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A large hall with a fabric-draped ceiling and white plastic chairs along the back wall. Children sit cross-legged on newspaper spread across the bare floor, eating from metal plates while a standing boy in a white shirt and light trousers carries a steel tray. Adults in white and cream clothing move between the groups and some sit on the chairs; one man wears an orange shawl. Metal cups sit beside the plates, and the scene looks like a communal meal.

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A photograph of a dimly lit, bare concrete hall with a corrugated roof, where children sit cross-legged on the floor in several rows eating from metal plates. Most seated children wear everyday clothes, including a red-and-yellow saree-style outfit on a woman at left, a red-striped shirt in the foreground, and a printed white shirt. A standing man in a long white garment walks through the middle of the hall near a doorway, and a small boy in a blue shirt stands at right. A green-covered table and a few plastic chairs sit along the back wall.2007-05-04A long, plainly finished hall with a metal roof and bare grey walls hosts a communal meal. Rows of people sit cross-legged on a pale wooden floor, many in white shirts and dhotis, others in colourful saris and salwar, holding metal plates and cups. Yellow and orange hanging decorations with striped borders line the ceiling. At the far end, a large framed painting shows a bearded man with long hair and a saffron robe, a depiction of a revered teacher, and a few standing attendants move about near a serving counter. A standing man in white dhoti in the foreground watches over the seated diners.2011-09-12 +1 copiesA long, plain hall with pale tiled floor and grey walls strung with orange and yellow paper lanterns, where people sit in two rows on the floor eating from metal plates. A woman in a blue sari with a pink blouse stands at left holding a plate and carrying food. Men in white shirts and white dhotis or orange-and-white cloth walk down the centre aisle serving food, and a man in an orange lungi sits in the foreground eating. Many more seated diners line the far right. Cardboard boxes and a black speaker sit at the left edge. 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Several women in saris, including one in a red blouse and another in a white sari with a yellow border, walk down the aisle serving food. Other people in white stand near the back, and the photo appears to be taken from the front of the hall looking down the line of diners.2010-07-24