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October 12 20142014-10-12 +1 copiesA food service line inside a plain room with pale pink walls. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border, a rudraksha-style bracelet and a white forehead mark serves yellow dal from a steel tray onto leaf plates. Women in bright saris, including a woman in blue with a gold border and another with a red flower in her hair, hold out plates while others wait in the line behind. A steel-framed sneeze guard and food trays fill the foreground.2014-10-12 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20142014-01-01A serving line at a community meal, with a long glass-covered steel food counter in the foreground. Rows of people in the background hold paper plates of rice and yellow food. In the lower right, a man in a white dhoti and an orange-brown shawl, with a white vertical tilak on his forehead and a gold bracelet on his wrist, ladles food from the counter. Several women in turquoise and blue saris stand near the line, and men in white shirts and dhotis wait behind them. Stacked and handled paper plates are visible throughout.2014-10-12 +1 copiesAugust 24 20142014-08-24 +1 copiesAugust 13 20092009-08-13A 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 copiesA photograph of an annadan food distribution line, rotated sideways. A man in a white shirt on the lower left holds a steel ladle over a large steel vessel of yellow rice and serves a steel thali plate. Several women and a child stand in line holding steel plates loaded with white rice, yellow rice, curry and fried snacks. A woman in a white sari stands at right and holds out a plate, and a woman in an orange top and another in a purple sari are in the queue. The background is a plain white wall.2006-10-01A serving line in a kitchen dining hall where volunteers in white clothes serve food onto disposable leaf plates. Women in white saris with gold borders and orange garlands stand behind a steel counter, one holding a ladle and a large areca leaf plate. Several people in the foreground, including women in white saris with red and green bangles, hold leaf plates and bowls to receive food. A clear plastic sneeze guard hangs above the counter, and steel food containers sit on the counter.2014-08-24 +1 copiesA photograph of a community food serving line under warm fluorescent tube lights beneath a metal canopy. On the left, a woman in a pink salwar kameez with gold bangles holds out a steel plate to be served. In the centre, a man in a white shirt and white cap ladles food from a steel tray. On the right, a bearded man in a white shirt and grey cap, wearing a rudraksha-style mala, serves from the counter while another person in white with a rudraksha mala stands nearby. A woman in an orange sari with long braided hair is at the far right, wearing a white head covering and earrings. Several people in white clothing stand in line behind the counter.2014-08-24 +1 copiesA busy serving line in a kitchen or dining hall where volunteers distribute food from steel vessels onto steel plates held out by seated people. A man in a white shirt with a red sacred thread around his neck uses a ladle to serve orange curry from a steel pot, while a woman beside him in white holds a large wicker basket. Plates hold rice, idlis and sauces laid out on a long wooden counter. Several women in saris and bangles stand at the far side and reach forward with their plates. Shelves with glassware and framed pictures line the back wall.2006-12-14November 27 20122012-11-27