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A row of older men sits at long steel tables in a plain white-walled hall, eating meals from steel plates with metal cups and water bottles nearby. Several wear white dhotis and some have saffron or orange cloth draped over their shoulders or heads, including one with an orange turban. Barred windows line the walls and orange and patterned cloth hangings decorate the ceiling. No one is identified as a person and no such candidate is visible.

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A row of men seated at a long steel dining counter eating a meal from stainless steel plates, with water bottles and steel tumblers on the counter. Several men wear orange and saffron cloths over their shoulders, and one man on the left has a red thread on his wrist and a tilak mark on his forehead. A man at the far right in an orange cloth stands behind the counter serving.2011-09-25 +1 copiesA photograph of a long canteen-style dining hall with bare grey concrete walls and blue-legged chairs at a steel-topped table. Several men sit eating from steel plates, including a bearded man in saffron-orange robes with long grey hair and a bearded man in white dhoti and shirt. Other saffron-clad men and white-clad attendants stand or sit along the table, while a cameraman in the foreground films with a camcorder and a phone is held nearby. Orange and yellow cloth hangings decorate the wall.2011-09-09A photograph of a long, plain white dining hall with a corrugated metal roof, blue steel trusses and ceiling fans. Blue-framed tables with blue plastic chairs run in two rows. Seated men in saffron and orange robes eat from steel plates, while several standing servers in white and orange clothing carry vessels down the central aisle. Decorative cloth hangings with red, blue and yellow patterns and yellow tassels hang from the walls, and a round wall clock is visible at the back.2011-09-26A long plain dining hall with a grey concrete wall and a metal roof with ceiling fans. Elderly men in orange and white clothes sit on blue plastic chairs at a long steel table, each with a metal plate of food. A man in a white dhoti and shirt walks along the aisle in the foreground, another man in white stands at left, and a man in a checked shirt looks on. Colourful fabric hangings with tassels hang from the ceiling, and a banner with a photo of a saffron-robed figure hangs in the back. A plastic water bottle sits on the table in front.2011-09-09A row of shirtless men in orange dhotis sits cross-legged on a bare concrete floor against a blue and cream wall, leaning forward to eat from banana-leaf plates and steel tumblers. The man at right wears a red thread necklace and a red-and-green dhoti border. Others have grey or white hair and beards. Food remnants and small steel cups lie on the floor. A person in white stands at the far left edge.2006-09-23A photograph of a hall with a tiled floor where several men sit on the ground eating from metal plates of rice. In the foreground a man in a checked shirt and white dhoti eats from a steel plate. Beside him a man in an orange cloth and orange-saffron garment sits cross-legged eating from a plate, with a green plastic bottle on the floor. To the right a man in a white shirt sits eating, and at the far right a man in an orange turban and orange garment sits with a plate in front of him. Other people sit further back, and a blue plastic chair and red bags are visible in the background.2011-09-26December 30 20092009-12-30A photograph of a long hall where many people sit on blue plastic chairs at long metal-topped tables, eating from steel plates and tumblers of water. Several robed figures in saffron and orange clothing, some with white dhotis, stand and walk through the room near serving tables. Ceiling fans hang from a blue steel-framed roof, a wall clock is mounted on the back wall, and decorative colourful cloth-wrapped pillars with orange tassels line the walls. Some seated men wear white dhotis and orange shawls. The scene appears to be a communal meal in an ashram dining hall, with a woman in a white sari serving near the left wall. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly present.2011-09-26December 30 20092009-12-30A photograph of a seated group at a long metal table covered with green banana leaves, in an indoor hall with plain white walls and blue plastic chairs. On the left, a bearded man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe and sits with palms pressed together. Beside him, a man with short grey hair wears a white shirt and holds his hands together. Further along, a bearded man in an all-white dhoti with a sacred thread presses his palms in namaste, and a man with long hair and a beard wears white. On the far right, an elderly bearded man in white sits with arms folded. Behind them, a standing man in a white shirt and a seated man in white stand near a small deity murti decorated with a gold crown and a red-and-gold cloth, beside a glass display case.2011-01-16A photograph of a long dining hall with a row of dark-topped tables and white and beige plastic chairs. Several men in plain clothes sit eating from stainless steel plates of rice and food. The man in the foreground on the left wears a white shirt and white dhoti and eats with his hands. Across from him, a man in a white kurta sits with a glass of water. At the far end, men in grey and maroon shirts eat together. A water bottle and a few pens sit on the table. Stacked wooden chairs are on a shelf along the back wall, and a woman is visible through a window at the far right.2010-06-30A row of sadhus seated cross-legged on a concrete floor for a meal, wearing orange dhotis and bare-chested, with white and red tilak marks on their foreheads. Several have long white beards and matted white hair; one wears round glasses and holds a steel tumbler. Plates with rice and food sit before them, and a man in white at the left leans over a metal bucket serving food. Behind them are blue and yellow walls. Rudraksha malas and red threads are visible on some men. The men are seated and eating together.2006-09-23