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Three women sit cross-legged on a glossy white tiled floor eating from plates during a meal, with other people standing and walking in the background. On the left, a young girl in a white and red top and black leggings picks food from a steel plate. In the centre, a woman in an orange kurta and cream trousers, with a visitor badge on a lanyard, eats from a terracotta plate beside a small clay cup. On the right, a woman in a blue patterned kurta with glasses and a rudraksha-style necklace eats from a clay plate next to a clay cup and a covered steel container. Background figures wear white, pink, green and multicolored clothing. The setting is a bright ashram hall.

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August 22 20152015-08-22 +1 copiesDecember 30 20112011-12-30November 26 20112011-11-26A photograph of a devotional offering inside a hall with white-tiled floor and orange mats. In the foreground, a woman in an orange sari sits cross-legged and hands food to a girl in white with an orange shawl and beaded necklace, who holds the offering out. A steel bowl of cooked rice sits between them, and another steel vessel is visible at left. A bald person in orange robes bends forward at lower right. Behind them, a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and garland stands beside a white-draped chair with flower offerings, and several people in white dhotis and orange shawls kneel or stand at right. A large carved wooden plate hangs on the left wall.2011-03-05October 12 20162016-10-12December 30 20112011-12-30Devotees sit cross-legged on a polished marble floor eating a meal from metal thali trays during a break. Several people wear all-white clothing: a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, a shaven-headed young woman in a white t-shirt and white pants with a rudraksha mala and an event badge, a woman in a white sari with gold bangles, and younger women in white. Steel barriers with chains run behind them. A water bottle sits in the foreground, and a plastic cup of water stands on the floor.2014-10-11 +1 copiesSeated on a pale tiled floor, three people eat a meal from stainless steel compartment trays. A man in front wears a white shirt, jeans, glasses and a wristband, holding a flatbread and reaching toward the tray. Beside him an older man in a white shirt and dark trousers tears bread over his tray. To the right a woman in a floral green and beige sari sits cross-legged with a flatbread and small bowls of curry. A water bottle stands behind them and another person in white sits at the top right. No swami is visible, so the scene is a shared communal meal in an ashram hall.2015-08-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a large seated group eating a meal on the floor of an indoor hall with cream walls and a red curtain backdrop. Many people sit cross-legged on the floor and on chairs, wearing white and red clothing with red shawls draped over their shoulders. They hold disposable trays of food and eat with their hands, while water bottles sit on the floor. Several women with grey and white hair and a few children are visible among the crowd. A small orange and white decorative banner hangs on the left wall.2015-10-26October 12 20142014-10-12 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20162016-09-21A photograph of two women seated cross-legged on a white tiled floor, eating from stainless steel thali trays. The woman on the left wears a yellow salwar kameez with a white dupatta and a bindi, and tears a flatbread with her right hand over a tray holding rice, dal-like yellow curry, a small sweet ball and bowls. The woman on the right wears a floral print top with an orange dupatta and orange trousers, and eats from a tray with rice, flatbread, yellow and green curries and a round sweet. Behind them, a standing woman in a lavender and teal sari and a pile of cardboard boxes and a chair are visible. No a person figure is visible in the frame.2015-08-22 +1 copies