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A long communal dining line in a large hall with ceiling fans and hanging yellow and blue decorative banners. Seated devotees eat from green banana leaves laid on a white floral-patterned table cloth, with rice, fried snacks, papad, pickles and small steel bowls. A server in a white shirt, glasses and plastic gloves, with a rudraksha mala, ladles rice from a steel vessel onto the leaves. Foreground diners include an older bearded man in orange clothing and a younger man in a maroon shirt with tilak, and others wearing orange and white. Several people in the background wear white and orange. Water bottles sit along the table.

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December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30A long row of seated devotees eats a communal meal from banana leaves laid along the floor of a hall. Several plates hold rice, fried snacks, flatbreads and sweets, with plastic water bottles placed between the leaves. In the foreground a person in a white shirt and clear gloves serves rice from a large steel bowl. Seated figures in white dhotis, one with a vertical white tilak on the forehead and a topknot, lean forward over their leaves, and one wears a red and gold border. Figures in the background wear white. The scene resembles annadan community dining at an ashram.2009-12-30A long banquet table covered with a floral patterned cloth runs across a bright hall, where several seated sadhus and devotees eat from green banana leaves set with rice, curries, papadum-like flatbread and sweets, with water bottles and small cups placed along the table. A woman in a white sari with a gold border and an orange shawl walks past carrying food along the row. At the far end, an elderly bearded sadhu with long white hair and bare upper body sits in an orange cloth, reaching toward his leaf. Other seated men wear orange and red cloths, rudraksha malas and ash markings on their foreheads. Behind them, other people in white and orange clothing move about, and a decorated altar with fruit offerings and orange drapery is visible at the back of the hall.2009-12-30September 23 20062006-09-23December 30 20092009-12-30A dining hall under a white tent canopy during a feast. Several saffron-robed sannyasis sit on chairs along a long table covered with floral cloth and green banana leaves, with bowls, lemons and water bottles in front of them. Men in white shirts and white dhotis serve food from steel trays and carry dishes along the table. The visible seated figures wear orange garments; the seated figure at left is bare-chested with orange cloth over the shoulder. No identifiable a person candidate is distinguished by the cues required. Colourful hanging decorations line the ceiling.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30A long dining hall with a row of seated monks and devotees eating from banana leaves on a table. A server in white shirt and clear plastic gloves at left serves food from a steel pot. Several seated men wear saffron/orange robes, including one with a long grey beard and one with a full black beard. Bottled water and steel bowls sit along the table. Ceiling fans, hanging cylindrical banners in blue, red and yellow, and white canopy fabric overhead. A man in the foreground right in saffron-yellow cloth presses his palms together.2009-12-30A photograph of a long, narrow hall where men sit on chairs along a white-draped table, eating a meal served on fresh green banana leaves with small metal bowls of curries, rice, and sweets. The man in the foreground wears a white dhoti with a red-and-gold border and has a tilak on his forehead. Beside him, others wear orange and red cloth. At the far right, a figure in a long orange robe and orange headwrap stands near the table, and another in white with an orange shawl stands at the edge. A woman in white clothing stands at the back, holding a pot. Blue-washed walls and a tiled floor frame the scene.2006-09-23A long banquet line of people eating from banana leaves on a tiled hall floor. In the foreground a man in white clothes and glasses serves rice from a large steel pot with a ladle, and a woman in a white sari with a yellow scarf stands at left. Several seated diners in white and cream clothing, one wearing an orange-trimmed garment, eat rice, vegetable curries and other dishes laid on the leaves beside water bottles. Other attendants in white move along the back of the hall, and fruit and flower arrangements sit on a counter at right.2009-12-30A long row of seated sannyasis and devotees eat a meal at a white tablecloth-covered table, each person on a green banana leaf with rice, curries and side dishes. Most wear saffron/orange robes; the man at the front left has white hair, a long white beard and a vertical vibhuti mark on his forehead. The man second from left wears a tall orange turban with long dreadlock-like hair, gold hoop earrings and a dark beard. Bottled water and paper cups are set along the table, and an orange cloth hangs from a white metal frame in the upper left background.2009-12-30