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A dining hall with long metal tables and red plastic chairs, where people are serving a meal onto banana leaves. In the centre, a man with long swept-back hair wears an orange turban and a sleeveless red top under an orange dhoti-style cloth, and he stands at a table ladling food from a steel bucket. Nearby, a man in a white shirt and a man in a light blue shirt also work at the tables. Several people in white garments with orange stoles and orange garlands stand or sit along the tables, and a shaved-headed man in white with an orange shawl is visible on the right. Some banana leaves are already set with food.

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A large indoor hall during a communal meal service. Seated devotees in white dhotis and shirts eat from green banana leaves laid on long steel-topped tables, with rice served. A man in an orange-saffron robe with a matching orange turban, long hair and bare feet walks through the aisle carrying a steel bowl, while other attendants in orange shawls and white clothes serve food from steel buckets. Standing observers in white kurtas and lanyards watch, and one person holds a camera. The scene reads as an annadan or prasadam distribution during a satsang programme.2007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12A large hall serves a communal meal to seated devotees at long tables with red plastic chairs. In the foreground a man in an orange turban, orange robe and rudraksha mala holds a steel ladle and serves rice onto a green banana leaf, while wearing clear plastic gloves. Beside him a man in white shirt and an orange shawl stands at a steel serving pot. Many seated men and women, including women in sarees and a woman in a white sari, receive food on banana leaves set with rice, sides and water glasses.2007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12A large hall with white walls and high windows where a communal meal is being served on long rows of tables. Many seated people eat from green banana-leaf plates, and servers in white shirts and mundus walk along the rows serving rice from steel pots. In the foreground a saffron-clad sannyasi with long hair and an orange turban carries a steel pot and serves rice, while another man in white with an orange shawl stands at right beside the tables. Dozens of attendees in white and mixed clothing sit throughout the hall, consistent with an annadan feeding event.2007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12A large indoor dining hall with rows of tables covered in green banana leaves, where people are served food. In the foreground a figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban, with long hair and gloved hands, serves rice from a steel vessel onto a leaf. Women seated at the tables, one wearing a white sari with a red border and another in a pale patterned sari, watch or receive food. Men in white shirts and dhotis, some with orange shawls, stand and sit along the room, and a steel bucket sits on the floor. The hall has white columns and windows, with many people visible in the background.2007-12-12A large white hall with upper gallery railings where a long dining event is underway, with rows of red plastic chairs and long tables set with green banana-leaf plates. In the centre, a man with a bright orange turban, orange robe, long rudraksha mala and white gloves serves food from a steel pot onto plates. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in white with an orange shawl and another in white with an orange shawl stand nearby, while a man in a white shirt and dark trousers gestures to the side.2007-12-12A large indoor hall during a communal meal service. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes, a matching orange turban and a rudraksha mala serves food from a steel bucket onto banana leaves laid along rows of seated women in cotton saris. The seated diners, mostly women in pastel and white clothing, eat from leaves with metal cups beside them. A young man in white with an orange shawl stands to the right, palms pressed together. Behind them, many more people in white and blue move through the hall under ceiling lights, and rows of red plastic chairs line the tables.2007-12-12A large indoor hall with white pillars and balconies serves a community meal to rows of seated devotees on red plastic chairs at long tables covered with green banana leaves. A man in a tall orange turban, long hair and orange robes with a rudraksha mala serves rice from a steel pot. Beside him, a man in an orange shawl over white clothes holds a silver tray of rice, and another man with an orange shawl and a garland-like ribbon stands nearby. Several women in white saris with red borders are seated, and about forty people are visible.2007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12