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A photo of a serving line under a covered open-sided shelter. Several men in white kurtas with orange shawls and orange garlands stand behind steel pots and buckets, serving rice and curry onto steel plates held by the foreground man. The man at right wears an orange shawl over white clothes, a red tilak on his forehead and an ID badge, smiling as he receives a plate. Other servers in white and orange ladle food from large pots, with a man in white at centre wearing a gold-trimmed shawl. Stainless steel vessels and a serving counter fill the scene.

Photograph of a covered outdoor serving area with a corrugated roof and a white wall at right. Several men in white and orange-trimmed clothing stand behind a steel prep counter serving food from large stainless steel pots and bowls. A man at far left in a white shirt with a red shawl holds a bowl. A smiling bald man in white with a gold-bordered orange shawl serves rice; beside him a younger man in a white shirt wears beaded necklaces and a badge. At far right a smiling man in white with glasses and a white shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala, gestures with his hand. The scene suggests a communal meal service.

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.

Devotees serve food in a covered open-sided kitchen area with thatched and bamboo ceiling panels and a view of outdoor greenery. Five or so people stand at a long stainless-steel counter, dishing rice and food from metal pots and tubs into steel plates and ladles. The woman on the far left wears a white sari with a lavender border, an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala. A young man in a white dhoti-style outfit with an orange shawl and a white stole holds a ladle. Beside him a woman in white with an orange scarf serves from a pot. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a gold border and a red-beaded mala holds a steel plate of rice. A girl in white with gold trim stands at the right edge. Behind them more people in white and orange clothing are visible.

A photograph of a serving line in an open-sided hall with a white painted wall and windows behind. Several young men in white kurta-style clothes serve food from large steel pots into cups held by children and a woman in the lower right. The man in front on the left wears a rudraksha-style orange-and-red beaded necklace and a white tilak mark on his forehead, and he pours from a steel tumbler. Behind him a bald young man wears a white shawl with a red-and-white cord, and a taller man in the centre wears an orange shawl over white clothes. A young girl with her hair in a ponytail faces away from the camera in the foreground. Steel bowls of food sit on a table.

A photograph of a food distribution at an outdoor ashram setting beside a stone wall and a blue cloth hanging with gold trident-like motifs. Several men in orange saffron shawls over white clothes serve food from large steel pots. One serving man in the foreground right holds a ladle over a steel pot and another dishes food onto plates held by devotees. A bearded man in orange in the lower left looks down at a plate of food, and a woman in white with a dark wrap stands near the centre. Yellow flags and fabrics hang on a wooden frame at left, and a man in white and orange stands behind the group.

Three young men in white ritual clothes serve food from a large stainless steel pot in an open hall. The man on the left wears a white kurta with a red sash and a rudraksha mala, with a red tilak mark on his forehead. The man in the centre wears a white kurta, an orange-beaded mala and a small pendant, holding a metal ladle and smiling. The young man on the right wears a white kurta with an orange shawl, rudraksha beads and a red bindi, holding a ladle over the pot. A hand in the foreground holds a yellow fruit. The setting shows wooden ceiling beams and white walls.

A photograph of a communal meal service in a hall with yellow checked curtains. In the foreground a young man with curly brown hair, wearing a white kurta and a dark beaded necklace, leans over steel serving bowls and spoons out food. Beside him a woman in a white sari with an orange border serves from a bowl. Behind them a balding man in a white t-shirt and mala holds steel plates, and a man in white with glasses carries plates with an orange shoulder bag. Steel pots, lidded containers and a basket of paper napkins sit on the serving table, and a green basket lies at the bottom edge.

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A photograph taken under a open-sided thatched pavilion at an outdoor program site. In the foreground, a woman in an orange-yellow sari with her hair tied back stands beside stainless steel pots and vessels on a table, while a man in white ritual clothes carries a steel plate. A woman in an orange sari with loose dark hair stands at right holding a steel plate, and a man in white with a lanyard badge carries a tray. Several more people in white and orange clothing move about in the background among tables and bamboo poles, apparently serving food at an annadan style meal arrangement. No visible candidate matches the a person appearance cues, so the figures are described by role only.

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 photograph of a communal meal service under a covered open-sided shelter with a bamboo-mat ceiling. A row of people in white clothing serve food from steel vessels on a counter, ladling dal or curry into a stainless-steel bowl. In the foreground on the left, a woman in a white sari with orange border serves from a tray. On the right, a smiling man wearing rimless glasses, an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala stands beside a man in white with a yellow-bordered shawl. Other attendees in white and orange stoles line the serving counter.