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October 12 20142014-10-12 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20142014-01-01A food service line inside a plain room with pale pink walls. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border, a rudraksha-style bracelet and a white forehead mark serves yellow dal from a steel tray onto leaf plates. Women in bright saris, including a woman in blue with a gold border and another with a red flower in her hair, hold out plates while others wait in the line behind. A steel-framed sneeze guard and food trays fill the foreground.2014-10-12 +1 copiesA busy serving line in a kitchen or dining hall where volunteers distribute food from steel vessels onto steel plates held out by seated people. A man in a white shirt with a red sacred thread around his neck uses a ladle to serve orange curry from a steel pot, while a woman beside him in white holds a large wicker basket. Plates hold rice, idlis and sauces laid out on a long wooden counter. Several women in saris and bangles stand at the far side and reach forward with their plates. Shelves with glassware and framed pictures line the back wall.2006-12-14A serving line at a community meal, with a long glass-covered steel food counter in the foreground. Rows of people in the background hold paper plates of rice and yellow food. In the lower right, a man in a white dhoti and an orange-brown shawl, with a white vertical tilak on his forehead and a gold bracelet on his wrist, ladles food from the counter. Several women in turquoise and blue saris stand near the line, and men in white shirts and dhotis wait behind them. Stacked and handled paper plates are visible throughout.2014-10-12 +1 copiesPhotograph of a crowded food-serving line in a tiled hall with barred windows. A young man in an orange sleeveless top stands at a steel vessel, serving rice and food onto plates held by women in saris and beaded necklaces. Several women in white and coloured saris reach forward with plates of yellow rice and sides, while others stand behind them. Large trays of cut white cubes sit on a table in the foreground, and a bald man is partly visible at the left edge. Many people crowd the background, some raising arms. No clear identification of a person is visible in the scene.Annadhan in 20142014-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a crowded food distribution hall with a red-and-beige wall pillar. A man in an orange shirt with a rudraksha-style dark bead necklace, short dark hair, and gloves stands at the serving counter handing food to a line of people. Many women in white saris and salwar kameez hold steel plates with yellow rice and side dishes covered in plastic wrap. Behind them, more people wait in the hall, and a man in a white shirt at lower right watches. The orange-clad server does not show clear cues for identification, so his identity is left unsure.A food service line at an ashram annadan. A man in white dhoti and shawl with a long swept-back ponytail, white vibhuti on his forehead and arms, and a gold wristwatch carries a metal plate of prepared food. Beside him, women in orange saris and white hairnets and gloves serve from steel containers and a large copper pot. Several other people in white and orange move along the line in the background.2016-08-21A photograph of a communal meal service under a bamboo and corrugated-roof pavilion. Devotees and volunteers stand in a long line, many in white clothes, serving food from steel vessels and trays onto plates. In the centre-right, a young man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron cloth over white and a red tilak mark, serving from a steel pot. Beside him, a man with short hair and a white garment with a vertical tilak on his forehead serves food, and in the foreground at right an older man in white wears a rudraksha mala. Several women in saris and a man in a white shirt stand at left holding plates. The scene reads as annadan, a food-serving event.2006-07-28August 13 20092009-08-13August 24 20142014-08-24 +1 copies