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A photograph of a commercial kitchen pass-through at a volunteer event. In the foreground a smiling woman with dark bangs wears a grey t-shirt, a white apron and clear gloves, holding wooden spoons over a white cloth on a steel counter. Beside her a man with a moustache wears a white kurta-style outfit and holds a brown tray. Behind them a woman in an apron and another woman with long dark hair work at the counter, and a person in a red top and others stand in the kitchen. A white door marked Employees Only is at left.

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A buffet serving line in a pale pink hall. Servers in white shirts, striped aprons and hairnets, with plastic gloves, serve chapatis and curries from steel chafing dishes. A woman with wavy dark hair in a white top and orange lanyard holds a tray of food, while a man in white with rudraksha beads and an ID badge carries plates. Two women in orange saris stand in the background near a framed portrait on the wall, and several guests in white wait in line.2013-07-07 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA photo of a communal dining or annadan serving area with stainless steel chafing dishes on a white-draped table against a wall with red curtains and orange-tiled walls. A woman with long light brown hair, wearing a white dress and a red shoulder strap, holds a serving spoon over a dish and smiles, wearing a garland of beads with pink flowers. Nearby, a young man in white kurta and a patterned apron, with a dark shirt and waist cloth, serves food, and another man in a white shirt stands at the right in a white kurta with a rudraksha-style cord. Several men in white clothes and a man in a white t-shirt stand in the background.2009-06-01A photo of a communal dining hall where volunteers and devotees serve a vegetarian meal from steel steam trays along a buffet counter. In the foreground a woman with light brown hair pulled back, wearing a white loose-fitting top and a small tag on her chest, holds a stainless steel tray with rice, a flatbread, yellow dal, orange vegetable curry and a steel bowl. Behind her an older man with white hair and a white beard, wearing a white shirt and a wooden rudraksha bead necklace, holds a tray with a steel bowl. Other people in white clothing, including a man in a white polo shirt with a lanyard, serve food from covered containers. Red curtains line the windows and the ceiling is white.2013-11-01 +1 copiesA serving line in an ashram dining hall with yellow checked curtains behind it. Several people in white clothes stand at steel pots of food, ladling dishes into bowls and plates. A young man in white with a dark rudraksha-style necklace leans forward at left, a woman in a white and orange-striped sari serves beside him, and a bald man in a white t-shirt holds a plate at centre-right. A woman in a colourful top and an older man with white hair and a beard are also serving. Stainless steel pots with lids and an orange basket of napkins sit on the counter, and a green basket of cutlery is at lower right.2009-11-19A photograph of a communal meal service in a long, arched hall with white walls and red curtains. A smiling woman with shoulder-length blonde hair wears a white tunic and a long dark bead necklace, holding a steel plate of food. Beside her, a woman in white with glasses serves from steel pots on a patterned tablecloth. Several men and women in white clothing and rudraksha-style beads line the counter, and a bearded man in a yellow-green shirt with grey hair in a bun, wearing a blue beaded necklace, holds out a plate. Serving spoons, bowls of curry and steel pots fill the counter.2009-11-19Ashram meal service in a plain white-walled hall with red curtains. A man in white kurta with a dark mala holds a steel plate of rice while another man in white serves from a long table covered with white cloth, steel bowls of orange curry and dal. A woman in white with a lanyard ladles food and a woman in a white sari with a yellow beaded necklace sits at the table. A man with grey hair and glasses in a dark top with a red-orange cord watches the serving. A girl in a blue salwar with a white dupatta stands at left. Steel bowls of rice and kheer fill the foreground.2009-12-11A photograph of a buffet-style meal service in a long hall. A woman in a white t-shirt, hairnet, plastic gloves and a rudraksha-style brown beaded necklace serves food from steel containers with a ladle. Beside her, a smiling man in a white t-shirt with a red-brown shawl and a lanyard receives rice on a metal tray, while other men in white shirts with orange lanyards and a person in orange robes wait in line. Steel trays hold rice, curry and vegetable dishes under a glass sneeze guard, and framed pictures hang on the wall at left.2014-10-13 +1 copiesA buffet serving line of steel pots with a yellow rice dish on a patterned cloth, in a pink-walled hall with a golden cobra-hood canopy at left. A man in a white shirt and blue lanyard holds a serving spoon and wears plastic gloves, while an older woman in a green checked top and blue hairnet ladles food beside him. A young man in white clothing with a shawl and a man in a white shirt stand in the background, and a man in a white shirt near the door at left attends the line. The scene reflects an ashram annadan meal service.2011-11-26 +1 copiesA photograph of a community kitchen serving line in a bright, white-walled hall with red curtains and a tiled floor. A man in a grey short-sleeved shirt and white dhoti stands at left, holding a plate at the serving counter. Beside him, a person in an orange-and-white shawl and mala beads serves from steel pots. A woman in white with a light apron and gloves ladles food, and a man in white kurta wearing a volunteer badge serves from a large pot of yellow rice. A woman in white with gold ornaments stands at right. Steel vessels of curry and rice line the long table.2009-08-27A busy ashram kitchen serving food. In the foreground, a man in a white apron and white shirt bends over stacks of stainless steel plates, serving from a pot. Behind him, a man in a pink-magenta shirt and apron stands at left beside red curtains. At right, a man in a white robe wears a rudraksha mala and holds a large steel tray of food. Several other people in white clothes, including a woman in a white top and orange scarf, work at the stove and serving counter in the background.2009-06-01A serving line in a bright hall with peach walls and ceiling fans. A smiling woman in white kurta with rudraksha mala holds a steel plate while a man in red-and-gold dhoti and bare chest, with a dark rudraksha mala, ladles food from a steel pot onto it. Beside them a woman in brown patterned kurta and a man in blue polo with a volunteer badge serve from pots on a floral tablecloth. A man in a white apron and hairnet works behind them, and a monk in saffron robe with a camera stands at right. Other people and tables are visible in the background. This appears to be an annadan or prasad serving.2011-07-04 +1 copies