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A night-time food service line where a woman in a white and beige sari with an orange-red shawl serves yellow rice from a steel pot with a ladle, while another server in white stands beside her. Stainless steel pots hold yellow rice and a dark vegetable dish. Women and girls with white forehead markings and ornaments line up holding steel plates, one in a turquoise sari and one in a white polka-dot top. A woman in an orange sari and a man in white stand in the background. The scene suggests communal food distribution.

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October 26 20112011-10-26Night-time food service at an open-air ashram setting. A woman in a white sari with an orange border and orange shawl stands at a wooden table ladling food from a steel pot into a steel plate. Beside her, a woman in beige and orange serves from another pot, and young women in orange, white and green saris stand in a line holding steel plates of yellow rice and fried items. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at the left edge. Steel pots of cooked vegetables sit on the table. The background is dark.2011-10-26October 26 20112011-10-26Night-time food service outdoors beside a red-painted wall. In the foreground a woman in a white top with an orange shawl serves yellow rice from a large steel pot onto plates, with a steel bowl of dark greens and a serving spoon on the table. To the right, several women in saris and orange shawls hold steel plates out to receive the food. Behind them a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands near a light, and a few other people are blurred in the background. A lit lamp hangs above, and grass and trees lie beyond the serving table.2011-10-26Night-time outdoor food service at an ashram-style courtyard beside a red-painted wall. A woman in a white sari with an orange shawl, hair in a long plait, serves from a steel pot onto a table, while a man in a black shirt and white dhoti holds a steel plate of rice. Several other people in white dhotis and white shirts stand nearby, some holding plates, with a bright floodlight and dark trees behind. Shoes are piled at the right edge.2011-10-26A photograph of a community meal service under a canopy hung with gold and red draped fabric and strings of marigold garlands. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with an orange border and rudraksha mala holds a steel plate of white rice and fried items, while a woman in a white sari with gold border ladles rice from a large steel bucket. Behind them other women and men in white and dark clothing stand at a serving counter with steel vessels. Tube lights are fixed on the draped poles.2006-12-27A photograph of volunteers serving food at an annadan line in an indoor hall at night. A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands at left, ladling yellow rice from a large stainless steel vessel onto a steel plate held by an older woman in a maroon and lavender sari beside her. Behind them, other women in pink and teal saris hold steel plates and wait. A man in a light blue sweater reaches forward to receive a plate on the right. Strings of small lights glow in the background. Four visible people are prominent, and additional people stand partially visible in the back.2011-10-14Women in orange and white saris serve food from steel pots under a thatched bamboo roof at an ashram-style communal kitchen. The woman at centre wears an orange shawl over a white sari with gold border and holds a ladle over a plate of rice; the woman at right, in orange with glasses, holds a plate of white rice and curry. The woman at left wears an orange garland and white sari with orange border and stirs a pot of curry. Other people in white clothes stand in the background.2007-02-15June 04 20122012-06-04A night-time photograph of a serving line at an outdoor meal. Several women in plain white saris with gold borders stand at a dark metal table, serving food from a steel pot and a white bucket. One woman on the left smiles while holding a ladle over the pot, and another in a pink-and-white checked sari reaches forward to take food from a serving spoon. Behind them, men in white shirts and a woman in a blue patterned sari wait nearby in the darkness.2005-07-09February 16 20072007-02-16September 17 20062006-09-17