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Long rows of seated devotees eat a festive meal from banana leaves on long tables inside a white tented hall with decorative striped pillars and a maroon stage curtain. Many people wear white dhotis and shirts with garlands, while women wear sarees in purple, maroon and orange. Leaves hold bananas, sweets and savouries, and water cups sit along the tables. A central aisle leads toward the stage where a few people in white and orange stand.

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December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26A long marriage feast in a white tented hall with a dark maroon stage curtain at the far end. Rows of guests sit on white chairs at long green-topped tables, each set with a banana leaf holding bananas, orange sweets and other food, plus white cups. Many seated men wear white dhotis and shirts, and several have garlands of flowers around their necks. Women wear saris in green, orange and maroon. Figures in saffron robes and white attire stand and move along the central aisle, and a figure in white stands near the stage. Colourful hanging tassels and decorated pillars line the tent.2008-12-26A long white-roofed dining hall set with rows of tables covered in green cloths and banana-leaf plates of food, with many people seated on white plastic chairs eating. Colourful decorative hanging cylinders with yellow tassels hang from the ceiling. A woman in a white sari walks down the central aisle between the tables, and a man in a white shirt stands near the middle. At the far end is a dark maroon curtain backdrop on a stage area. Several seated women wear purple and maroon saris, and a man in a white dhoti stands at the right edge. Setting appears to be a marriage-feast lunch in an event tent.2008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26 +1 copiesDecember 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26A large hall set for a communal meal, with long rows of white plastic chairs and green tables covered with banana-leaf plates and cups. Many seated people eat, most in white clothes, while a woman in the foreground wears an orange sari and sits with her back to the camera. Standing attendants in white move among the tables. At the far right, a figure in orange stands near a raised stage with a blue-draped platform. Colourful tasselled bunting hangs from the ceiling and a dark curtain backs the stage. A logo appears in the upper left corner.2008-12-26A large white tented dining hall during a feast, with long rows of tables covered in green banana-leaf plates heaped with food and small cups. Thin lines of seated diners, mostly women in cream and white saris and purple sarees, eat on both sides of a central aisle. Staff in white clothes walk between the rows, and a woman in a white sari walks down the middle. Colourful striped decorative hangings with yellow tassels line the ceiling above, and a dark maroon curtained stage stands at the far end. Speakers and a blue drape sit at the right edge.2008-12-26A large white tented hall set up as a communal dining space, with long tables covered in green cloth and banana-leaf meals, and many seated people eating. Colourful painted cylindrical hangings with yellow fringes hang from the tent ceiling. Along the central aisle, people in white and cream clothes, including women in white saris with gold borders, walk and serve. A dark maroon curtain with gold trim stands at the far stage end. Attendees wear white, cream and pastel tones.2008-12-26A large white tented hall set for a communal meal, with long tables covered in green cloth and rows of seated diners eating from banana-leaf-style plates with cups. Decorative hanging pillars with blue, red and yellow geometric and animal motifs and gold tassels hang from the tent ceiling. Women in white and cream sarees with gold borders and a woman in purple saree sit at the tables. Staff in white clothing walk the central aisle, and a dark maroon curtain backdrop stands at the far end of the hall near a stage.2008-12-26