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Night-time outdoor food service at an ashram-style courtyard beside a red-painted wall. A woman in a white sari with an orange shawl, hair in a long plait, serves from a steel pot onto a table, while a man in a black shirt and white dhoti holds a steel plate of rice. Several other people in white dhotis and white shirts stand nearby, some holding plates, with a bright floodlight and dark trees behind. Shoes are piled at the right edge.

A night-time food service line where a woman in a white and beige sari with an orange-red shawl serves yellow rice from a steel pot with a ladle, while another server in white stands beside her. Stainless steel pots hold yellow rice and a dark vegetable dish. Women and girls with white forehead markings and ornaments line up holding steel plates, one in a turquoise sari and one in a white polka-dot top. A woman in an orange sari and a man in white stand in the background. The scene suggests communal food distribution.

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Night-time food service outdoors beside a red-painted wall. In the foreground a woman in a white top with an orange shawl serves yellow rice from a large steel pot onto plates, with a steel bowl of dark greens and a serving spoon on the table. To the right, several women in saris and orange shawls hold steel plates out to receive the food. Behind them a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands near a light, and a few other people are blurred in the background. A lit lamp hangs above, and grass and trees lie beyond the serving table.

Night-time food service at an open-air ashram setting. A woman in a white sari with an orange border and orange shawl stands at a wooden table ladling food from a steel pot into a steel plate. Beside her, a woman in beige and orange serves from another pot, and young women in orange, white and green saris stand in a line holding steel plates of yellow rice and fried items. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at the left edge. Steel pots of cooked vegetables sit on the table. The background is dark.

September 17 2006

Night-time photo of an outdoor food service line. A young man in a white-and-grey checked short-sleeved shirt holds a steel plate and looks down while someone pours cooked food from a steel pot onto the plate. A woman in an orange top with long dark curly hair stands in the foreground pouring from a steel bucket onto a dark serving table scattered with green food. Behind them, people in white clothes with orange shawls and a woman in a purple-and-gold sari stand among orange-flowering trees. A man in a white shirt is at the right edge. Several people in the background are partly visible.

A night-time communal meal line under a open-sided tent with striped red, yellow and white drapes and strings of lights overhead. A woman in a white sari with a long braid stands at the front ladling food from a large steel pot, and another woman in white ladles from a second pot beside her. Devotees queue with steel plates; a young man in a black shirt and rudraksha-style beaded necklace holds a plate of rice, and a man in a grey shirt stands at right. Several women wear saris in white, orange and green, and a row of steel vessels sits on a table at left.

September 17 2006

April 17 2011

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January 08 2012

Night-time annadanam food service at an outdoor ashram or temple compound lit by overhead street lamps. On the left, men in white shirts and white dhotis, one wearing glasses, arrange rows of stainless steel plates and bowls on a long metal serving counter. A woman in a white sari stands at the counter. Along the centre, people stand in a queue behind bamboo barricades, and a man in a blue shirt and dark trousers walks forward holding a steel plate. On the right, a man in a white shirt and yellow cloth and a woman in a green sari carry steel plates. A cream-coloured building with orange trim runs behind. Several dozen people are visible.

A night-time outdoor food packing scene under harsh lights on a dirt ground. Five people sit or stand at a long table and around large metal pots of orange-coloured rice. A white-haired man in a white shirt and light blue-green shawl stands at left, gesturing toward the pots. A man in white with a pendant leans over a large steel pot, while a woman in white churidar-style dress with bangles packs food into foil. Behind them, a woman in white with a saree-style dress and a woman in a light beige shawl handle foil packets at the table. Stacks of foil sheets, empty steel bowls and cardboard boxes sit on the table. A white cloth bag with an orange and green label lies at left.