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A large hall with white walls and a high ceiling holds many seated people eating from round metal plates at long grey tables with white plastic chairs, a meal service in progress. Many attendees wear white clothes, while others wear saris and salwar kameez in pink, red, orange, and blue. Several people stand between the tables carrying items and serving food. A wall clock, a wall fan, and ventilated lattice windows are visible.

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A large white-walled dining hall with a high corrugated roof and ventilation grilles, where many people sit at long grey tables with white plastic chairs eating from round plates. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis, while women wear saris in pink, lavender, blue, orange and white. Some people in the background stand and walk between tables, and a wall clock and ceiling fan are visible. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person, and the setting appears to be a communal meal at a Kalpataru workshop in Theni, Tamilnadu.2009-01-28A large hall with white walls and a wall clock showing a meal service during a workshop. Rows of grey metal tables with white plastic chairs are filled with people seated and eating from round plates, with steel tumblers on the tables. Many attendees wear white clothing, and some women wear saris in bright colours including magenta, purple and red. Helpers in white move among the diners, and children are visible among the crowd. Ceiling fans and a fire extinguisher are on the wall at left.2009-01-28January 28 20092009-01-28June 17 20082008-06-17Overhead view of a large dining hall with rows of grey metal tables and bright red plastic chairs filled with seated diners eating from steel plates. Many attendees wear white clothing, and staff in white dhotis and shirts walk the central aisle carrying food. The hall has white walls, balcony railings with geometric patterns, and a red poster on the right wall. Scene suggests a mass meal service at an event.2007-12-14A large plain dining hall with a corrugated roof, exposed trusses and a wall clock reading about 4:40 above a doorway. Many people, mostly men and women in white clothes, sit at long grey tables eating from metal plates, while others stand and queue or move between tables. Some women wear orange and pink saris and a few men wear blue checked shirts. Steel bowls and plates are set on the tables, and the room is crowded with people filling the space.2009-01-28July 06 20102010-07-06A large communal dining hall with rows of long stainless-steel tables and seated diners eating from metal plates. Many men wear white shirts and white dhotis, with a few in blue or pink shirts. A man in the foreground at left holds a plate of food and wears a lanyard badge. Another man at right, with a white beard and a garland-like necklace, eats from a plate near a water bottle. Servers and standing people move between columns under ceiling fans. Some people appear to be children. The scene looks like an annadan style meal service.2006-12-15A large indoor dining hall with many men seated at long metal tables, eating from steel plates and bowls. Most wear white shirts and white dhotis, while a few wear light blue or checked shirts. Some men carry plates and trays between the tables, and overhead tube lights, ceiling fans and concrete pillars are visible. Several people are seated in the foreground, one eating with his right hand and another holding a water bottle.2006-12-15A large dining hall at a convention in Avadi, Chennai, where women and some men sit along long steel serving counters eating from metal plates and bowls under ceiling fans and fluorescent lights. In the foreground, an older woman with grey hair wears a pale peach sari and another in a light blue sari sits at the counter. Further back, a few people in saffron and orange garments move through the hall, and a man in a white shirt stands at the right edge. The walls are tiled in pinkish-brown and the room is busy with attendees being served a meal.2006-12-16 +1 copiesDecember 14 20062006-12-14December 12 20072007-12-12