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Photograph of a large communal dining hall with rows of tables and chairs, where many seated diners are being served. In the foreground a man in an orange turban and sleeveless orange robe, with long dark hair and a red-orange wrap, pours food from a steel bucket onto a banana leaf on a table. Beside him a man with a shaved head wears white clothing and an orange shawl with a round badge. Blurred figures in white dhotis pass by on the left, and people in white and saffron-coloured saris and shirts sit at the tables. White pillars and a white ceiling frame the hall. Several people in the background are standing and dining.

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December 12 20072007-12-12Photograph of a large white hall with rows of grey tables and red chairs where many seated people are eating a meal. In the foreground a man in an orange dhoti-style wrap, orange shawl, orange turban and rudraksha mala serves food from a steel pot with a ladle while wearing clear plastic gloves. Beside him a young man in white with an orange shawl and a yellow rosette holds the pot, and a woman in a red blouse receives food. Several sari-clad women and men in white clothes sit or stand in the background. The orange-clad server has long swept-back hair and matches appearance cues for a person serving annadan, though identity is uncertain.2007-12-12A large indoor dining hall with white walls and upper balconies where many people are seated at long steel tables eating from green banana leaves. In the foreground, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange turban, an orange-saffron robe and a long rudraksha mala, carrying a steel bucket. Behind him, men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing orange shawls, serve food and sit eating. Women in saris and salwar kameez move through the background. Steel tumblers and a silver container sit on the tables. a person (orange turban, long hair, rudraksha mala and saffron robe) stands among the volunteers serving a community meal (annadan).2007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12Large hall of an annadan-style communal meal with rows of red chairs and long tables. In the foreground a man with long dark hair, a bright orange turban and an orange sleeveless top serves food from a steel pot to a seated elderly woman in a maroon sari holding a steel plate. Beside him a bald young man in white with an orange shawl holds a ladle. Other seated diners in white and a woman in a turquoise salwar kameez fill the background, with a staff member in white shirt and lanyard at right. Visible cues on the server in orange with turban and long hair are present but not sufficient for a confident identification.2007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12Photo of a large annadan meal hall with many seated guests at red chairs and long tables with banana-leaf plates. A person in saffron-orange robes, an orange turban, long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala smiles while serving from a steel pot with a ladle, wearing clear plastic gloves. Beside them a young man in white with an orange sash and rosette holds a steel pail. Probable Swamiji (in-person candidate: saffron-orange robes, orange turban, long hair, rudraksha mala). Crowd of white-clad volunteers and guests fills the background.2007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12A dining hall serving meal at long tables covered with green banana leaf plates holding dosas and idli. In the centre, a monastic in a long orange robe with long hair stands at the serving table holding a ladle over a steel pot of sambar, while a man in orange with shoulder-length hair serves dosa onto a steel plate. A man in white with a red-orange shawl and a bare-headed older man in white with rudraksha malas stand nearby. Seated diners in white, blue and pink saris and white shirts eat from the leaves. Many more people stand in the background, dressed in white and orange.2009-02-10 +2 copiesDecember 15 20062006-12-15December 12 20072007-12-12