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July 01 2011

A plain, whitewashed kitchen with a red-tiled floor. On a white-draped table against the back wall sits a framed portrait of a smiling man wearing a white turban and white clothing, garlanded with marigold flowers and a red garland, with an umbrella placed beside it. Above the table hang a small framed image and a round emblem. On the right, a man in white dhoti and orange shawl and a woman in white sari with orange border stand at a counter with steel vessels, a gas cylinder, stacked plastic crates and baskets. A calendar-style picture of a seated sadhu hangs on the wall.

A photograph of a serving line in a dining hall with pink tiled walls and ceiling fans. Women in white and coloured saris stand in a queue, holding steel plates and reaching toward stainless steel serving counters with food. On the left, a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes and an orange head wrap, with a white flower garland, stands on a blue patterned cloth beside a second framed photo and a small brass lamp and offerings. The portrait is a depiction, not a visible person, and the pictured figure's identity is not established from appearance.

Photograph of an annadan food-serving area in a bright white hall with red curtains and large windows. Several people in white clothes serve food from steel pots and dishes on tables draped in white cloths. A woman in an orange saffron garment with a beaded necklace stands at the left centre, holding a serving spoon. Other people in white kurtas and salwar stand around the serving tables, and a woman in grey trousers and white top stands at the right. Small white candles sit on a table near a metal pot, and red chairs are visible along the wall.

A photograph of a serving line for a communal meal in a hall with peach-coloured walls. Large stainless steel pots of white liquid, orange-brown curry and rice sit on tables covered with fruit-patterned plastic cloth, with bowls of sliced tomatoes, cut vegetables and a basket of paper cups in the foreground. Several volunteers in white clothes and white hairnets stand behind the tables; one woman in a white sari with a red border serves from a pot, and a man in white with disposable gloves ladles food from a pot. A framed picture hangs on the back wall beside a draped red-orange cloth.

2011-07-17 +1 copies

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April 04 2012

A photograph of a food-service area inside a temple-style hall with gold-coloured framing and a gilded canopy. A man in an orange shirt with a white hairnet and gloves stands behind a stainless steel vessel, next to a wicker basket of paper. A bare-chested young man in a white dhoti with gold border, wearing a rudraksha mala and a hairnet and gloves, serves from a steel pot beside a framed portrait of a figure with long hair in orange robes and a beaded necklace. A young boy in a striped shirt arranges items on a tray. Small figurines and a deity murti stand on the gold shrine. The tables are covered with fruit-patterned cloths. A partially visible person in a green shirt walks at left, and a woman in a teal sari stands at far left.

Annadhan in 2011

2011-01-01 +1 copies

A dining hall with white walls, ceiling fans and orange and yellow curtains at the windows. Devotees in white clothes sit and eat at a long table covered with a white cloth with red roses in glass vases and water bottles. A seated man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala is at the table centre. Two standing attendants in white, one with an orange scarf and one with a yellow scarf, carry serving vessels. A framed portrait of a bearded man in orange on the right wall shows a seated figure with a mala.

A photograph of a kitchen-style dining room set for an offering. In the centre, a long table draped in a cream cloth with fruit-print borders holds a fruit basket with pineapple, bananas, oranges and apples, two bread baskets, a steel bowl of red powder with a spoon, a bowl of green cardamom pods, and small terracotta cups. Behind the table, a framed portrait shows a smiling man with long dark hair in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala, seated in meditation, with a red curtain and two brass oil lamps. A man in a white shirt stands at left by steel pots on a counter, and another worker in white at right stirs a pot. Terracotta floor tiles and cream wall tiles complete the room.

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