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A photograph of a communal lunch serving under a bamboo-roofed open pavilion. In the foreground a man in white shirt wears a long rudraksha mala and holds a plate. Women in white saris and dark blouses ladle rice and curry from steel pots and bowls into plates held by serving staff. Men and women in white and cream clothing stand and move in the background among the food counter and steel vessels.

January 02 2016

A photo of a buffet-style meal service under yellow and red striped canopies with yellow drapery. Volunteers in white head caps and aprons serve rice and curries from steel chafing trays along a long counter. In the foreground an elderly man with white hair and glasses, wearing a white shirt, holds a paper plate of food. Younger men in white shirts with name badges stand nearby, and more devotees line up behind the counter. The setting suggests a community food distribution (annadan) at a festival.

A long queue of devotees under a canopy at an outdoor food distribution. Servers in white and a woman in a bright red sari stand behind steel containers ladling food. A young girl in a red and orange dress holds a leaf plate. Stacks of disposable leaf plates sit on the table at left. Wooden poles and rope form the lanes. Several people wear white clothing and one older man has a white forehead mark. The ground is dusty earth.

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April 17 2011

2011-04-17 +1 copies

A night-time communal meal served under a canopy with gold and red drapery and hanging decorations. A man in white clothes and a white head wrap stands at a wooden table ladling food from a large steel pot. Women are seated and standing in the line, holding steel plates of rice and curry; the woman in the centre wears a white sari with a floral print and the woman at right wears a red floral blouse and a gold chain. Other devotees in white, green and orange clothes queue behind, and steel vessels sit on the ground. Nobody here is identified as a person, and the scene shows food distribution, a common ashram service.

Photograph of a communal meal service at a steel serving counter. Several women in white saris with gold borders serve food from steel trays onto paper plates; one serving woman in the foreground wears an orange-red garland and a dark rudraksha-style mala and holds a ladle over the dish. A man in white clothing stands behind the counter at left, and a woman in a blue-and-white outfit is visible in the background. Other people, partially visible, reach in with plates at the left edge. Yellow food is spread across the steel tray and a pot sits on the counter, with clear plastic sneeze guards above.

2014-08-24 +1 copies

October 07 2006

A serving line at a dining hall where a line of women and girls holds out metal-tray plates to be filled. In the foreground a young woman in a green patterned salwar kameez with a dark shoulder bag holds a plate. Beside her a woman in an orange and green sari with bangles also holds a plate. On the right a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a gold armlet serves yellow dal and rice from stainless steel chafing dishes, with a sheet of glass or shield in front of the trays. Another man in white clothing stands behind him. The room has pale walls and warm lighting.

2014-10-12 +1 copies

Night-time food service outdoors beside a red-painted wall. In the foreground a woman in a white top with an orange shawl serves yellow rice from a large steel pot onto plates, with a steel bowl of dark greens and a serving spoon on the table. To the right, several women in saris and orange shawls hold steel plates out to receive the food. Behind them a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands near a light, and a few other people are blurred in the background. A lit lamp hangs above, and grass and trees lie beyond the serving table.

Outdoor food service at a festival meal line under an orange and yellow marigold-decorated canopy with red and pink drapes. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas and lanyards, stand behind steel pots of rice and yellow food, serving with ladles onto banana-leaf or leaf plates. Women in cream and white saris with gold borders are receiving food and seated at long blue-topped wooden benches. A man in plain white clothes holds a leaf plate at the right edge. Several people are visible, and the scene shows annadan style communal serving.