Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A large white-roofed tent hall set for a seated community meal. Rows of long tables with banana-leaf plates are filled with dozens of guests seated on white plastic chairs, many in white dhotis and kurtas, some women in colourful saris. Hanging decorative cloth tubes with yellow fringe and elephant patterns decorate the ceiling. Several attendants in white stand between the tables serving food. A stage with a maroon curtain and gold trim stands at the right, with a small figure in orange near the stage.

More like this

Open the gallery
December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26A photograph of a large tented hall with a white canvas ceiling, where many people sit at long rows of white plastic-chair tables eating a meal from banana-leaf or steel plates. Colourful decorative cloth hangings with yellow tassels and geometric patterns hang from the ceiling. A dark maroon curtain with a gold fringe forms the backdrop of a stage at left. In the foreground, a woman in a purple sari and a girl in a purple dress sit at the table, and a man in a light blue shirt sits nearby. Two people in white clothes stand near the tables serving food. A blue drape hangs at the right edge.2008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26A long white-roofed dining hall set with rows of tables covered in green cloths and banana-leaf plates of food, with many people seated on white plastic chairs eating. Colourful decorative hanging cylinders with yellow tassels hang from the ceiling. A woman in a white sari walks down the central aisle between the tables, and a man in a white shirt stands near the middle. At the far end is a dark maroon curtain backdrop on a stage area. Several seated women wear purple and maroon saris, and a man in a white dhoti stands at the right edge. Setting appears to be a marriage-feast lunch in an event tent.2008-12-26December 27 20082008-12-27A large white tented hall set up as a communal dining space, with long tables covered in green cloth and banana-leaf meals, and many seated people eating. Colourful painted cylindrical hangings with yellow fringes hang from the tent ceiling. Along the central aisle, people in white and cream clothes, including women in white saris with gold borders, walk and serve. A dark maroon curtain with gold trim stands at the far stage end. Attendees wear white, cream and pastel tones.2008-12-26A large white tented dining hall during a feast, with long rows of tables covered in green banana-leaf plates heaped with food and small cups. Thin lines of seated diners, mostly women in cream and white saris and purple sarees, eat on both sides of a central aisle. Staff in white clothes walk between the rows, and a woman in a white sari walks down the middle. Colourful striped decorative hangings with yellow tassels line the ceiling above, and a dark maroon curtained stage stands at the far end. Speakers and a blue drape sit at the right edge.2008-12-26