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Two women serve food in a kitchen or dining hall with steel cooking pots and lidded containers on a counter. The woman on the left wears a pink saree with gold motifs and a gold chain, holding a steel plate of food and a ladle. The woman on the right wears a white top with an orange shawl and clear plastic gloves, lifting a lid from a large steel pot. Piles of flatbread sit on the counter in front. Behind them a man in a white t-shirt and other people stand near a grey door and a wall clock.

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A photograph of a serving line in an indoor kitchen-like room. A woman in a white sari with a red-orange shawl stands at right, using clear plastic gloves to serve from steel containers and placing flatbread onto a plate. Facing her at left, a young man in a white t-shirt holds out a steel plate of mixed vegetable curry. Behind him, several people in white and pink clothes wait in line, holding steel plates and bowls. Stacks of flatbread sit on the counter in front, and a wall clock and framed picture hang on the wall behind them.2011-07-31A photograph of a serving line in a plain room with a pale blue wall and a wall clock. A woman in a pink sari with gold dots and a beaded mala stands at left, holding a small steel bowl. Beside her, a woman in a white sari with a gold border and a dark blue beaded necklace uses a ladle to serve rice from a steel pot. Behind them, a man in white clothes holds a steel plate. A gloved server at right ladles food from large steel containers with lids, and flatbreads sit on a white cloth at lower right.2011-07-31A photograph of a serving line for a meal in a bright, plain room with white-washed walls and an open doorway. A woman in a white sari with an orange shawl stands at left, serving food from large stainless steel pots with lids. Several people in white clothes line up holding stainless steel plates and bowls to receive food, including a man with a red-and-white marked forehead at centre. A woman in a grey patterned top stands behind the counter. Trays of rice and vegetable dishes sit on the steel pots, and a handwritten 'RICE' label is visible at lower left.2011-07-31September 28 20132013-09-28 +1 copiesA food service line in a decorated hall with white draped ceiling and terracotta lattice windows. Women in white garments with orange shawls serve rice, curry and a creamy dish from steel pots on a floral-patterned cloth-covered table. A woman in an orange and yellow shawl holds a steel plate of rice and curry, and a woman in a pink sari stands beside her. A man in a white t-shirt with an event badge and other attendees stand in the background. A painted decorative pillar with an elephant motif is visible at right. Several people appear in the frame, with some partially visible.2010-02-21February 26 20132013-02-26 +2 copiesA serving line of stainless steel pots with lids on a red-draped table in a plain room with a white wall and open doorway. A woman in a white saree with an orange shawl, hair in a long braid, uses a ladle to serve food from a large pot. Another woman in a lavender patterned top with a dark shawl and blue lanyard stands behind the line. At right, a man in a white shirt with a blue lanyard holds out a steel plate while other hands reach toward the food.2011-07-31A photograph of a communal meal service in a hall with white walls and a tiled counter. Several women in white and orange clothing serve food from large steel pots using ladles and tongs, filling metal plates with rice and vegetable dishes. A woman in the foreground wearing a striped top, glasses, gold bangles and a dark beaded necklace holds a plate of rice. Other women wear white saris and salwar kameez in pink, green and white, some with beaded necklaces. Gloves are worn by the servers. A few people stand near a doorway at the left background. No a person candidate is visible.2010-02-21A busy communal meal service in a whitewashed hall. Women in white aprons and clear plastic gloves serve food from large stainless steel pots on a counter, ladling rice, a milky dish and orange vegetable curry onto plates. Devotees queue along the counter holding steel plates of rice, puri and orange curry. A woman in a pink salwar kameez with a salmon dupatta and a man in white with an ID badge stand in line, and an elderly woman in glasses holds a plate. A woman in a red and pink kurta and another in a blue top look on. A woman in an orange sari sits at the far right edge. Small paper cups are stacked beside the pots and red ventilation blocks sit high on the wall.2010-02-21A woman in a red blouse and peach saree with red border and small red motifs holds a stainless steel thali tray and serves food with her right hand. Gold bangles and a red bangle decorate her wrists, and she wears gold earrings and has hair in a bun. Beside her, a younger woman in a white sari with a plain border and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace watches, holding another steel plate. Other people in white clothing and head coverings stand in the background of a pale pink hall, consistent with an ashram communal meal line.2014-09-13A woman in a yellow and red sari with gold bangles stands behind a serving table in a temple hall with orange walls, handing a leaf-wrapped food portion to a man in a white short-sleeved shirt with a small floral print and grey trousers. Steel pots and a bowl of food sit on the cloth-covered table, a clock hangs on the wall, and a pink cloth draped over a shrine area stands behind them.2011-09-24February 26 20132013-02-26 +1 copies