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A photo of a serving line in a hall with beige walls and a polished tile floor. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers, barefoot, with an ID lanyard, serves food from steel pots on a long table covered with a colourful patterned cloth and yellow cloth skirt. Three women and girls stand in line holding steel plates; one woman wears a maroon kurta and a dupatta, a girl in a purple top and another in a pink outfit. Paper cups stand on the table. Behind them, people sit at tables and chairs, and a wooden chair with a gold rod stands near a red cloth. A black-and-white tree photograph hangs on the right wall.

September 04 2011

2011-09-04 +1 copies

A photo of an ashram dining hall where volunteers serve a communal meal from steel pots onto plates on a long buffet table covered with a floral cloth. In the foreground a man in a white kurta wears a red and white beaded necklace and rudraksha-style mala and serves food with a ladle. Beside him an elderly man in a cream sweater and grey trousers and a woman in a pink shawl and glasses also serve. Long tables with floral cloths and seated diners fill the background under ceiling fans and white walls.

A photograph of a communal meal service in a hall with pale peach walls and red curtains. In the foreground, a woman in a pink embroidered kurta with gold trim stands at a long table covered with a colourful floral cloth, serving from a large steel pot with a ladle. A man in a white long-sleeved shirt and dark trousers, with a lanyard, holds a steel plate and stands beside her. Steel pots of food, a bowl of red dish, paper cups and a bowl of rice sit on the table. Behind them, a few seated people eat at tables. On the wall hang framed portraits of a woman in a red and yellow garment, and a man in white. An orange shawl lies on a chair at left, and a gold-trimmed cart stands at right. Three people are visible in the scene, plus a partially visible seated figure at left.

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2013-11-01 +1 copies

A buffet line inside a long hall with posters on the wall. Several devotees with orange-red shawls draped over white clothes serve themselves from stainless steel chafing dishes under a glass sneeze guard. A man in a white shirt on the left uses a serving spoon, a man in a striped shirt and a woman in white with a red shawl stand in line, and a woman in a salmon-pink kurta on the right holds a plate of flatbreads and a small serving. Visitors carry name badges on lanyards. No individual is identifiable as a person in this image.

2014-09-27 +1 copies

December 10 2009

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.