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A large hall with pink walls and a polished floor holds many seated people on mats, mostly men in white kurtas and dhotis or white shirts with orange saffron shawls. Banana-leaf plates with food and small paper cups sit in front of them. A man in a red shirt walks along the back. Framed deity paintings hang on the walls and a gold-framed shrine stands at the rear. Several participants wear lanyards. A sign-like caption is not visible.

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Annadhan in 20122012-01-01January 12 20082008-01-12April 23 20122012-04-23Annadhan in 20122012-01-01 +1 copiesApril 28 20122012-04-28A large hall with peach walls and a glossy floor where many seated people, mostly men in white kurta-style clothes and orange scarves, sit in rows on mats eating from banana leaves set with small food portions and paper cups. A man in a white turban and orange-yellow robe stands near a gilded shrine at the back holding a book, with framed deity paintings on the side walls. Several people sit at the front with plates in front of them, and others move around near the doorway at the right.2012-04-26 +1 copiesJanuary 14 20082008-01-14A large hall filled with seated devotees in a group puja or satsang. In the foreground at left, a shaved-headed man in white dhoti with gold border sits with palms pressed together in namaskar. Beside him a boy in green shirt bows his head, and a boy in pink shirt sits cross-legged before a brass plate holding a small lamp, a leaf and offerings. Other participants wear orange and saffron shirts, white kurtas and maroon tops, many with hands folded in prayer. Hanging orange and multicoloured decorations line the ceiling, and a small deity murti stands in an alcove at the back. Brass lamps and plates rest on mats in front of the crowd.2012-04-20A large hall during a seated group puja. Many devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas, some wearing orange or saffron shawls and others yellow shawls, sit in rows on striped mats before brass plates and trays set with small lamps, flowers and offerings. In the foreground a man in an orange shawl and white clothes sits facing the rows, while a banner with a painted deity hangs at the back of the hall. Oil lamps line the floor along the rows. No candidate for a person is clearly distinguishable in the foreground, so no identification is made.2008-05-19April 23 20122012-04-23Indoor meal scene in a plain whitewashed hall with a concrete floor. Rows of seated men in white dhotis and orange shawls sit before banana leaf plates heaped with rice, flatbread, yellow and orange sides, with steel tumblers and cups placed between them. A woman in an orange shawl stands near the front holding a steel pot and a small vessel, and other attendants in white and orange move along the row. A framed portrait of a seated figure in orange robes hangs on the back wall, and a red poster with text is pinned to the left. Several onlookers in saris stand at the right edge. Ritual food service.2008-01-12January 12 20082008-01-12