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A photograph of a community meal service in a plain indoor hall. On the left, a young woman in white with an orange shawl and a red bindi serves food from a steel pot using tongs and a plastic glove. On the right, an older woman in a white blouse and a green and yellow striped sari holds out a steel plate to receive food, with a rudraksha mala visible at her neck. Behind them, a man in white and a woman in a pink top with a long braid stand near steel serving vessels and covered containers.

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A 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.2014-09-13Two women sit on black chairs eating a meal from steel thali trays in a tiled hall. The woman on the left wears a white sari with gold border and a dark beaded necklace with a blue lanyard, and holds a dosa-style flatbread over a bowl of yellow curry. The woman on the right wears a white sari with an orange-red shawl and a teal blouse, a red bindi, and eats flatbread beside pieces of yellow fruit and small bowls of curry. Behind them, people in white and orange-red garments stand and move about in the room. Faint copyright text and a logo appear in the corner.2013-08-17 +1 copiesA kitchen scene during the preparation of naivedyam offerings. Two young women in white clothes with gold borders stand at a steel counter. The woman in the centre wears an orange-red shawl and a rudraksha mala, and is ladling yellow-orange food from a large steel pot into a steel plate held by the woman on the right, who wears a yellow shawl and bangles and smiles. Another person in white is partly visible at the left edge, and a steel container of pale food sits in the foreground. Behind them are white tiled walls, a cabinet top with steel canisters, a tall steel water urn, and yellow curtains.2009-10-17Photograph of a communal meal service at a steel serving counter. Several women in white saris with gold borders serve food from steel trays onto paper plates; one serving woman in the foreground wears an orange-red garland and a dark rudraksha-style mala and holds a ladle over the dish. A man in white clothing stands behind the counter at left, and a woman in a blue-and-white outfit is visible in the background. Other people, partially visible, reach in with plates at the left edge. Yellow food is spread across the steel tray and a pot sits on the counter, with clear plastic sneeze guards above.2014-08-24 +1 copiesTwo women in saffron and orange clothing serve food in a indoor dining hall, presumably an annadan-style meal service. The woman on the left wears a cream-and-beige patterned sari with red trim and an orange shawl over her shoulders, holding a steel plate with flatbread and reaching toward a pot. The younger woman on the right wears an orange and maroon sari, a white blouse, a rudraksha-style mala necklace, and a white hairnet, using a ladle over steel vessels of curry and rice. Stainless steel serving pans and bowls fill the counter in the foreground, with a plain pink wall and white doors behind them.2013-03-14 +1 copiesThree women in an indoor hall share an offering from a stainless steel plate of yellow prasadam. The woman at left, in a white sari with a gold-patterned border and an orange shawl, leans forward and serves the food with her right hand. The woman in the centre wears white with a gold border, an orange shawl, a rudraksha mala and glasses, and holds the plate. At right, a woman in an orange sari with a maroon border and rudraksha beads kneels with her palms joined. Behind them, others in white and orange move through the hall, and a black speaker stands at the right edge.2009-10-17Indoor annadan style meal service in a dining hall with pink walls and framed portraits of saffron-robed figures along the top wall. In the foreground a woman in white with a purple top, orange lanyard and rudraksha mala serves from a steel pot using a ladle. A woman in a white blouse with blue embroidery, red shawl, red bindi and orange lanyard holds a steel plate and bowls, another woman in a red shawl stands beside her, and several volunteers in white clothes and white caps stand in the background. Small framed portraits on the wall show orange-robed figures, but they are not clearly identifiable.2013-07-09 +1 copiesAnnadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesMay 10 20172017-05-10September 04 20142014-09-04August 25 20142014-08-25A photograph of an annadan-style meal service in an indoor hall with cream walls and red curtains. Women and men in white clothes with red shawls and orange lanyards serve food from steel trays onto green banana leaves. A woman in a white top and red shawl holds a leaf with rice, while a man in cream kurta and beaded necklace stands nearby holding a spoon. A woman in orange robes stands at left, and a bearded man in white kurta moves through the background. Steel trays of yellow rice sit on a red-draped table.2013-07-18 +1 copies