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December 11 2009

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A serving line at a dining hall, with stainless steel pots of food on a floral-patterned tablecloth. In the foreground, a man in a white t-shirt with a rudraksha mala and red lanyard badge holds a steel plate of food. Beside him, a woman in a white striped kurta with a yellow lanyard ladles food from a large pot of brown curry or dal, and another woman in white ladles from a pot behind her. Rows of small steel bowls of sweet or pudding-like food and a bowl of yellow custard sit along the table. Several other volunteers in white clothing and aprons work along the line in the background.2009-07-02December 11 20092009-12-11December 11 20092009-12-11A dining hall during a communal meal break. Long rows of metal tables with white plastic and yellow chairs are filled with people eating from steel plates. Most diners wear white clothing, and several older men on the right wear white shirts and dhotis. Volunteers in white garments move along the back and serve food near a counter. Some women in saffron and orange saris stand by the serving area. Steel tumblers sit on the tables. The wall shows a small purple bird logo in the corner.2010-07-06June 19 20132013-06-19 +1 copiesA long seated meal in a plain white hall with a concrete floor and high windows. Rows of devotees sit cross-legged on the floor in white clothes with orange shawls draped over their shoulders, facing banana leaves laid end to end, each holding small mounds of food and steel cups of water. In the background a woman with grey hair in an orange shawl holds a large steel bowl, and another woman in a white sari with a red border bends forward carrying a bowl to serve. A framed picture hangs on the left wall, and a brass kalasha-style vessel sits on a leaf. Several long bamboo poles with orange cloth tied to them stand in the foreground, and a small figure in white sits near a rug at the far end of the room. Counting visible seated and standing people gives more than twenty.2008-01-12July 23 20092009-07-23November 25 20052005-11-25A photograph of a group of visitors seated at a long metal-topped dining table in an open, covered hall with bamboo-style screens and blue tarpaulin at left. Five men and two women sit on white plastic chairs eating from steel plates and bowls with steel tumblers. The man at far left wears a white shirt and grey trousers and has barefoot feet visible, another wears a light shirt and grey trousers, a bald man in a striped shirt eats, a man in a white shirt and dark trousers reaches toward a plate, and an older woman with glasses wears a lilac floral sari. At far right a woman in white clothing sits at the table. A red-cushioned bench runs along the wall behind them.A large yellow-walled hall with white pillars is crowded with devotees queuing and carrying steel plates of food for a meal service. Most people wear white clothing, including white saris and white shirts, with many women in white saris with coloured borders. Several women hold brass plates with rice or curry, and a man in a white shirt with a lanyard and a rudraksha-style mala walks through the crowd. A young girl in pink eats from her plate, and a small boy in a white shirt stands nearby.2012-09-20December 11 20092009-12-112003 -Glimpses From Various Programs