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A photograph of an annadaan meal service on a covered, tiled-roof veranda with white walls. In the foreground, a smiling woman in a white outfit and a beaded necklace holds a steel tumbler, next to a young woman in white with a red-beaded mala who sits and eats from a small steel bowl. A woman in a red and orange bandhani sari eats in the centre. At right, a woman in a green and gold silk sari with a long braid serves food from a long stainless-steel counter lined with steel bowls and trays. Behind them, several men and women in white garments stand and serve, and an orange flower arrangement hangs on the wall. No a person candidate is visible.

Three women in an indoor hall share an offering from a stainless steel plate of yellow prasadam. The woman at left, in a white sari with a gold-patterned border and an orange shawl, leans forward and serves the food with her right hand. The woman in the centre wears white with a gold border, an orange shawl, a rudraksha mala and glasses, and holds the plate. At right, a woman in an orange sari with a maroon border and rudraksha beads kneels with her palms joined. Behind them, others in white and orange move through the hall, and a black speaker stands at the right edge.

July 30 2011

2011-07-30 +2 copies

Indoor annadan style meal service in a dining hall with pink walls and framed portraits of saffron-robed figures along the top wall. In the foreground a woman in white with a purple top, orange lanyard and rudraksha mala serves from a steel pot using a ladle. A woman in a white blouse with blue embroidery, red shawl, red bindi and orange lanyard holds a steel plate and bowls, another woman in a red shawl stands beside her, and several volunteers in white clothes and white caps stand in the background. Small framed portraits on the wall show orange-robed figures, but they are not clearly identifiable.

2013-07-09 +1 copies

July 08 2008

December 06 2011

December 25 2008

A photograph of a community meal service in a plain indoor hall. On the left, a young woman in white with an orange shawl and a red bindi serves food from a steel pot using tongs and a plastic glove. On the right, an older woman in a white blouse and a green and yellow striped sari holds out a steel plate to receive food, with a rudraksha mala visible at her neck. Behind them, a man in white and a woman in a pink top with a long braid stand near steel serving vessels and covered containers.

Women and men in orange scarves serve a dinner buffet from steel pots with lids at a counter in an interior with white walls, green and pink floral painted pillars and wooden doors. A woman in a pale blue dress on the left holds a steel plate of food, while a curly-haired woman in a rust-coloured top and orange scarf on the right smiles beside a woman in white with a rudraksha mala serving rice. A framed photograph of a sannyasi in orange robes is visible in the background, but he is a depiction and no identity is claimed.

A food service line under an open pavilion with red wooden pillars. A woman in a pink kurta with an orange shawl serves food onto a plate from a steel pot. Beside her, a woman in a white top with an orange scarf and rudraksha mala ladles food, while a man in an orange shawl and rudraksha mala stands at the right holding a serving ladle over a steel bowl. Men in white and orange shawls stand behind the counter. Steel vessels of curry, leafy greens, rice and flatbread sit on a patterned cloth, with a blue bucket of liquid in front. Trees are visible outside.

A photograph of a communal kitchen serving line where women in white and orange clothing serve food. In the foreground, a woman with curly dark hair and glasses in a white sari with gold border and an orange shawl scoops from a steel pot. Beside her, a woman with light hair in a white sari with orange shawl and bangles wears clear gloves and serves from a large black pot. On the right, a woman with blonde hair tied back and a white flower in it, wearing a white sari with a gold-edged shawl and a rudraksha mala, holds a steel plate of orange food. Stacked steel plates, spoons and a metal serving tray sit on the counter, with a few more people and a man in white in the background.

A photograph of a busy ashram dining area with a serving counter along a white wall. A woman in white draped clothing with an orange hair tie stands in the foreground eating from her fingers, while a middle-aged man with grey hair and glasses in an orange-saffron robe holds a steel cup and sits beside a woman with long light hair in an orange shawl. Behind them, people in white and orange clothing stand near steel serving trays and tall stainless steel containers. A man in white with a short beard holds a steel cup at the back.