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A serving line of stainless steel pots on a floral tablecloth holds rice, a dry green vegetable dish, and a pale green herb curry in cream. An older man with grey hair wears a white kurta and holds a clay bowl and plate while being served. A younger man in a white coat, blue floral apron, rudraksha mala and blue plastic gloves ladles food, and a volunteer in a white hairnet and white clothing stands behind him. Stacked orange paper cups sit at the front left. Other people in white stand in the background near a red cloth. No candidate for a person is visibly present.

A serving line in an ashram dining hall with peach-coloured walls. On the right, a young man in white kurta with a blue floral apron, plastic gloves and a rudraksha mala serves food from steel containers with a ladle. On the left, a man in white kurta holds a tray with a plate of food and a cup. Behind them a man in white with a white cap and a man in white holding a red plate stand near a red-draped object and a poster of a tree.

2011-08-29 +1 copies

A photograph of a community meal service in a temple-style hall. Several men line up at a steel serving counter, holding terracotta plates and cups as volunteers in white kurta-style clothes and white hair nets ladle food from large steel pots of curry and rice. A man in a white shirt with an orange-trimmed sleeve stands among them, and a golden ornate shrine structure with a kalasha-like top is visible in the background. The scene shows annadan style food distribution among about eight people.

August 29 2011

2011-08-29 +1 copies

November 21 2011

A buffet serving line of steel pots with a yellow rice dish on a patterned cloth, in a pink-walled hall with a golden cobra-hood canopy at left. A man in a white shirt and blue lanyard holds a serving spoon and wears plastic gloves, while an older woman in a green checked top and blue hairnet ladles food beside him. A young man in white clothing with a shawl and a man in a white shirt stand in the background, and a man in a white shirt near the door at left attends the line. The scene reflects an ashram annadan meal service.

2011-11-26 +1 copies

A food service line in an indoor hall with pink walls and a red curtain. A woman in a dark blue salwar kameez with a turquoise dupatta holds out a plate while two men in white coats and hairnets serve from steel pots on a table covered with a yellow cloth. The man in the foreground wears a floral blue and green apron and a dark beaded mala; the man beside him wears a white coat, disposable gloves and a dark mala, and uses a ladle. Steel pots and a cup sit on the table.

July 07 2013

2013-07-07 +1 copies

A buffet serving line in a bright hall with peach walls and tiled floor. In the foreground a woman in a light green embroidered kurta with a white dupatta holds a steel plate and spoons rice and yellow vegetable curry from a steel container. Behind her a man in white kurta watches. On the right a man in white clothes and a blue-floral apron wears disposable gloves and serves from steel pots, with a rudraksha mala around his neck. Another server in white with a hairnet and a dark-clothed attendant in orange and red sit behind the counter. A framed portrait hangs on the left wall beside a window; the portrait's caption is not legible, so it is not transcribed here.

2011-08-29 +1 copies

A photo of an ashram dining hall where volunteers serve a communal meal from steel pots onto plates on a long buffet table covered with a floral cloth. In the foreground a man in a white kurta wears a red and white beaded necklace and rudraksha-style mala and serves food with a ladle. Beside him an elderly man in a cream sweater and grey trousers and a woman in a pink shawl and glasses also serve. Long tables with floral cloths and seated diners fill the background under ceiling fans and white walls.

Ashram meal service in a plain white-walled hall with red curtains. A man in white kurta with a dark mala holds a steel plate of rice while another man in white serves from a long table covered with white cloth, steel bowls of orange curry and dal. A woman in white with a lanyard ladles food and a woman in a white sari with a yellow beaded necklace sits at the table. A man with grey hair and glasses in a dark top with a red-orange cord watches the serving. A girl in a blue salwar with a white dupatta stands at left. Steel bowls of rice and kheer fill the foreground.

A serving line of volunteers in an ashram dining hall serves food from steel pots onto metal plates. In the foreground a young man in white with glasses and rudraksha beads serves from a pot, while a woman in white with a blue lanyard wears plastic gloves and ladles food. Behind them a woman in a white headscarf and white top, a woman in a grey top, and a woman in a lilac sari with a red-haired young woman in a white top stand at the counter. The background is an orange patterned curtain.