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A woman in a pale yellow saree with a red-and-gold blouse stands in a bright hall with a curved ceiling and ceiling fans, serving from a large stainless steel vessel. She wears a rudraksha mala, a gold bangle, glasses and a red bindi with white forehead markings. Behind her another person in white holds a steel tumbler. Red chairs and a doorway with red frames fill the room, and the background shows a few people in white and cream clothing.

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Four women in a bright hall serve and receive food from a large aluminium pot. On the left, a woman in a pink-bordered white sari with green print ladles liquid from the pot with a long spoon into a steel tumbler. Beside her, a smiling woman in a pale yellow sari with a long rudraksha-style mala and vibhuti on her forehead holds a small steel bowl. Two more women in white-and-gold saris stand behind, one holding a steel tumbler and wearing a lanyard badge. A water dispenser and a red-and-yellow wall hanging are visible in the background.

Three women stand in a line inside a plain white-walled hall with red-framed doors and a tiled floor. The woman in the centre, in a cream-white sari with a pink border and a rudraksha mala, drinks from a steel tumbler held in her right hand. The woman on the left in a pink-and-white sari smiles, and the woman on the right in a white sari with gold border, glasses and a sacred ash mark on her forehead holds a steel cup at the front. Each wears a lanyard with an ID badge. Chairs and a table are visible in the background.

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July 10 2013

A kitchen scene during the preparation of naivedyam offerings. Two young women in white clothes with gold borders stand at a steel counter. The woman in the centre wears an orange-red shawl and a rudraksha mala, and is ladling yellow-orange food from a large steel pot into a steel plate held by the woman on the right, who wears a yellow shawl and bangles and smiles. Another person in white is partly visible at the left edge, and a steel container of pale food sits in the foreground. Behind them are white tiled walls, a cabinet top with steel canisters, a tall steel water urn, and yellow curtains.

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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.

Two women in white and gold-bordered saris stand at a kitchen or serving table, packing food. The woman on the left wears a white blouse, a rudraksha-style bead necklace and a visitor lanyard badge. The woman on the right wears a green blouse, a dark bead necklace, a gold bangle and a red bindi, and folds a white cloth with orange borders. On the table are stacks of clear plastic containers, a steel tumbler of white liquid and a metal pot. Behind them are stacked steel vessels, white bags and cabinets in a plain room with a framed photo on the wall. No deity or a person depiction is visible.

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.