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June 16 2004 - Rishikesh-Guptakashi-Uttarkashi

A night-time photo of a food-serving line on a concrete terrace beside a white picket railing. A person in saffron-orange clothing and a saffron head wrap, seen at the left edge, serves from a pot with a ladle. Several men squat along newspaper-covered ground, eating and reaching into steel bowls holding flatbread and rice. A stainless steel pot and lid sit nearby, and a towel hangs on the railing. A saffron-clad person stands in the background.

June 16 2004 - Rishikesh-Guptakashi-Uttarkashi

Night photograph of a food-serving scene on a concrete riverside platform beside a white railing. Seated men in plain shirts and lungis eat from steel plates laid on old newspaper, while several people in saffron-orange robes and turbans serve rice, roti and curry from steel pots and trays. A woman in orange kneels at right holding a thali of roti, rice and dal. Behind them, a man in a cream-colored shirt with an orange shawl carries a plate, and a bearded young man in orange stands at upper right. A small sign reading STD ISD PCO hangs in the dark background.

Night photo of a food-serving scene outdoors. A person in an orange saffron wrap and orange turban-style head cloth, seated in the foreground, holds a ladle and serves rice onto a plate. Seated devotees in green-and-white checked shirts and pink cloth wait in a line on newspaper-covered ground. A man in an orange shawl with a brown cap and glasses stands at right, holding a plate of food. Other orange-clad figures stand in the background against dark surroundings.

June 16 2004 - Rishikesh-Guptakashi-Uttarkashi

Night-time photo of devotees in saffron-orange robes serving food on steel plates of white rice and yellow dal during an outdoor meal service. A woman with dark hair in a bun and glasses in the centre holds a plate, and a man in a brown knit cap on the right holds a plate of rice and curry; another man in a tan knit cap at the far right serves from a plate. A white railing and dark background sit behind them, with a red-clad figure in the middle distance. Dated 16 6 2004 in red digits at the lower right.

December 15 2006

A photograph of a communal meal on a tiled floor. Several men in orange and saffron robes sit cross-legged in a row, eating from metal plates with rice and curried vegetables, with small steel bowls and glass water bottles set beside them. A woman in a cream and gold sari with a long dark braid and a rudraksha mala bends forward at right, serving rice from a steel bucket with a ladle. Another person in orange stands at right edge and a figure in orange sits at upper left. Further back, saffron-clad devotees move about near a pillar.

A food distribution at an ashram courtyard with stone walls and blue and yellow cloth hanging behind. A man in an orange robe with a red forehead mark stands centre and gestures while speaking. Beside him, a man in orange shawl and white kurta ladles food from a large steel pot onto a plate, and another man in orange and white stands near a second pot. Men in white and orange clothing and a woman in orange line the white-draped table, and a partly visible person in white stands at left holding a plate of rice and vegetables.

A photograph of a serving line at an indoor event. A smiling man in an orange saffron turban and orange robe, with long swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha-style mala, stands behind a steel pot, serving rice with a ladle onto a steel plate held by a hand at right. Beside him a man in white with a red-and-black beaded necklace wears plastic gloves and works the line. Several other men in white shirts and a teal shirt queue and serve at the counter. A wicker basket of flatbread sits at left, a pink rose lies on the counter, and a steel tray of rice is at lower right.