirts and white dhotis, and a man at lower right in a white shirt wears a dark rudraksha-style mala. Whitewashed walls, arched windows, wooden shutters and a ceiling fan frame the room. A date stamp reads 24 12 2005.2005-12-25