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A dining hall with ceiling fans and fluorescent lights where women in saris queue along a long stainless steel serving counter holding metal thali plates with flatbread and yellow rice. A woman in a green and white sari with a red bindi stands at center, while a woman in a blue sari and another in a green blouse with a mala-like necklace are seated or standing at the counter. Several women wear name badges on their saris. Water bottles sit on the counter.

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December 16 20062006-12-16December 14 20062006-12-14A crowded communal dining hall where women seated at long steel tables eat from metal plates of food, while others stand and serve. A sannyasi in a saffron-orange robe with a long orange head covering and beaded necklace stands at the center-right, appearing to serve or assist. Other attendants wear white, and women wear saris in yellow, blue, orange and purple. Steel serving pots and trays line the counter, under fluorescent lights and ceiling fans.2006-12-16December 16 20062006-12-16A crowded indoor dining hall where many women queue with stainless steel plates for a meal service. Several women in white and cream saris and salwar kameez stand in a line near a serving counter, while a woman in an orange sari and gold necklace sits in the foreground holding a plate. Another woman in a white sari with glasses sits at a table with papers. Ceiling fans, pink tiled walls and fluorescent lights are visible.2006-12-14Indoor dining hall at a large event where a long queue of women in sarees and salwar kameez waits along a steel serving counter. In front, a woman in a pink saree with gold border holds her palms together in namaste, and a woman in a cream saree with blue floral pattern stands behind her. Several attendees wear name badges. Others sit at tables with steel plates of food. A man in white dhoti-style clothing with an orange cloth over his shoulder walks at the left edge. Pillars and tiled walls frame the room.2006-12-15A large dining hall at a convention in Avadi, Chennai, where women and some men sit along long steel serving counters eating from metal plates and bowls under ceiling fans and fluorescent lights. In the foreground, an older woman with grey hair wears a pale peach sari and another in a light blue sari sits at the counter. Further back, a few people in saffron and orange garments move through the hall, and a man in a white shirt stands at the right edge. The walls are tiled in pinkish-brown and the room is busy with attendees being served a meal.2006-12-16 +1 copiesA dining hall photograph showing women seated at long metal tables eating from steel thali plates with yellow rice, dal and flatbread. In the foreground a woman in a beige and blue patterned sari eats, next to a woman in a white sari with a light blue blouse and red bindi who gestures while eating, and a woman in a white sari with a black beaded necklace. Behind them an older woman with grey hair wears a lavender top and carries a bag. Other diners and staff in white and pastel saris fill the tiled hall with pink walls and ceiling fans. Some attendees wear name badges. A water bottle sits on the table.2006-12-16December 14 20062006-12-14A long steel-topped dining hall where many women and girls sit at a single row of tables eating from round stainless steel thalis of yellow rice and flatbread. In the foreground a young woman in a white top and a gray-haired woman in a pink floral blouse with green bangles eat with their right hands. Others in white salwar and saffron-yellow saris sit along the table, and more people stand or walk in the background under ceiling fans. Pink-tiled walls and pillars frame the hall.2006-12-16A dining hall at a person Spurana convention, with women seated at long stainless-steel tables eating flatbread and curry from round steel plates. In the foreground, a woman in a beige sari with a green-and-pink border and a dark beaded necklace holds a plate of yellow curry and bread. Beside her, a woman in a cream sari with a brown border and a dark mala looks toward the camera while eating. Further right, a woman in a teal top and white dupatta eats with her hand, and another woman in a blue top sits nearby. Behind them, more women in saris and salwar kameez stand and sit around steel vessels, and a pink tiled pillar and wall frame the room. No swami is visible.2006-12-16December 16 20062006-12-16