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Indoor dining hall with a tiled floor, white walls and ceiling fans. Several people sit at long stainless steel tables on white plastic chairs eating from steel plates. A man in a white shirt and black trousers at left carries a steel tray and cup. A woman in white with an orange shawl and a bead necklace stands centre-right, and other men in white clothes are seated or moving in the background. The scene looks like a communal meal service.

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July 06 20102010-07-06A 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.2010-07-06July 06 20102010-07-06A photograph of a large hall where many men in white shirts and white dhotis sit at long dark tables eating a meal from steel plates, with steel tumblers on the tables. White and blue plastic chairs line the tables, and a few people stand and walk along the room, including a figure in orange near the back. Ceiling fans hang beneath an arched roof, and red-framed windows with a plant outside are along the right wall. This is a community annadan meal break with volunteers and devotees.2010-07-06December 25 20082008-12-25A long communal dining hall with a curved tiled roof and ceiling fans, where devotees sit on white plastic chairs at long metal-topped tables eating from steel plates. Many people wear white clothes, including a woman in the foreground in a white sari with a gold border and gold bangles, carrying a steel plate of food. Other attendees in white and cream saris sit eating, while a woman in an orange sari and volunteers in white serve food along the tables during an annadan meal break.2010-07-06A dining hall during a communal meal break. Long rows of metal tables with white plastic and yellow chairs are filled with people eating from steel plates. Most diners wear white clothing, and several older men on the right wear white shirts and dhotis. Volunteers in white garments move along the back and serve food near a counter. Some women in saffron and orange saris stand by the serving area. Steel tumblers sit on the tables. The wall shows a small purple bird logo in the corner.2010-07-06A photograph of a long dining hall where people sit at rows of grey metal tables eating a meal from steel plates. Most diners wear white clothing, including white shirts and white dhoti-style garments. A woman in a purple and gold sari sits at the far table, and a long-haired woman in white is in the lower foreground with a steel plate of food. Plastic chairs in blue and beige line the tables, and the tiled floor runs along the left. Steel plates hold rice and curry, and some diners have small booklets on the table. The room has plain white walls and barred windows.2010-07-06A photograph of a large dining hall during an annadan meal, with long metal-topped tables and white plastic and wooden chairs arranged in rows. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis sit eating from metal plates, with steel cups set on the tables. Several people in white and saffron-coloured clothing serve food and move about near a serving counter at the back. Ceiling fans hang from a corrugated roof, and large windows with red frames line the walls.2010-07-06December 15 20062006-12-15A large, plain dining hall with cream walls, a corrugated metal roof, ceiling fans and tall windows. Many people in white clothes sit at long dark tables on white plastic chairs eating from steel plates, with small steel tumblers and a book on the table. A man in a white shirt stands in the background, and a woman in white at left has a small microphone clipped to her collar. The scene is an ashram-style communal meal, with a rack of clothes visible on a railing at the back.2004-05-05A photograph of a large dining hall with white walls, ceiling fans and tall windows, where many people sit at long metal-topped tables with plastic chairs eating from steel plates. Most diners wear white shirts, and some wear light blue or patterned clothes; a woman in a red sari sits at the left. Several standing attendants in white shirts move between the tables and a serving counter at the back, carrying food and bowls, as people serve a communal meal.2010-07-07