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A large white-draped tent hall set with round tables covered in orange cloths and white chair covers. A standing older man in a white shirt with an orange-red shawl over his shoulders looks down toward a seated man in a maroon kurta. A seated man in white at a table holds a brass thali with food, beside a brass kuthuvilakku oil lamp, and a woman in white stands at right. Several guests sit and move among the tables, and a pink backpack rests on a chair at right. Small oil lamps hang from the tent ceiling, and people in white stand near a glass-enclosed area in the background.

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A large hall with white walls and ceiling fans hosts a seated meal. Many people sit at round tables covered in gold cloth, many wearing white clothes with red-and-saffron shawls. In the foreground, a smiling man in a white kurta and a rudraksha mala walks, holding a folded orange cloth and a water bottle. A bearded man in white walks in the center, and a girl and a woman with a long braid sit at the right table with plates. Behind them, a gilded shrine holds a deity murti with orange and red banners. The room is busy with diners and attendants serving food.2015-07-08 +1 copiesJuly 13 20152015-07-13A large indoor dining hall with white draped fabric walls and rows of round tables covered in orange cloths. Many people sit on white chairs eating from metal plates, while others stand and move between tables. A man in white clothing with a rudraksha mala and dark-rimmed glasses stands at right, serving or attending to guests. Brass lamps and small striped decorative umbrellas stand on the tables. Most attendees wear white or light clothing. No one clearly matches a recognizable identity, so the a person field is set to none.2016-12-06July 05 20162016-07-05A photograph of a community meal in a whitewashed hall with a white tented ceiling, red latticed vents, and a yellow-and-orange patterned banner hanging from the right. Seated devotees on plastic chairs are served on banana leaves set along a long covered table; one man in the foreground with a long white bead necklace and a white shirt holds a plate of papads and wears a long-sleeved white garment, while a woman in orange saree stands nearby. Several men in white dhoti and shirts and women in orange robes serve food from steel pots. An elderly bare-chested man with white hair and a red shawl sits at the right, pressing his palms together, wearing a rudraksha-style necklace. A cameraman in white and orange stands at the back.2009-12-30A large white-canopied hall during a communal meal. Many people in white clothes with red-and-cream shawls sit at round tables with white chairs, eating from divided white plates of rice and curries. A woman in a white sari with gold border leans over a table in the foreground while a young boy in white and glasses eats. A woman at right wears a red-and-orange sari and a beaded necklace. Volunteers in white stand and move between tables, with more diners in the background.2015-07-07 +1 copiesA large tented dining hall at an ashram event where many people sit at round tables covered in orange-brown cloths and white chair covers, eating from steel thali trays. Several colourful canopy umbrellas with purple, green and red panels and tassels hang over the tables. Attendees wear white kurtas and sarees, a woman in an orange saree with a dark shawl serves food, and a man in a striped shirt wears a beaded mala. White drapery lines the walls and red-shaded lamps hang from the ceiling.2016-12-06A crowded indoor dining hall with white chairs and orange-draped tables where participants sit and eat from metal thalis. In the centre, a bald older man in white clothes and a saffron-edged shawl with a rudraksha mala looks down at his plate. Nearby, a man in a rust-coloured kurta serves food, and a woman in a blue salwar with an orange bag carries a plate. Brass lamps and pink-and-green umbrellas stand among the tables, and many other people are seated or walking in the background. Visible people number roughly 21-100.2016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 02 20162016-12-02A dining hall at a person event with round tables draped in orange cloth and white chair covers. In the foreground a young woman in white clothing sits at left, a young man in white kurta eats beside her, and a woman in a red patterned headscarf and white top sits at a table to the right. At far right a bearded man with long braided hair wears a tan-and-green shawl and bracelets and sits at a table with a metal thali plate of food. A tall brass oil lamp stands on the table between them. Background figures in white and orange clothing move among tables with food, and red-and-white umbrellas and red banners with white lettering are visible.2016-12-02A photograph of a large tented dining hall with white draped walls and a red carpet, where people sit at round tables under decorative umbrellas in purple, gold and multicolour. At the centre table, a bald man in a black shirt with rudraksha-style beads sits beside a man with dark curly hair and a beard in a white kurta eating from a steel thali of yellow rice dishes. A man in a dark shirt with beads sits nearby, and a woman in a blue patterned top wears a beaded necklace at the front right. Several other people in white clothes and saris move between tables or sit eating, and tea cups and drink glasses are set on the tables. Overhead, ornate hanging lamps are visible. The scene suggests a communal meal in progress.2016-12-18