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A kitchen service scene where a shaved-headed man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha-style necklace, serves rice from a pot with his hand onto a steel plate held by a smiling woman in a white sari with gold border. Behind her, other women in white and a woman in a red shawl and glasses stand by steel pots of rice, vegetable curry and dal, with a water dispenser on the left. A woman in pink is at lower right holding a plate of food. The scene looks like a community meal being distributed in an ashram-style kitchen.

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A photograph of a food-serving line at an outdoor evening event under a red and white striped tent with bunting. A young sannyasi in an orange-red robe and orange shawl stands at left, smiling, with a steel vessel in front of him. A man in white shirt and white dhoti with glasses and a yellow lanyard holds a serving plate, and a smiling woman in a white sari with a dark beaded necklace holds a plate of rice. Other men in white clothing and a woman in a sari with glasses stand around the counter. A printed portrait banner hangs in the background. No candidate for the named teacher is clearly identifiable by appearance.2009-02-28A photograph of a food-serving scene in a plain grey-walled hall. An older man in a white shirt with a red tilak on his forehead and a gold bangle serves rice from a steel pot with a ladle. Beside him a man in saffron-orange robes wears a long pink and yellow marigold garland and serves orange food from a large steel bowl. Behind them a bare-chested man in white dhoti is working, and a woman in a cream and gold patterned shawl holds a steel plate, smiling. Stacked steel plates and a pot sit on the counter, with a small framed picture on the side wall and a green garden visible through a doorway.2011-09-09September 20 20122012-09-20A photograph of a community food service in a yellow-walled dining hall. A long-haired man in an orange-red dhoti-style wrap with layered gold beaded necklaces is serving cooked rice from a large steel pot with a ladle, smiling. Behind the counter, women in white and cream saris and blue hair nets are handing out food and carrying a woven basket. On the left, a shaved-headed man in orange cloth and rudraksha beads watches. Several devotees in white and orange clothing hold steel plates. Stainless steel pots line the left wall. Visible people: about ten.2012-09-20 +2 copiesMay 25 20122012-05-25 +3 copiesSeptember 20 20122012-09-20A photograph of a communal meal service under a thatched shelter open to trees outside. Several young men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand in a line serving food from large steel pots and bowls on a steel counter. Rice and a yellow curry are ladled onto plates. A woman in white with a long braid in the foreground holds a plate of rice, and a bald man in white with a gold-bordered shawl is at the right serving from a pot. Other people in white stand behind the line, and a few figures are partly visible in the background.2007-02-15December 20 20152015-12-20A busy serving area with yellow walls where a long-haired man in orange ochre robes with a gold necklace and rudraksha malas stands at a steel table, reaching toward a large steel pot of cooked rice while a woman in a pink silk sari and green-clad girl assist. A shaved-headed monk in orange with a rudraksha mala stands beside him. Several white-clad volunteers in blue head caps and a woman with hair in a bun crowd the counter, and steel buckets and bowls rest nearby.2012-09-20A photograph of a crowded communal kitchen and food distribution hall with stainless steel hoods, tiled pillars and large cooking vessels in the background. A man in a white shirt reaches out to hand a food-laden steel plate to a woman in the foreground. Beside him stands a smiling man in an orange sleeveless sannyasi garment with a dark rudraksha mala, a figure who may be a person from the orange robe and rudraksha cues, though the appearance is not clear enough to confirm. Other devotees, including women in white saris, hold plates with rice and curries wrapped in plastic, and a blurred hand reaches into the foreground.A 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.2009-10-17A photograph of a communal meal service under a covered open-sided shelter with a bamboo-mat ceiling. A row of people in white clothing serve food from steel vessels on a counter, ladling dal or curry into a stainless-steel bowl. In the foreground on the left, a woman in a white sari with orange border serves from a tray. On the right, a smiling man wearing rimless glasses, an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala stands beside a man in white with a yellow-bordered shawl. Other attendees in white and orange stoles line the serving counter.2007-02-15