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A plain interior room with pale yellow walls, a white door, and a ceiling fan with a fluorescent tube light. At left, a person in an orange garment with a red border leans over a kitchen counter with a dark appliance, beside wooden cabinets. A man in a light blue shirt and black lungi stands in the centre, while a man in a grey shirt bends down near an orange bag and a red gas cylinder. At right, an older man in a pale blue shirt and grey trousers stands beside green machinery near striped curtains. No deity, ritual or ceremonial setting is visible.

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A photograph of a utilitarian kitchen or dining hall with a corrugated metal roof and white-washed walls. Several men and women work around stainless steel vessels and a steel prep table where a man in a white shirt and white dhoti shapes round white dough balls. A man in an orange shirt and white dhoti stands near a laptop on a table. Blue plastic chairs line the room, and shelves on the right hold boxed goods. A small framed picture hangs on the wall. Shown as ashram kitchen service for the Gurupoornima gathering.2009-07-07Indoor photograph of an ashram kitchen-like hall with red-brown tiled floor and white walls. A bearded older man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands at left beside a long-haired man in an orange dhoti-style wrap who walks barefoot toward the centre. Two people in white clothes with orange shawls stand at right near a decorated altar niche with marigold garlands, a framed picture and a small deity murti. 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Beside them a bearded man in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala stands, and at right a young man in saffron clothing with long hair holds his hands together.2009-08-08February 10 20072007-02-10 +1 copiesIndoor photo of a plain white-walled room with a ceiling fan, a wall-mounted fan, a small desk with books, and stacked white plastic chairs beside a television. A bald man in an orange robe stands in the foreground with hands clasped behind his back, facing a group. Further back, a man in white and another in orange, one with an orange head covering, walk through the room near steel pots and a counter. On the right, a woman in a white sari with a patterned top stands facing them. Several people are visible, and a small framed picture hangs on the left wall.2009-12-11A small living room with pale green walls, a ceiling fan, a wall air conditioner and a kitchen counter at left. Six men stand on an orange cloth in front of a sofa. 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