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Indoor event in a tented hall with white ceiling, hanging colourful striped pillars and ceiling fans. Along the back, a painted backdrop shows a deity murti in an arched frame amid trees, with a long offering table of fruit and flowers. Two women in orange robes stand at the centre, one holding a microphone. Seated guests at long tables covered with lace cloths and banana leaves wear orange and white clothing, and several men in white shirts and orange shawls stand or move among them. Water bottles and small metal bowls sit on the tables.

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December 30 20092009-12-30A large tented hall decorated with tall cylindrical hanging banners in yellow, red, blue and multicolour patterns, with white ceiling fabric and ceiling fans. Long rows of white chairs line tables set with banana-leaf plates for a communal meal. Seated people in orange and saffron robes eat, while people in white dhotis and orange shawls, and a woman in an orange sari, carry vessels and serve food along the aisles. A woman in white and red sari holds a steel pot. Devotees in white and orange move through the hall.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30A long dining hall during a communal meal. Seated sannyasis in orange and saffron robes eat from banana leaves laid on tables covered with floral cloths, with steel bowls, water bottles and plates of rice and vegetables. In the foreground a bearded man with long grey hair wears an orange shawl and drinks from a plastic bottle. Standing servers in white dhoti and shirt move along the tables, one carrying a vessel. Hanging colourful cloth bunting, white ceiling fans and a wall clock decorate the hall, with a photographer in white visible at right.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30A large hall set for a communal meal with long tables covered in green banana-leaf plates and steel bowls, water bottles placed along the cloths. Seated diners in orange and saffron robes and one in a yellow-orange turban sit on white plastic chairs. A standing man in orange robes and a woman in a long orange garment with long dark hair and a dark beaded mala serve food from a steel bowl. Painted pillars with elephant motifs, white ceiling canopy, and ceiling fans frame the room. Several people are visible in the background and a bare-backed man in the lower right corner.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30Indoor hall under a white tent with decorative hanging panels in blue, red and yellow, and ceiling fans. A long table covered with a floral cloth holds banana leaves, small steel bowls and water bottles, with seated saffron-robed devotees on the left. A man with long dark hair and a mala wears an orange robe and pours from a steel vessel into a bowl, while a second saffron-robed figure stands beside him. On the right, a white-bearded elderly man in orange and a white-clad man in a necklace watch. Right and left edges show several more people in orange and white clothing.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30