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Night-time photo at an outdoor ashram food-serving area under a tent with gold, red and green draped fabric. A young woman in a red fleece jacket, maroon headscarf and glasses with a lanyard badge stands at a steel serving vessel and pot. Beside her, a woman in a white kurta with red border and red dupatta holds a steel plate and a ladle, serving food. On the right, a man in a dark teal shawl embroidered with white patterns holds out a plate. A partially visible older man with a white beard stands at the left edge, and a woman in a red sari appears in the background along with other attendees.

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A photograph of a food-serving line under a canopy hung with red and gold drapes. A woman in a pink sari and a girl in a maroon hooded top with glasses and a lanyard badge stand near steel pots, serving food onto steel plates held by men in white shirts and white dhotis. Several women in white saris stand behind the serving counter, and a steel bucket sits in the foreground.2006-12-23Night photograph inside a decorated tent with red and gold draped fabric valances. In the foreground an elderly man with a white turban, white shirt and a long rudraksha-style bead mala holds a steel bowl and stands in a line. Beside him a young woman in a red jacket and maroon head covering holds a steel vessel, and a woman in a pink sari serves food from a steel pot at a wooden counter. Behind them several people in white and pastel clothes wait in line for food, with a man in a white shirt at right. The scene suggests a communal food serving, with steel pots and vessels on the counter.2006-12-23A photograph of a night-time communal meal under a tent with orange, green and yellow draped canopy and red and gold curtain swags. Men in white dhotis and shirts serve food from steel plates and a pot, while others carry plates in a queue. In the foreground a young man in a dark jacket wears rudraksha beads and a pendant, and on the right an older woman in a red blouse and white patterned sari with a red head cloth holds a plate. No deity or a person depiction is visible.2006-12-23February 28 20092009-02-28A photograph at night of a food distribution line. In the foreground an older woman with white hair, glasses and a salmon-coloured top with a patterned white sari-style skirt ladles cooked rice from a large steel pot onto plates. Behind her, another woman in a white sari stands at a second steel pot. A man in a white shirt and white knit cap holds a steel plate of rice. At right, a young man in a dark brown polo shirt wears a rudraksha mala and a vertical tilak, holding a plate. Further back, a woman in a red sari and others wait in line under dim lighting with a patterned cloth overhead.2006-12-23A night-time communal meal served under a canopy with gold and red drapery and hanging decorations. A man in white clothes and a white head wrap stands at a wooden table ladling food from a large steel pot. Women are seated and standing in the line, holding steel plates of rice and curry; the woman in the centre wears a white sari with a floral print and the woman at right wears a red floral blouse and a gold chain. Other devotees in white, green and orange clothes queue behind, and steel vessels sit on the ground. Nobody here is identified as a person, and the scene shows food distribution, a common ashram service.2006-12-23December 30 20062006-12-30August 17 20142014-08-17 +2 copiesFebruary 08 20132013-02-08 +1 copiesDecember 16 20172017-12-16February 28 20092009-02-28A night-time communal meal line under a open-sided tent with striped red, yellow and white drapes and strings of lights overhead. A woman in a white sari with a long braid stands at the front ladling food from a large steel pot, and another woman in white ladles from a second pot beside her. Devotees queue with steel plates; a young man in a black shirt and rudraksha-style beaded necklace holds a plate of rice, and a man in a grey shirt stands at right. Several women wear saris in white, orange and green, and a row of steel vessels sits on a table at left.2006-12-23