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Outdoor community meal on a grassy ground at the Arogya Yoga event in Vellore. Several people sit on red plastic chairs eating from round disposable plates of rice, curry and a dollop of white accompaniment. A woman in the foreground wears a lavender blouse with a patterned border sari and gold bangles, and a man beside her wears a white shirt and white trousers with an event lanyard. Other women wear cream and white saris with coloured borders, one with a long plait and flowers in her hair. Men in white kurtas and dhotis stand and walk in the background near a low concrete building. No deity, throne or ceremonial dais is visible, and no one is identifiable as a person.

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Outdoor meal on a grassy field at an event in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. In the foreground, a bald man in white shirt and trousers with a name badge eats from a paper plate while seated on a green plastic chair. Beside him, women in sarees, including one in a blue saree and one in a yellow floral saree, eat from plates on green chairs. Behind them, many people in white and pastel clothing stand or sit on the lawn, some eating from plates. A white tent and a multi-storey building are in the background. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-11-25January 02 20162016-01-02A seated group of devotees eats from metal thalis on a red mat during a ritual meal. Most wear white or cream dhotis and sarees with gold borders, and many wear rudraksha malas. A woman in a green-and-white saree and a man in a white shirt eat with their hands; a woman in a white saree with gold border eats from a bowl. A man in a maroon shirt with a tilak sits in the foreground. Behind them, decorated deity murtis in yellow and gold cloth stand on a table with floral offerings, and children sit among the crowd. Roughly a dozen or more people are visible.2016-12-18A large outdoor tented meal, an annadan-style communal feast, with many people seated on red mats under a yellow and red draped canopy decorated with marigold garlands. A woman in a cream sari with a green border stands centre-left holding a steel plate, and seated men wear white dhotis and shirts. Other diners in green, orange and teal saris eat from steel plates while volunteers in white move between rows. A devotee in white sits centre-front with a rudraksha-style mala, holding a plate. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance in this view.2006-12-30Outdoor lunch at an open-air thatched-roof shelter on grass with trees behind. A woman in a white sari with a pink floral border and a red blouse stands at left holding a steel tray of food and a small cup. Men in white dhotis and white shirts sit on the ground and on chairs eating from steel plates, one wearing a rudraksha mala. Several other seated people and a thatched hut are visible in the background.2006-10-07November 30 20052005-11-30A seated group of devotees eats a meal from metal thalis in a hall. Most wear white or cream clothes with rust-red shawls and beaded rudraksha-style malas; some wear white head coverings. A woman in front left holds a plate of food, a woman in green and white at centre left eats, and a bespectacled woman with curly hair on the right eats from a steel plate with small bowls. Behind them, standing attendants in white serve food and carry trays of prasad, and a boy in a red garment on the left holds a plate. A red curtain hangs at the far left.2014-09-13January 31 20162016-01-31A photograph of a thatched-roof shelter where people are serving and eating food. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with gold border and thin-rimmed glasses holds a steel plate of rice and fried snacks, wearing a rudraksha-style bead mala and a green-and-gold rosette badge on her chest. Beside her, a woman in a pink sari with a green rosette and a lighter-coloured garment with a tilak mark stands near the roof. At left, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti drinks from a steel tumbler. Another woman in a white blouse and white sari with a bead necklace stands in the background among trees, and more people are partly visible at the edges.2007-02-15Outdoor photograph of a large open-air gathering on green lawn at an event with a red and maroon canopy and draped fabric. Many people wear white clothing, including white shirts and dhotis, while several women wear white saris with orange or blue borders. Some people sit on the grass eating from pale leaf or paper plates, and others sit on white plastic chairs. A woman in the foreground holds a plate, and a girl in a pink outfit with a flower in her hair sits on the grass. Two banners hang under the canopy, a man in a white shirt walks through the crowd, and a woman in an orange-bordered sari stands at a serving area on the right. Trees and a concrete building appear in the background.2006-11-25September 13 20142014-09-13September 11 20162016-09-11