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A photograph of a communal meal service in a bright hall with cream walls. In the foreground a bald man with glasses and a red-brown mala around his neck, wearing a white kurta, holds a steel plate with rice, chapati and orange curry while spooning food from a serving pot. Behind him, a man in a white polo shirt and white hairnet serves from a steel pot with a ladle, and a woman in white gloves and a white dress works the line. Steel vessels of curry and a large pot of white kheer or dal sit on a patterned tablecloth. Other people in white stand in the background.

2011-07-17 +2 copies

A photograph of a community meal service in a temple-style hall. Several men line up at a steel serving counter, holding terracotta plates and cups as volunteers in white kurta-style clothes and white hair nets ladle food from large steel pots of curry and rice. A man in a white shirt with an orange-trimmed sleeve stands among them, and a golden ornate shrine structure with a kalasha-like top is visible in the background. The scene shows annadan style food distribution among about eight people.

A buffet serving line inside an ornate white hall with gold-toned temple canopy in the background. Several people in white clothing stand along steel trays of food. A man in the foreground wears a white hairnet and white kurta, using tongs at steel pots of food. Others hold clay plates and cups while being served rice, vegetables, flatbread and sliced apples. A man in a red shirt holds a camera. Trays of red apples fill the foreground.

A photograph of an annadan food service line in an indoor hall with pink walls, ceiling lights and colourful tassel decorations. Two men and a woman in white hairnets and disposable gloves serve food from steel trays onto plates held by devotees. A young man in an orange-brown dhoti with a bare chest and rudraksha beads serves from a steel pan. A woman in a white sari with a rudraksha mala stands at the right, and an older bearded man in white kurta with a garland waits in line at left. A framed portrait of a woman in an orange garment with garlands hangs on the back wall.

November 25 2011

August 29 2009

A 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.

July 01 2015

2015-07-01 +1 copies

A photograph of a serving line at a temple-style meal service. Several people in white dhotis and orange-red shawls stand behind steel trays, serving food with ladles. A woman in an orange sari and a rudraksha mala holds a serving spoon, and a woman in a gold-bordered sari wears a white hairnet. A man in a white shirt in the foreground reaches toward a copper vessel filled with cooked corn cobs. Other visible people wear clear plastic gloves and white hairnets. The setting is a bright indoor hall with pale walls and a glass window. A copper pot and brass pillar stand at the centre of the counter.

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 food serving line at an ashram dining area. In the foreground an older man in white clothes and a red lanyard holds a steel tray of rice, curries and papadum. Behind the serving counter a man in a white dhoti with a yellow border and a white hairnet ladles food from copper vessels into trays. Other servers in white with red lanyards stand along the counter, and brass-handled serving pots and copper pots of curry fill the table.

July 07 2013

2013-07-07 +1 copies