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A dining hall with white walls, ceiling fans and orange and yellow curtains at the windows. Devotees in white clothes sit and eat at a long table covered with a white cloth with red roses in glass vases and water bottles. A seated man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala is at the table centre. Two standing attendants in white, one with an orange scarf and one with a yellow scarf, carry serving vessels. A framed portrait of a bearded man in orange on the right wall shows a seated figure with a mala.

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October 15 20092009-10-15A photograph of a long communal meal line in an ashram hall with yellow curtains and a red curtain at left. Volunteers in white clothing with yellow shawls serve food from steel bowls along a table covered with a cloth, with water bottles and small steel plates of food set out. Seated diners in white, some with hands pressed together, receive the food. Behind the servers, a man in orange robes and a red shawl stands near the wall, and another figure in orange sits at the back. A small vase with red roses sits on the table. This appears to be an annadan style meal service.2009-10-15October 15 20092009-10-15October 15 20092009-10-15A dining hall with a long table covered in a yellow-patterned cloth, set with steel plates, steel cups and water bottles, with a small red flower arrangement on the table. Seated devotees in white clothes line the left side of the table, while attendants in white with yellow shawls serve food from large steel vessels onto the plates. Red curtains hang at the windows, ceiling fans turn overhead, and a few more people in white and red stand in the background near another serving table.2009-10-15A dining hall with many people seated at round tables covered in yellow floral cloths, eating from steel plates and cups. Most attendees wear white clothes, and a man in the foreground wears a red rose and a rudraksha-style mala. Red and yellow curtains hang at the windows, and a framed portrait on the upper right shows a figure in orange robes and beads, which is a depiction on the wall. A person in orange robes stands at the left edge. Plastic chairs in red and black are arranged around the tables.2009-06-03A long communal dining hall with a white-walled, arched corrugated ceiling and ceiling fans. A long table covered with a yellow floral cloth is set with steel plates, bowls and glasses of water, and people in white clothes sit along the left side eating. Several attendants in white with yellow shawls carry steel trays and serving bowls along the table, and a man in the right foreground in a white kurta with a yellow shawl and rudraksha mala holds a steel bowl. Red curtains hang at the windows. Visible people are about twenty.2009-10-15October 15 20092009-10-15October 15 20092009-10-15A dining hall with white walls, a curved roof, and ceiling fans. Many people in white clothes sit at tables with yellow tablecloths and red chairs, eating from plates. Orange curtains hang at the windows, and a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes hangs on the back wall between the curtains. A woman in an orange sari stands at left, serving or walking among the tables.2009-09-03A communal dining hall with a long red table and seated devotees eating from steel plates. A man in a saffron-orange sleeveless top with a rudraksha mala holds a plate with food at the center of the table, with a long, swept-back hairstyle and a dark rudraksha necklace, appearing as a person candidate. Nearby, a bald man in white clothes and a yellow shawl stands behind the table, and a man in an orange shawl over white dhoti serves from a plate at right. Around the table, roughly two dozen people in white and mixed clothing are seated or standing against white walls with orange curtains, a few with plates and bowls, and a water bottle sits on the table.2010-08-30A photograph of a long dining hall where people sit on one side of a table covered with a white floral-patterned plastic cloth, eating from steel plates and tumblers. Red curtains hang at tall windows, and bottled water, small red roses in vases and steel serving vessels line the table. Several people in plain white kurta-style clothing eat, while attendants in white with yellow shoulder cloths walk along the far side serving food. Ceiling fans hang from a high vaulted roof.2009-10-15