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November 25 2006

A photograph of a community meal service under a canopy hung with gold and red draped fabric and strings of marigold garlands. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with an orange border and rudraksha mala holds a steel plate of white rice and fried items, while a woman in a white sari with gold border ladles rice from a large steel bucket. Behind them other women and men in white and dark clothing stand at a serving counter with steel vessels. Tube lights are fixed on the draped poles.

A food service line inside a pink-walled hall with glass display cabinets holding brass and gold ritual objects. Several women serve food from large steel pots and trays onto stacks of small steel bowls on a colourful patterned cloth. A woman in a grey cardigan and white dhoti wears plastic gloves and ladles from a pot. A woman in an orange-bordered sari and cream shawl holds a steel plate. A woman in a white top with a grey-streaked ponytail stands beside them. A man in white kurta and yellow shawl stands at the back by a gold-framed display. Annadan style meal distribution.

February 26 2013

2013-02-26 +2 copies

A photograph of a crowded communal meal service at night under bright overhead tube lights. Volunteers in white clothes serve food from large steel pots and trays onto steel plates held by devotees; rice and flatbreads are visible on the plates. Many people in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris including a pink sari with a rudraksha mala, and a woman in a white head covering stand along a long serving line. A man in the foreground reaches out with a plate of rice and bread while a woman in a red top and white sari with an orange shawl stirs a pot. No a person candidate is clearly visible; the scene shows food distribution.

November 25 2006

A food-serving line in a bright hall with pink walls and a polished white floor. In the foreground, a woman in a grey cardigan and white sari stands behind a steel pot of pale liquid, ladling into small steel bowls stacked on a patterned cloth. Beside her, a woman in a cream sari with an orange shawl holds a steel plate of food. A woman in a white top with a ponytail is also serving, and a man in white on the left watches the line. In the background, people in orange and white clothes and a golden-framed throne-like seat appear near glass display cabinets. The scene looks like communal meal distribution.

August 24 2014

2014-08-24 +1 copies

A photograph of an indoor serving line at a community meal. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with a red shawl ladles food from a large copper pot with brass handles into a plate held by a person in a white top. Beside her a man in an orange garment and rudraksha beads serves from a second copper vessel. Several devotees wearing white clothes and red shawls stand along the table holding white plates, while others stand behind them in the background. Warm wall lights and wood panelling frame the hall.

A photograph of a food-serving line at an outdoor evening event under a red and white striped tent with bunting. A young sannyasi in an orange-red robe and orange shawl stands at left, smiling, with a steel vessel in front of him. A man in white shirt and white dhoti with glasses and a yellow lanyard holds a serving plate, and a smiling woman in a white sari with a dark beaded necklace holds a plate of rice. Other men in white clothing and a woman in a sari with glasses stand around the counter. A printed portrait banner hangs in the background. No candidate for the named teacher is clearly identifiable by appearance.

May 10 2017

A long serving line of volunteers in white hairnets and plastic gloves ladles food from steel pans onto white plates at an annadan meal service. Several women in red shawls and a woman in a gold and orange silk saree stand at the counter, while a man in a red scarf works at the far end. Other people wait and move along the line in a bright hall, with a tray trolley and steel containers in front. Small servings of yellow rice and vegetables fill the plates.