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Outdoor crowd gathered in front of a whitewashed building with a corrugated roof and a wall-mounted exhaust fan. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt bends forward and touches a large round silver metal vessel with a lid, while a woman in a white sari with a patterned border leans in beside him. Nearby women wear saris and gold bangles, and one woman in a cream sari has a dark beaded mala around her neck. Many onlookers stand behind them, some in white and pastel clothing. The scene appears to be a devotional gathering at an ashram.

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December 15 20062006-12-15A busy communal kitchen during a large event. A woman in an orange saffron sari with an orange head wrap stands center-left, smiling and serving food from a steel bowl to people in line. Around her, devotees in white kurtas and white dresses, some with orange scarves and lanyards, wait and help. Steel cooking vessels and serving counters line the left side, and pink tiled walls with notices stand behind. Many women with long braids in white, yellow, pink and orange saris fill the foreground and background. Several people appear to be serving or organizing the meal. The woman in orange is not clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no identification is claimed.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A kitchen serving line at an event hall, with steel vessels and cooking pots behind the counter. A smiling woman in an orange saffron sari with an orange head wrap serves food from a steel bowl to the people in front of her. Men and women in white clothes stand around the line, several wearing orange shawls and lanyards with ID badges. Women in white and pastel saris with long braids watch and wait. A pink tiled wall and a small notice are visible in the background.2006-12-15A photograph of a communal lunch serving under a bamboo-roofed open pavilion. In the foreground a man in white shirt wears a long rudraksha mala and holds a plate. Women in white saris and dark blouses ladle rice and curry from steel pots and bowls into plates held by serving staff. Men and women in white and cream clothing stand and move in the background among the food counter and steel vessels.2006-10-07December 15 20062006-12-15A crowded indoor kitchen or dining hall with stainless steel vessels and steel plates on a counter in the foreground. Many women and men stand close together, several women in colourful sarees with long braided hair, and a few in white tops. A man in a white shirt and a man in orange clothing stand near the center, and a figure with an orange head covering and orange garment is near the middle. Pink tiled walls and fluorescent ceiling lights frame the scene.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A large crowd of devotees fills a tented hall, many with arms raised and hands clapping in celebration. In the foreground, women with long braided hair face away from the camera; one wears a white top, another a cream sari, and a third a gold-bordered orange and white sari. Others wear white and pastel salwar or saris. Overhead, blue tent fabric and lights frame the gathering. No individual is identifiable as a person in this view.2006-12-14December 15 20062006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15