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A crowded indoor dining hall where many men in white shirts and dhotis, plus some women in colourful salwar kameez, stand and sit holding metal plates of food. Overhead blue signs read KITCHEN and SERVICING COUNTER in English and Tamil, and a stack of water cooler jugs stands at right. The crowd suggests a communal meal.

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A large white-walled hall filled with many people eating a communal meal. Most men wear white shirts and light trousers, some women wear saris in orange, red and green, and a few wear blue or grey. People stand and sit at white chairs holding round steel plates of food, moving between serving and eating areas. A sign above the doorway reads Kitchen, with a second Tamil sign beside it. Large windows line the upper walls. No single figure can be clearly identified as a person, so no candidate is noted.2009-07-12A large, bright hall with white walls and rows of windows hosts a crowded communal meal at a Kalapataru event in Coimbatore. Many men and women in white shirts, white dhotis and light sarees stand and move between white plastic chairs, some holding paper plates of food. A serving table in the centre has steel vessels and water cans. Signs above doorways read KITCHEN in English and Tamil. A woman in a green and yellow saree with a flower braid stands at right. No individual is identified as a person in this frame.2009-07-12A large, bright hall with tall plain white walls and rows of windows, crowded with many men in white and light-coloured shirts and dhotis moving between tables. A blue sign above a counter reads 'Servicing Counter'. Several men in the foreground hold or carry stainless or plastic water jugs and plates, and a few people sit at long tables eating from plates. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person; the scene shows volunteers and attendees in a dining hall setting. The image is a photograph with a copyright and source overlay in the corner.2009-07-12July 12 20092009-07-12A large, bright hall with tall windows and white walls hosts a crowded communal meal. Many men and women in white shirts, dhotis and sarees, plus some in colourful shirts, stand or sit at white plastic chairs holding plates of food. A woman in a yellow saree with a long braid and a man in a bright blue shirt are prominent in the foreground. Banners hang on the back wall and blue signs read REST ROOMS.2009-07-12A large bright hall with white walls and tall windows serves a communal meal. Many people in white dhotis and white shirts or saris line up and stand at long tables holding metal trays and steel bowls, while others are seated on the floor eating from leaf plates. Volunteers in white with lanyards ladle food from large steel pots at the serving counter. A blue sign reading kitchen hangs above a doorway at the back. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this scene.2009-07-12July 17 20092009-07-17 +1 copiesA large, bright hall with a corrugated metal roof, ceiling fans and rows of windows, filled with a dense crowd of people standing and queuing for a communal meal. Men wear white shirts and white dhotis, while many women wear cotton saris in pink, peach, orange and maroon. Several volunteers in white stand behind long serving tables, one holding a steel vessel and ladling food onto plates held out by queuing devotees, with stacks of flatbread visible on a table. Many participants wear name badges. Standing and serving activity suggests an annadan meal distribution.2009-07-30July 30 20092009-07-30A crowded indoor hall with white walls and tall windows where many people in white shirts and white dhotis or mundus stand and move among each other, many holding round steel or paper plates of food as at a communal meal. A man in a blue shirt with a pendant stands in the foreground, and women in saris and salwar kameez are among the crowd. Behind them hangs an orange banner with Tamil script and a small portrait on the left. Some people hold plates while others queue or converse.2009-07-12July 12 20092009-07-12July 11 20092009-07-11