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A photograph of a long blue dining table in an indoor hall where devotees eat a meal. In the foreground at left, a smiling older woman in a brown knit cap, pink-tinted glasses and an orange shawl eats rice and curry from a white plate. At right, a young man in an orange head wrap and white shirt sits with his hand at his chin, with a plate in front of him. Behind them, a woman in an orange shawl and glasses sits at the table, and other people in orange shawls and white clothes stand or sit near steel serving vessels. Plastic water bottles and a bottle of cooking oil sit on the table in the foreground.

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A photograph of a communal dining hall where devotees eat meals seated at a long blue table. In the foreground a woman in a brown knit cap, rose-tinted glasses and an orange shawl eats from a white plate of rice and curry, with bangles on her wrist. To the right a young man wears an orange bucket hat and white kurta with an orange shawl and eats from a plate. Two plastic bottles stand on the table, one yellow and one clear with a red label. Behind them several people in orange shawls sit at the table, and two men in white kurtas with orange shawls stand near the back wall, one holding a container. The setting is a plain whitewashed hall with a white column on the right.2009-10-12A photograph of devotees eating a meal seated at blue-topped tables in a plain grey-walled room with a white column and a wooden door. A man in the foreground with long dark hair wears a white kurta with an orange shawl and bangle and eats from a plate with his hand. Beside him a woman in a grey jacket with an orange shawl drinks from a plastic cup. Other diners wear orange shawls, including a man in an orange cap and a white kurta, and an older woman with a red forehead mark. Plates hold yellow curry and rice, with water bottles on the tables.2009-10-12Devotees in orange-saffron shawls sit at blue and wooden tables in a plain whitewashed dining hall, eating meals from white plates of rice and curry. A woman on the left wears a brown knit cap and grey sweater; a man on the right wears an orange cap and white top. Behind them, attendants in orange scarves serve from large steel pots at a counter, and a plastic bottle of yellow liquid and a water bottle sit on the table. The scene reads as communal meal service at an ashram kitchen.2009-10-12December 25 20072007-12-25A photograph of a dim dining hall where devotees eat a meal seated at a long blue-topped table. In the foreground a man in a red knit cap and a man in a dark jacket with an orange shawl eat rice, curry and flatbread from white paper plates. Two water bottles, a Bisleri and a Kinley, and a small cup sit on the table. Behind them a woman in white clothes with an orange shawl stands at a serving counter carrying a plate, and several other people in orange shawls sit at tables near a large steel container. Several people in orange shawls are visible, and the scene shows ashram meal service.2009-10-12A photograph of devotees eating a meal seated at a long blue table in a plain whitewashed room. Several people wear orange saffron shawls over their clothes. In the foreground, a woman in a striped sari with gold bangles eats from a plate, a woman in a grey top and striped head wrap eats beside her, and a man in a green jacket and maroon turban eats from a plate on the right. Behind them, other people sit at a second table with plates of food, and a man in a white shirt and orange shawl eats at a table. A man in white clothing with an orange shawl stands at a counter near steel pots on the upper left. The plates hold rice-based food, and there are glasses on the table.2009-10-12A candid indoor photograph of a communal meal in a plain room with white pillars and white plastic chairs. In the foreground a smiling woman in a cream knit cardigan, orange shawl and bindi eats from a white plate of dal and roti beside a bowl of orange curry, a bead necklace visible at her neck. Beside her a man in a grey patterned sweater, orange shawl and dark blue turban eats from his own plate of yellow dal. Behind them, other seated people wear orange shawls, and a woman in a striped shawl and orange scarf stands holding a steel pot and serving. A blue table runs across the foreground.2009-10-12A photograph of a dining room with grey walls and wooden tables. Four people eat from plates of Indian food including puri bread, dal, and curry. The man in the foreground wears a grey sleeveless sweater over a white shirt, an orange shawl, and a vertical tilak mark on his forehead; he sits at a light blue table and has eyeglasses resting beside his plate. Behind him, a man in a grey jacket and red cap wears an orange shawl, and a woman in a striped shawl and orange wrap sits at the far end with another man in an orange shawl. A steel water urn sits on a side table, and blue and white plastic chairs are visible.2009-10-12A photograph of a dining room where devotees eat a meal from white disposable plates at brown wooden tables. Several women wear orange shawls over white, grey and teal clothes, and one wears a rudraksha-style necklace and a red bindi. A man in an orange shawl sits in the background near a glass-fronted cabinet of bottles and tins, and wooden doors and yellow walls frame the room. No a person candidate is visible.2009-10-12December 30 20092009-12-30A photograph of a dining hall where devotees sit at brown plastic-topped tables eating a meal from white plastic plates with rice, curries and side dishes. Most diners wear orange saffron shawls over white, grey or green clothes. A woman in the foreground wears a white sari with an orange shawl, a red bindi and a long plait, looking toward the camera. Metal jugs and steel vessels stand on the table. Barred windows and orange-painted walls frame the room, and a framed picture hangs on the wall. No person is identifiable as a person in this scene, and the visible people are devotees seated at a meal.2009-10-12A photograph of a communal meal in a plain room with orange-painted walls and ceiling beams and a ceiling fan. Several seated diners eat from white foam plates of rice, curry and fried snacks at a long brown table, with steel jugs and cups on it. Many of the diners and servers wear orange shawls; the diners include men in white shirts and women in orange and salwar kameez. Standing servers in white kurta and orange scarves stir large steel pots on a side counter.2009-10-12