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A photo of a serving counter in a plain room with pale blue walls. A shaved-headed man in an orange saffron cloth wrap, wearing a rudraksha mala and a gold-coloured bracelet, reaches across steel pots and lidded vessels to serve food. Beside him a man in a white t-shirt with a blue lanyard holds a steel plate and a white cup, and a person in a light blue patterned shirt stands at the right edge holding food. A doorway with light behind it stands in the background, and an orange cloth hangs on the upper left wall.

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A photograph of a serving line in a plain, unfinished concrete-walled room with a window and a hanging woven cloth at upper right. Several men in saffron and white ritual clothes serve food from steel pots and trays onto plates. A bald man in white with a rudraksha mala stands at left, and a man in saffron with a pink and yellow flower garland stands centre, serving rice with a ladle. An older bearded sannyasi in saffron with long grey hair holds out a steel plate to receive food at right, while other saffron-robed men wait behind him. Steel pots of rice and dal sit on the stainless counter.2011-09-09A photograph of a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron dhoti and orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala and a tilak on his forehead, pouring or serving liquid from a steel cup into the cupped hands of a young woman in a white sari with pink tie-dye patterns and gold bangles. Steel pots and a tray sit on a counter in front of them, with a steel water container and cream curtains behind. The woman stands on the right, holding a steel plate, and the man is at the left, offering a drink or prasadam at a service table.2011-07-31A photograph of a food service area inside a plain whitewashed room. A shaved-headed man in an orange saffron wrap and a rudraksha mala serves rice onto a steel plate held by a young man in a white kurta with glasses. Steel cooking pots with lids sit on a counter, a water cooler jug stands behind them, and a woman in a pink top is partly visible at the right edge, holding a plate of vegetable curry and rice. A saffron garment hangs on a rail at the top left.2011-07-31A photograph of a food-serving line in a yellow-walled room. In the foreground, a young man in orange robes and rudraksha beads holds a steel plate, and beside him a man in an orange wrap with a leopard-print cloth and white tilak on his forehead and arm pours rice from a large steel pot into plates. Behind them, another orange-robed man ladles food and a man in a white shirt and blue hairnet serves from pots on a steel counter. On the right, an elderly white-bearded man in a white shirt holds out a steel plate of rice to be filled. Stainless steel vessels, pots and plates of cooked rice fill the counter.2012-09-20September 09 20112011-09-09September 09 20112011-09-09A photograph of an annadan food-serving line in a plain, unfinished hall with grey concrete walls and a corrugated metal roof. A bald man in a white dhoti and a purple sacred thread stands at the left, ladling food from a steel pot. Beside him an older man in white serves rice from a steel bowl. Behind them a man with a pink-and-white flower garland and a man in white with a rudraksha mala watch. On the right, an elderly bearded man with grey hair and white forehead marks, wearing an orange saffron cloth, holds a steel plate of rice and curry. A colourful woven hanging is on the right wall. Several people are visible in the background, including a woman in white. Steel pots and stacked plates fill the counter.2011-09-09January 06 20122012-01-06December 15 20062006-12-15 +1 copiesA photograph of a food-serving scene in a plain grey-walled room. On the right, an elderly white-bearded man with a bare chest and red-brown rudraksha malas over his shoulders ladles food from a steel pot into a steel plate. Beside him, a bald man with glasses wears white dhoti-style clothing and a rudraksha mala, and another bald man in white stands behind him. On the left, a man in an orange cloth and a woman in a pink flower garland and dark hair stand near steel pots of white rice-like food. A man in white clothes is also serving from a steel vessel in the foreground. Additional people stand in the background, including a woman in a white top. No readable text appears in the scene.2011-09-09September 02 20102010-09-02 +2 copiesIndoor food-serving scene in a hall with yellow-painted walls and ceiling fans. A long-haired man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold bead necklace and a red forehead mark, smiles while reaching toward a large steel pot of cooked white rice. Beside him, a bald man in orange robes wears a rudraksha mala and stands close to the steel serving counter. Behind them, volunteers in white clothes and blue hair nets serve food from steel pots, and a man in a white shirt holds a steel plate. Several other people stand nearby, and a cameraman films at the left edge.2012-09-20