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A photograph of a long canteen-style dining hall with bare grey concrete walls and blue-legged chairs at a steel-topped table. Several men sit eating from steel plates, including a bearded man in saffron-orange robes with long grey hair and a bearded man in white dhoti and shirt. Other saffron-clad men and white-clad attendants stand or sit along the table, while a cameraman in the foreground films with a camcorder and a phone is held nearby. Orange and yellow cloth hangings decorate the wall.

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A row of older men sits at long steel tables in a plain white-walled hall, eating meals from steel plates with metal cups and water bottles nearby. Several wear white dhotis and some have saffron or orange cloth draped over their shoulders or heads, including one with an orange turban. Barred windows line the walls and orange and patterned cloth hangings decorate the ceiling. No one is identified as a person and no such candidate is visible.2011-09-25A photo of a covered, open-sided dining hall where devotees sit at long dark tables eating from metal thali plates of rice, curries and sweets. Many seated men wear white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas and lanyards. Standing and walking among them are attendants in saffron/orange robes serving food and carrying pots, with orange and striped curtains hanging at the back. The scene shows a communal feast, with orange-robed servers moving between tables and no single identifiable central figure presented as a person.2008-12-25A row of men seated at a long steel dining counter eating a meal from stainless steel plates, with water bottles and steel tumblers on the counter. Several men wear orange and saffron cloths over their shoulders, and one man on the left has a red thread on his wrist and a tilak mark on his forehead. A man at the far right in an orange cloth stands behind the counter serving.2011-09-25 +1 copiesA row of shirtless men in orange dhotis sits cross-legged on a bare concrete floor against a blue and cream wall, leaning forward to eat from banana-leaf plates and steel tumblers. The man at right wears a red thread necklace and a red-and-green dhoti border. Others have grey or white hair and beards. Food remnants and small steel cups lie on the floor. A person in white stands at the far left edge.2006-09-23September 15 20152015-09-15 +2 copiesFebruary 15 20132013-02-15 +1 copiesDecember 30 20092009-12-30A long plain dining hall with a grey concrete wall and a metal roof with ceiling fans. Elderly men in orange and white clothes sit on blue plastic chairs at a long steel table, each with a metal plate of food. A man in a white dhoti and shirt walks along the aisle in the foreground, another man in white stands at left, and a man in a checked shirt looks on. Colourful fabric hangings with tassels hang from the ceiling, and a banner with a photo of a saffron-robed figure hangs in the back. A plastic water bottle sits on the table in front.2011-09-09A long row of seated men eats a meal from white paper plates along a covered colonnade with pale yellow walls and a grey floor. Most wear saffron-orange robes or white dhotis, and several have orange turbans or head cloths. In the centre, a barefoot man in a white dhoti and white shawl with a gold-bordered hem carries a metal pot and serves food. A man in a maroon kurta with an orange head wrap also serves along the line. On the right, a bearded elder in white sits beside an orange-robed man. At the far left, a photographer in grey trousers and a light shirt stands taking pictures. Sprigs of food and small cups sit on the plates.2015-10-03 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a long, plain white dining hall with a corrugated metal roof, blue steel trusses and ceiling fans. Blue-framed tables with blue plastic chairs run in two rows. Seated men in saffron and orange robes eat from steel plates, while several standing servers in white and orange clothing carry vessels down the central aisle. Decorative cloth hangings with red, blue and yellow patterns and yellow tassels hang from the walls, and a round wall clock is visible at the back.2011-09-26A photograph of a long hall where many people sit on blue plastic chairs at long metal-topped tables, eating from steel plates and tumblers of water. Several robed figures in saffron and orange clothing, some with white dhotis, stand and walk through the room near serving tables. Ceiling fans hang from a blue steel-framed roof, a wall clock is mounted on the back wall, and decorative colourful cloth-wrapped pillars with orange tassels line the walls. Some seated men wear white dhotis and orange shawls. The scene appears to be a communal meal in an ashram dining hall, with a woman in a white sari serving near the left wall. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly present.2011-09-26