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A large hall with rows of long tables where seated men and women eat from green banana leaves. A figure in an orange turban, orange-saffron robe and a rudraksha mala stands at the right, smiling and carrying a steel bucket while serving food to diners. Several seated men wear white shirts and white dhotis; a standing attendant in a blue shirt and blue trousers is at the right edge. Overhead lights and barred windows light the white walls. The scene shows a communal meal service.

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A large hall with white walls and rows of long tables where seated devotees eat from green banana leaves. A figure with long curly hair, an orange turban, an orange-and-red sleeveless garment and an orange wrap stands at the left-centre, holding a steel vessel and serving food onto a leaf. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl and a yellow rosette stands at the table edge. Other attendees in white and a worker in a blue uniform move among the rows, and many seated people are visible along the right. Swamiji (probable) is shown in saffron and orange robes with a turban and long hair, serving annadan-style food to devotees.2007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12A large indoor hall during a communal meal service. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes, a matching orange turban and a rudraksha mala serves food from a steel bucket onto banana leaves laid along rows of seated women in cotton saris. The seated diners, mostly women in pastel and white clothing, eat from leaves with metal cups beside them. A young man in white with an orange shawl stands to the right, palms pressed together. Behind them, many more people in white and blue move through the hall under ceiling lights, and rows of red plastic chairs line the tables.2007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12A large indoor dining hall with rows of tables covered in green banana leaves, where people are served food. In the foreground a figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban, with long hair and gloved hands, serves rice from a steel vessel onto a leaf. Women seated at the tables, one wearing a white sari with a red border and another in a pale patterned sari, watch or receive food. Men in white shirts and dhotis, some with orange shawls, stand and sit along the room, and a steel bucket sits on the floor. The hall has white columns and windows, with many people visible in the background.2007-12-12A large white hall filled with seated diners at long tables covered with green banana leaves and steel tumblers. A man in a bright orange turban, orange robe and long rudraksha mala stands at the centre holding a steel bucket, serving food to the seated people. Beside him a man in white clothes with an orange shawl stands by, and on the right a man in a checked shirt and blue cloth over his shoulder watches. Women in white saris sit at the left and centre tables, and rows of people fill the background.2007-12-12A monk in saffron robes and an orange turban serves food at a long communal dining hall, where rows of seated devotees eat from banana leaves set on tables. Red plastic chairs line the tables, and white-clad volunteers move along the aisles. A saffron-clad server in the foreground, wearing gloves, places rice onto leaves before a row of women in saffron-and-white saris, some with gold bangles and necklaces. The setting suggests an annadan meal at an ashram or temple hall.2007-12-12A large white hall where a man in saffron-orange robes, a matching orange turban and a rudraksha mala serves food to a long row of seated women at banana-leaf plates. He holds a stainless steel bucket and ladle, spooning food onto the leaves. The seated women wear white and orange saris, and several rows of diners sit on red plastic chairs along long tables. Other attendants in orange and white stand near a steel bowl of rice in the foreground.2007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12A dining hall with long metal tables and green-painted legs where seated diners eat from banana-leaf plates. In the centre a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala serves rice from a steel bowl placed on the table, smiling. To the left, a man in white shirt and white dhoti stands watching beside another steel bowl of rice. Older men in white and light shirts sit at the right foreground eating, and more diners in saffron, pink and green saris and white clothes sit along the rows. Fluorescent tubes and concrete pillars light the hall, and a blue bird logo appears in the upper left corner.2007-01-12Indoor photograph of a communal meal hall with white pillars and ceiling fans. Men in white shirts and dhotis sit at long metal tables, eating from banana leaves set with rice, flatbread, sliced bananas, and small bowls of curry. A woman in an orange-saffron robe with long, loose dark hair and a rudraksha-style necklace stands at the table's end, smiling and serving food from a steel bucket. A woman in a pink floral sari stands at right, and a man with a camera is partly visible behind the server. Photo credit overlay reads 2020 Nithyananda Paramashivam and Source2007-01-12