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A large hall with exposed steel framing and tall decorative pillars shows a dense crowd of devotees queuing and mingling. Many women wear colourful saris in red, yellow, pink, green and blue, some with flowers in their hair, while men wear white shirts and dhotis. In the foreground a man in a light shirt stands at a white draped table ladling food from a large steel pot into a plate held by a devotee, as part of the bhiksha distribution. Several people wear white and light clothing. The scene conveys a food distribution line at a religious gathering.

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A crowded indoor hall with pillars and large windows where women and men queue along a long white-covered serving table. Several women in sarees and garlanded hair, one in pink and red, another in green and blue, stand waiting while volunteers in white and orange serve from large steel vessels and cups. A man in beige uniform bends over a steel pot at the table's end. Steel pots and buckets sit on the floor. Dense crowd fills the background, consistent with a bhiksha food distribution.2010-02-14A photograph of a large indoor hall with pillars and open walls where a crowd of many people queues at a long table covered with a white cloth. Women in white saris, colourful salwar and sarees, and some in pink, yellow and purple, stand in line; a man in a tan uniform-style shirt and a man in a light blue shirt serve from the table, where a steel vessel and a small cup sit beside a tray. Several women wear flowers in their braided hair. Many people visible in the background stand in rows, consistent with a bhiksha serving line before a Kalpataru program.2010-02-14A large, bright hall with a corrugated roof and rows of metal-topped serving tables where people eat from steel plates. Many devotees in white clothing, mostly women in cream or white saris with gold borders, and men in white shirts and dhotis, move among the tables. Steel pots of food, including rice dishes, sit on the counters at left. A woman in a yellow sari with gold border and white flower in her hair eats from a plate at centre, and a woman in an orange sari stands at right. The scene resembles a communal meal (annadan) in an ashram dining hall.2009-08-06A crowded indoor hall with a bright, hazy light from high windows. A long table draped in white cloth runs across the foreground, where a line of women in saris and salwar kameez queue and reach toward steel pots and stainless steel vessels with a man in a white shirt serving from a steel urn at the right. Many women wear white, cream, green and orange garments, gold bangles and braided hair with flowers. Behind them more devotees in white and pastel clothes fill the hall.2010-02-14Annadhan in 20142014-01-01 +1 copiesSeptember 20 20122012-09-20August 06 20092009-08-06September 20 20122012-09-20A crowded indoor hall with a metal-framed glass roof where many devotees queue and mill about. Most wear white garments, with some women in saris of teal, blue, peach and red, and several have white flowers in their hair. A middle-aged man in a pink shirt and glasses stands in the foreground beside a man in a white shirt. Along the wall hang orange-and-white posters and a banner reading Nithyananda Gallery, showing portraits of saffron-clad figures and printed text. No individual can be confirmed as a person from the image.2010-02-14Annadhan in 20142014-01-01 +1 copiesSeptember 20 20122012-09-20A large white-roofed hall filled with many women and girls serving food from steel vessels and metal trays along a long steel counter. Most wear white saris with dark borders or white head coverings, while others wear orange, yellow, green and blue saris. Several serving women hold ladles and bowls. Brightly coloured hanging cloth banners with decorative panels hang from the ceiling, and white ceiling fans and tube lights are visible. Seated people and others walking in the crowd fill the floor, consistent with a community meal service.2010-08-19