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A crowded indoor room with pale pink walls where devotees in orange shawls and orange caps gather around a table. A woman in a dark jacket and blue headband carries a silver tray, and an older woman with white hair wears an orange shawl and a name badge. A man in a clear plastic rain cover stands in the foreground. Framed colourful religious prints hang on the walls, including a mountain temple scene at upper left, and a chandelier and a small television sit above. Strings of marigold-style garlands decorate the right wall.

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June 30 20082008-06-30June 30 20082008-06-30 +1 copiesIndoor dining hall with yellow walls, an orange-and-cream ceiling, a glass chandelier and ceiling fans. Many people, mostly men in white kurtas or saffron-orange shawls, sit at low tables eating from steel plates and bowls, while others in white and orange stand and serve food. A tall beige pillar stands in the centre. A bald man in a grey jacket holds a steel thali with food on the right. Framed religious pictures hang on the walls, a red fire extinguisher is mounted nearby, and a sign reads KITCHEN beside an open doorway.2008-06-30 +1 copiesIndoor photo of devotees queuing for a meal in a covered hall with pink-and-green painted columns, a crystal chandelier and wooden framed windows. Several people wear orange shawls. In the foreground a woman in a light blue patterned dress and orange scarf holds a steel plate with small bowls. Behind a serving counter, a woman in an orange scarf and orange outfit ladles food from a steel pot. A woman in tan top and white trousers and a barefoot man in beige clothes stand nearby, and a figure in white stands at the left edge. No one is identifiable as a person.2008-07-02June 30 20082008-06-30July 01 20082008-07-01Women and men in orange scarves serve a dinner buffet from steel pots with lids at a counter in an interior with white walls, green and pink floral painted pillars and wooden doors. A woman in a pale blue dress on the left holds a steel plate of food, while a curly-haired woman in a rust-coloured top and orange scarf on the right smiles beside a woman in white with a rudraksha mala serving rice. A framed photograph of a sannyasi in orange robes is visible in the background, but he is a depiction and no identity is claimed.2008-07-02October 23 20122012-10-23A crowded indoor hall with yellow walls and orange-trimmed ceiling, lit by a chandelier and ceiling fans. Many people, mostly women, stand and mingle wearing orange shawls over their clothes; one woman in the foreground holds food to her mouth. A man at the right wears an orange shawl and a bald man appears in the background. Framed pictures hang on the walls, a fire extinguisher is mounted near a doorway, and a yellow curtain covers a window at left.2008-06-29July 08 20082008-07-08A photograph of a dining hall where devotees are seated at brown plastic-topped tables eating a meal from white paper plates. Many people wear orange shawls or scarves; a woman in a mustard-yellow salwar kameez and a man in a white kurta sit at the foreground table, and a woman in a maroon-and-purple sari sits at the right. Standing devotees in white kurtas with orange stoles serve and mingle near a steel pot and a stainless steel jug on the tables. An orange-and-cream wall, a microwave on a side counter and barred windows frame the room. Several people stand near the back, one in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and orange stole, and a standing figure in a red stole and orange cap at the back-left.2009-10-12A food service line inside a pink-walled hall with glass display cabinets holding brass and gold ritual objects. Several women serve food from large steel pots and trays onto stacks of small steel bowls on a colourful patterned cloth. A woman in a grey cardigan and white dhoti wears plastic gloves and ladles from a pot. A woman in an orange-bordered sari and cream shawl holds a steel plate. A woman in a white top with a grey-streaked ponytail stands beside them. A man in white kurta and yellow shawl stands at the back by a gold-framed display. Annadan style meal distribution.2010-12-27