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A crowded indoor meal line of devotees receiving food on steel plates. In the foreground a man in a white shirt holds a plate of rice and curry, and beside him a woman in a white sari with a gold border and blue lanyard badge holds a plate. To the right a woman in a grey sari with gold bangles and a woman in a red top with a long braid hold plates. At left a large steel vessel of cooked rice is being served by a person in white. Many others crowd behind, some in white dhoti and shirt, one in a black shirt with a rudraksha-style mala. Steel bowls and rice fill the frame.

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January 08 20102010-01-08A photograph of a crowded communal meal service at night under bright overhead tube lights. Volunteers in white clothes serve food from large steel pots and trays onto steel plates held by devotees; rice and flatbreads are visible on the plates. Many people in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris including a pink sari with a rudraksha mala, and a woman in a white head covering stand along a long serving line. A man in the foreground reaches out with a plate of rice and bread while a woman in a red top and white sari with an orange shawl stirs a pot. No a person candidate is clearly visible; the scene shows food distribution.2006-12-23A 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.2006-12-23August 24 20142014-08-24 +1 copiesDecember 14 20062006-12-14July 11 20092009-07-11May 27 20122012-05-27 +2 copiesA food service scene at an outdoor serving area. Several volunteers stand behind steel vessels filled with cooked rice and serve portions onto steel plates held by people at the lower left and bottom. A man in a white shirt with an ID badge and a woman in a plain white sari with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace serve from pots. A woman in a white-and-green sari with a white tilak on her forehead and an ID badge serves from a second pot on the right. A man in a yellow shirt stands at left, and figures in white clothing are visible in the background. A purple cloth hangs at the right edge.2008-03-06February 14 20102010-02-14 +1 copiesJuly 28 20062006-07-28February 28 20092009-02-28A crowded indoor food-serving scene in a hall with red-brown pillars and high windows. Devotees in white and pink saris and white shirts line up holding steel plates and leaf plates, receiving food. Stacks of flat dosa-style bread wrapped in plastic sit on a dark counter. In the foreground a man with grey hair wears an orange-saffron top and a woman in orange is serving. Yellow rice and vegetable dishes are visible on a plate at lower left.