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A photograph of a seated communal meal inside a dark tent with black walls. Many people sit cross-legged on a patterned red-and-cream carpet, eating from white paper plates and bowls. A woman in white with a red scarf stands at left beside a red-draped table holding a small brass tray and bowls. A girl in a pink top and a boy in a blue striped top sit near the centre. A framed portrait at upper left, labelled 'Paramahamsa Nithyananda', shows a saffron-robed figure seated on a cushion. Several adults wear white clothes with red shawls. Roughly thirty people are visible.

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July 22 20142014-07-22A seated communal meal in a hall with dark walls and a patterned carpet. Many people sit on the floor eating from white plates and bowls, with rice, bread and curry visible. Children in colourful clothes sit in the foreground, and a woman in an orange sari and several people in white and red-shawled white garments move around in the background. A red-draped table with silver vessels stands at left. A few adults in white outfits stand near the back. No identifiable candidate is clearly visible in the scene, so no a person identification is made.2014-07-21A large group of devotees sits on a patterned carpet in a hall eating a communal meal from steel plates and bowls. Many wear white ritual clothing with saffron or orange shawls, and several children are among them. A framed poster on the back wall shows a deity murti in red and gold beside a saffron-robed figure, labelled as a portrait of Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Standing attendants carry trays and serving dishes, and backpacks lie in the foreground. The scene reads as an annadan style meal after satsang.2014-07-25 +1 copiesJuly 23 20142014-07-23July 25 20142014-07-25 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated communal meal in a hall with a patterned carpet. A large printed banner on the left shows a goddess seated in red and gold with a golden crown and a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala, labelled Devi Annapoorani and Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Many people sit on the floor eating from white plates, including children in white and orange. Volunteers in white with orange shawls serve food. A red-draped table holds a small offering tray. Dark drapes line the back wall.2014-07-24July 21 20142014-07-21July 22 20142014-07-22A seated communal meal in a hall with a patterned carpet. Many devotees sit on the floor eating from plates, most wearing white clothing and red-orange shawls; a bald man in white in the lower right wears a beaded mala. A woman in light blue salwar kameez eats in the centre, children sit nearby, and a boy in a green shirt sits lower left. Behind them, a framed devotional picture of a goddess in red and gold hangs on a wall. Several attendants in white and orange stand serving near tables. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2014-07-23July 22 20142014-07-22July 24 20142014-07-24A large hall of seated people eating a communal meal from white divided plastic trays on red floor mats. Many attendees wear orange-red shawls or scarves, with orange lanyards around some necks; some wear white kurta-style clothes. A woman in the centre wears a green top and a garland, while others wear saffron, yellow, green and pink outfits. Plates and steel bowls are set out along the mats and some diners eat with their hands. Red chairs and striped fabric are visible at the back. The scene looks like a sangha meal, with no visible throne or a person candidate in view.2015-07-21 +1 copies