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A long dining hall with rows of white tables where people, including children and older women, sit eating from green banana leaves with small cups of drink. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and dhoti with an orange shawl stands at left. At centre, a figure in an orange-gold dhoti and shawl with a large gold necklace and a long garland of beads walks between the tables, smiling; a person candidate with ornate gold and bead adornments. Several monastic figures in saffron and orange robes stand along the room, and a painted deity backdrop with a decorated stage sits behind. Multicolour pillar decorations and orange drapes hang from the ceiling.

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Annadhan in 20132013-01-01Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph in a bright hall with cream tiled floor and hanging orange and red tassel decorations. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a red shawl points toward a central figure in saffron-orange robes with a long brown-beaded garland and a gold pendant, who smiles broadly. Beside him, a woman in red sari and a red-clothed attendant stand near a bald man in orange robes. Along a long white table on the right, several men sit eating from green banana leaves with paper cups. Standing onlookers in white dhotis and shirts watch from the back. A green plastic crate sits on the floor. The scene suggests a wedding feast and seems to be a meal service.2013-09-16A wedding feast in a large hall with white tables and cream plastic chairs, where diners eat from banana leaves set on the tables. Several people in the foreground sit eating, including a man in a striped beige shirt and a man in white shirt. In the middle of the room, four people in saffron and orange robes stand talking together; one tall man wears a gold-coloured shawl and a rudraksha-style mala, and another wears a bead mala and an orange wrap. Colourful striped decorative hangings and orange pennants hang from the ceiling, and a deity display with figures is visible at the back right. A man in a red shawl stands at the left edge. The audience is seated at tables along the room.2013-09-16Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +3 copiesA monk in saffron robes and an orange turban serves food at a long communal dining hall, where rows of seated devotees eat from banana leaves set on tables. Red plastic chairs line the tables, and white-clad volunteers move along the aisles. A saffron-clad server in the foreground, wearing gloves, places rice onto leaves before a row of women in saffron-and-white saris, some with gold bangles and necklaces. The setting suggests an annadan meal at an ashram or temple hall.2007-12-12December 26 20082008-12-26A photograph inside a large hall with pink-tinted lighting and a dark red curtain backdrop. A man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a rust-red dhoti and shawl with a gold-toned waist sash and a gold necklace, walks down a striped rug runner between two rows of people. On the left, several women in white saris with red borders press their palms together in greeting. On the right, a line of robed sannyasis in saffron and rust-red garments stand with joined hands beside long rows of banana-leaf offerings laid with food and small metal cups. Behind them, more people in white stand in the hall. Nearby, a steel tray sits on the floor, consistent with a naivedyam offering.2017-08-14June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesA photograph of a formal meal in a hall with a red patterned carpet. A central figure in a rust-orange robe with a rudraksha mala sits on a white ornate chair before a white-draped table holding a silver bowl, while a gold throne backed by a red cushion stands behind. Two long rows of seated people in orange and rust-coloured robes eat from banana-leaf-style plates of rice and vegetables on low wooden platforms, with water glasses beside them. A woman in white stands at the left edge. The scene reads as an annadan-style communal meal. Probable Swamiji is seated in the centre, identified by his long hair, orange robe and mala necklace, with his role as the figure presiding over the meal.2014-01-22