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Photograph of a seated lunch gathering in a bright hall with a polished white floor. Many people sit in rows on the floor, mostly in white clothes, with some in orange and saffron. Green banana-leaf plates with food and small paper cups are laid out before them. At the front, two monks in orange robes stand at a low table serving food, while a woman in white and another seated woman attend nearby. A red curtain and a white throne-like chair with flower vases stand on a raised stage at the back, and a deity shrine with a saffron-clad figure is visible at the left edge. Several people are in the foreground with their backs to the camera.

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2017-07-03 +1 copies

A large hall with white walls, ceiling lights and red-lit backdrop hosts a community meal. Rows of people sit on the floor before green leaf plates of food and water bottles, many in orange and saffron robes and red garments. Standing figures in white dhotis and white head coverings line the back, and a figure in a gold-framed seat with red cloth sits at the centre near a wooden screen, an arrangement consistent with a puja or annadan.

A photograph of a large hall with a white floor and a central aisle. Rows of seated devotees on both sides, many in white dhotis and white garments, some in orange and yellow saris or yellow shawls, sit with palms pressed together. Green leaf plates and small cups are set before them. At the far end, a bright orange throne-like seat stands before dark red drapes, with a figure in white and orange near it and a brass vessel placed on a low wooden stand in the aisle. Blue and gold banners hang on the side pillars. Many people are visible, roughly in the 21-100 range.

A photograph of a large hall where many people sit in rows on the floor on mats, eating from banana-leaf plates with small oil lamps and cups before them. Most seated people wear saffron-orange garments, while others wear white dhotis with orange or red borders, and several women wear white saris. Along the stage a figure in orange sits on an ornate gold-and-cream chair before a dark red curtain, while a standing attendant in white dress stands nearby. Tall decorative pillars with colourful woven bands and tassels flank the hall, and portrait photographs hang on the left wall beside a projector screen.

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October 12 2010

2010-10-12 +1 copies

A large hall set for a communal meal. Rows of people sit cross-legged on the floor with palms pressed together in namaste, facing a central aisle. Men in white dhotis and women in white saris with orange borders sit before banana leaves laid with food and small cups. At the far end, a golden throne with a red cushion stands beside a framed portrait and a seated figure in orange robes, with another white-clad attendant nearby. Red curtains, hanging ceiling fans and tall decorative banners frame the room.

October 12 2010

2010-10-12 +1 copies

A large white-walled hall with ceiling fans and steel trusses holds a seated gathering on the floor, many in white clothing. Long rows of banana-leaf plates with fruit, rice and side dishes sit on low tables in front of the seated people. At the far end, a standing figure in white and a robed figure in saffron stand near a red-draped altar bearing a framed portrait garlanded with flowers. Several people in saffron and white stand along the back wall. An older man in an orange shawl and a white robe stands at left of the altar, with the tilak-marked forehead visible in the wider scene, while a man in saffron robes and a white beard sits near the front. Some seated devotees have hands folded in prayer.