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A crowded indoor kitchen or dining hall with pinkish tiled walls, a ceiling fan and large steel vessels along the back counter. Many people mill about, mostly women in white and cream saris with long braided hair, some wearing lanyards, plus men in white shirts and saffron scarves. A woman in a saffron robe with an orange head wrap stands centre-left among them, apparently serving or guiding. Stainless steel trays of food sit on a counter in the foreground. Several people carry steel plates.

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A busy communal kitchen or dining hall where volunteers serve food from large steel pots and trays. A central figure in an orange-saffron robe with a matching orange head wrap stands at a steel serving counter, smiling and handing food to people. Around him, volunteers in white and orange-shawled white shirts stand in lines, and women in white, orange, grey and yellow saris with long braids serve or wait. Steel pots and a steel tray with orange-red kumkum-like marks sit on the counter. Tiled pink walls and a green-and-purple corner of a visitor's sari appear in the frame.2006-12-15A crowded indoor kitchen or dining hall with stainless steel vessels and steel plates on a counter in the foreground. Many women and men stand close together, several women in colourful sarees with long braided hair, and a few in white tops. A man in a white shirt and a man in orange clothing stand near the center, and a figure with an orange head covering and orange garment is near the middle. Pink tiled walls and fluorescent ceiling lights frame the scene.2006-12-15A photograph of a crowded indoor dining hall with pink tiled walls, a ceiling fan and fluorescent lights. A man in an orange turban and orange-saffron garment stands at a steel serving counter, smiling and handing food to a line of people. Nearby, men in white shirts and dhotis wear orange shawls, and women in white and lavender saris and braided hair stand holding steel plates. A cameraman with a video camera films at the right edge. Several people are visible, not an exact count of crowd size.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A kitchen serving line at an event hall, with steel vessels and cooking pots behind the counter. A smiling woman in an orange saffron sari with an orange head wrap serves food from a steel bowl to the people in front of her. Men and women in white clothes stand around the line, several wearing orange shawls and lanyards with ID badges. Women in white and pastel saris with long braids watch and wait. A pink tiled wall and a small notice are visible in the background.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A photograph of a busy institutional kitchen with steel vessels and large pots along the back counters, and pink tiled walls. A woman in an orange sari with a head covering stands at left, serving food from a steel tray, with a lean young man in an orange shawl and rudraksha beside her. Several men in white shirts and a man in a white kurta with an orange shawl stand near the center, and a man in white kurta and orange shawl holds a video camera at right. Women in saris, including one in yellow and one in purple, queue with steel plates and bowls, many with long braided hair.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A busy communal dining hall with a tiled pillar and ceiling fans. Many women and some men in white, saffron-orange and colourful saris and salwars queue and serve food from a long steel counter holding stainless steel plates and bowls. A woman in a red sari stands at the counter, while others sit on the left eating from steel plates. A man in a saffron-orange turban and orange clothing stands in the centre background among volunteers in white. Several women have long braided hair, and some wear identity badges on lanyards. The scene reflects an annadan style meal service.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A crowded indoor food-serving scene in a large kitchen or dining hall. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis press together, holding up steel plates and white paper plates of rice and food, some arms raised high. In the centre, a man in an orange turban and orange-saffron clothing holds a plate and serves food.2006-12-15