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November 24 2011

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July 07 20132013-07-07 +1 copiesA buffet serving line in a bright hall with cream walls and a decorative ceiling. Devotees in white kurta-style clothes and lanyards serve food from steel chafing dishes onto orange-brown plates; a man in a white t-shirt with a blue lanyard loads his plate, and a shaved-headed man in a grey sleeveless top and rudraksha-style beaded necklace stands at the counter. Trays hold fried snacks, bread-like slices and curry, and a framed deity picture hangs on the left wall.2011-11-24November 21 20112011-11-21A food service line in a large open pavilion with white walls and yellow draped valances. Volunteers in white clothes and white hairnets serve from brass chafing dishes with curry, standing beside a line of guests holding plates. A bald monk in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands at right beside a younger monk in orange robes, while several people in white and red-orange shawls wait to be served. Other seated guests sit at white-covered chairs in the background, and a small shrine with framed deity images is visible at the far end. The scene reads as an annadan meal service.2015-07-01 +1 copiesJune 01 20092009-06-01November 24 20112011-11-24A photograph of an annadan food-serving line at a covered ashram walkway with a red-orange wall and wire mesh on the right. A young man in saffron-orange robes, a white hair net, a rudraksha mala and a beaded armband stands at a steel serving counter, spooning food. Another saffron-robed server in a hair net stands beside him. A grey-haired elderly man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a steel plate of yellow rice, with a small badge on his shirt. Other people in white and light blue shirts wait in the line behind.2017-03-11 +1 copiesNovember 25 20062006-11-25A buffet serving line of food in steel chafing dishes, with volunteers in white hairnets serving rice and curries to participants. A woman in white with a red shawl and a man in a red and white checked shawl serve from the line, while a boy in a white shirt and red sash and a teenager in white with an orange sash hold plates. A man in the foreground wears a hairnet and white shirt with a red lanyard. In the background a person in saffron and red robes stands near a ceremonial area, and others in white and purple move through a hall with white chairs. Several people are visible in the distance, some wearing red sashes, in a marble-floored banquet hall.2016-07-05Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesOctober 23 20122012-10-23A buffet serving line in a large hall with white walls and red curtains. Several men in white shirts and white trousers take food from steel trays along a counter of stainless steel containers holding sliced fruit, sandwiches, pastries and other dishes. The man at right wears an orange lanyard and a light-coloured shirt and reaches toward a food tray. The man at centre wears a rudraksha mala and a locket pendant, and holds a plate of cut fruit. Another man wears a white tilak on his forehead and a black bead mala. Other people stand in the background near the wall.2013-08-17 +1 copies