A photograph of a large dining hall with long stainless-steel serving tables where many men sit eating from white plates. In the foreground, a man in a dark striped shirt eats while men in white shirts and white dhotis stand in a queue on the right, waiting to be served. Pillars, ceiling fans and barred windows fill the background. Light is dim and the room is crowded with seated diners. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a large dining hall with long stainless-steel serving tables where many men sit eating from white plates. In the foreground, a man in a dark striped shirt eats while men in white shirts and white dhotis stand in a queue on the right, waiting to be served. Pillars, ceiling fans and barred windows fill the background. Light is dim and the room is crowded with seated diners.

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A large indoor dining hall with rows of seated men eating from metal plates on long tables, with ceiling fans and tube lights overhead and square pillars along the room. Most diners wear white shirts and white dhotis, while some wear checked or striped shirts. A man in a striped shirt and white dhoti walks down the central aisle carrying a plate. A man in the foreground at right wears a striped shirt, and another in a blue shirt stands at the right edge.

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A long dining hall with grey tiled floor and pillars, where many men in white shirts and white dhotis stand in lines or sit at long steel tables eating from metal plates on a meal service. Several men in the foreground wear white shirts with ID lanyards, one holding a plastic bag. Ceiling fans and a row of windows line the hall. The scene shows a communal annadan meal at the event.

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A long hall with many men in white dhotis and white shirts eating a meal from steel plates on long metal tables, serving staff carrying plates and trays through the crowd. Several men in white stand at the back and sides of the room, with large windows and concrete pillars lining the space. A plastic water bottle sits on one table. A small framed portrait hangs on the far left wall. This appears to be a communal dining scene at an event.

A dim dining hall where many men in white shirts and white dhotis are seated at long tables eating from steel plates and small bowls set on the tables, with serving trays and steel containers at the centre. Others stand in a crowded queue or move between tables carrying white plates. Windows with grilles and tall pillars line the back of the room. Some attendees wear green and orange cloths, and a person in a blue shirt with a shoulder strap stands at the lower left. Many people are visible, mostly partially seen, at a large annadan or mealtime gathering during an event.