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Three men in white ritual clothing serve food in a open-sided building with bamboo blinds. The man on the left wears an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala and holds a steel plate. The man in the centre wears an orange shawl, and the man on the right wears a white shawl, a rudraksha mala and an orange lanyard, reaching into a plate of rice cakes. A steel vessel sits in front of them, and a person's head is visible in the lower right corner. Other people stand in the background near a steel counter.

September 23 2016

Men serving food in a covered open-sided dining hall with a thatched roof and leafy windows. In the foreground, a young man in a white shirt and grey trousers holds a steel plate of rice and vegetables. Beside him, a young man in a white kurta with glasses and a beaded necklace ladles food from a large steel pot on a counter. Other men in white and grey shirts stand behind the serving counter, and a few more people are visible in the background. Steel vessels and pots line the counter, and scattered rice grains lie on the dark surface.

March 06 2007

A photograph of an annadan food-serving line at a covered ashram walkway with a red-orange wall and wire mesh on the right. A young man in saffron-orange robes, a white hair net, a rudraksha mala and a beaded armband stands at a steel serving counter, spooning food. Another saffron-robed server in a hair net stands beside him. A grey-haired elderly man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a steel plate of yellow rice, with a small badge on his shirt. Other people in white and light blue shirts wait in the line behind.

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A photograph inside an open-sided thatched pavilion where people are serving food from steel plates. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a gold border holds a steel plate and serving spoon, and a man in a white shirt on the right ladles orange food from a steel plate. Other women in a green sari and a pink-purple sari are also holding steel plates. Behind them, young men in white kurtas with orange shawls and beaded necklaces stand among white plastic chairs, with a thatched hut and trees visible through the open walls.

Volunteers serve food at a steel counter inside a thatched-roof pavilion with a large window onto a garden and thatched huts. Four young people in white kurta-style clothes with orange shawls stand behind steel pots and trays of rice and curry; one serves from a steel ladle, another ladles from a bucket, and a woman in a white sari with an orange shawl and purple border serves with a spoon. At right, a woman in a white sari with gold border holds out a plate. Other people in white are visible through the window. No one is clearly identifiable as a person.

A covered open-sided pavilion where several men in white kurtas with orange shawls serve food from steel vessels. In the foreground a young man in a white kurta with embroidered trim and an orange shawl, with a red tilak on his forehead, reaches into a steel pot with a ladle, while others stand beside him serving rice and yellow food onto steel plates. On the left an older man in glasses wears a rudraksha mala. A bearded man in white with a shawl stands behind the serving line. Steel plates and pots fill the foreground, and the roof is thatched with bamboo-like matting. The scene looks like a communal meal service.

Outdoor photo under a thatched palm-leaf roof with leafy trees and banana plants behind. An older man on the left in a white shirt and dark beaded mala holds a steel plate of yellow rice and a grey side dish toward the camera. Beside him a young boy in glasses sits with a dark shirt. In the centre, a man in a white shirt holds a plate, and another man stands behind him with a bowl. On the right a young man in white with a red-beaded mala holds a plate of food, and another person in white is partly visible at the edge. The scene suggests prasad being distributed after a ritual gathering, with about six people visible.

Outdoor lunch service at an ashram under a thatched shelter. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis serve food from large stainless steel pots and buckets. A man in the foreground wearing a rudraksha mala ladles rice and dal onto a compartmented steel plate, while others hold steel tiffin containers and flatbread. A man at right wears glasses, a white shirt and an ID badge. A man in orange cloth stands behind the servers. Dry palm-thatch roof and green foliage surround the serving area.

A covered outdoor serving line where people hold out steel plates of food from large steel pots. A man in a pink collared shirt on the left holds a plate of rice and savoury food, a boy in a blue checked shirt stands centre with a bowl of rice and gravy, a woman in a blue sari with gold bangles and a gold necklace stands behind, and a older man in glasses and a brown shirt on the right holds a plate of rice and curry. Another woman in a white sari with a blue border stands further back. Large steel vessels with ladles sit in the foreground, with a white vehicle and trees beyond the open shed.

A photograph of young people in white clothing preparing food in a hall with white walls. In the foreground a young man in a white kurta with a white shawl leans over a steel pot of food, scooping from it. Beside him a young woman with short hair wears a white dress and white shawl, holding up a small portion of food in her palms and bangles on her wrists. Around them boys and girls in white stand watching, one boy wears a rudraksha mala, and a person in saffron-orange clothing is visible behind. A large steel vessel and a second pot of dark food sit on a white counter. The floor has a pink and white patterned mat.