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Outdoor food service under a palm tree at a rural compound. A woman in a white sari with an orange-red border and a red bindi serves rice and curry from a steel pot with a large ladle onto a steel plate held by a young man in a white shirt and a wristwatch. A young woman in white attire wearing a gloved hand and a name badge serves from another pot on the left, while other young women in white saris stand behind, with a single-storey whitewashed building in the background.

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Outdoor serving line beside a palm tree and a simple white building. A woman in a white sari with orange-red border and a red bindi serves food with a ladle from a steel pot. A young woman in white attire with a name badge stands at left, wearing gloves and holding a ladle over a steel plate of rice, a green curry, a cooked grain dish and a flatbread. Another young woman in white with a dark beaded necklace stands behind, and a man in a pale checked shirt at right holds a plate and reaches toward the food. Steel pots and vessels sit on a metal counter.2006-05-05Outdoor food service under a palm frond canopy at an ashram-style site with a white building behind. Women in white and cream saris and white salwar-style clothes stand behind steel pots and vessels, ladling food to people queued in front. A woman in a bright green top and glasses watches from the foreground. Gold earrings, bangles and beaded necklaces are visible. A man in white shirt and dhoti-like white clothing stands nearby.2006-05-05Outdoor meal service under palm fronds beside a low concrete building with red-framed windows. Women in white saris and white blouses ladle rice from steel pots onto steel plates on a serving table. A woman in a white sari with an orange border stands centre, smiling, with a gold necklace. A boy in a yellow shirt holds a plate of rice, and boys in white shirts and trousers wait with plates, one holding a plate of rice. A woman in a blue sari stands at the left edge. Sandy ground and small plants surround the scene.2006-05-05May 05 20062006-05-05Outdoor meal service under a palm tree in front of a plain beige building with red doors and a corrugated roof. Several women in white saris and a woman in a patterned blouse with red trim serve food from large steel pots and trays, including a tray of green bananas. A young woman in a white shawl stands in the foreground with a steel plate. Teenage boys in white shirts and a young girl in a striped top watch and wait for their food, forming an annadan-style meal line.2006-05-05Outdoor food service under a palm tree at a dusty site. Three women in white saris stand behind a steel counter serving food from large stainless steel pots and pans with ladles. The woman at left wears a white top, a black beaded necklace and a white shawl. The middle woman wears a white sari with an orange border and gold necklaces, and the woman at right wears a white sari with green patterned border, gold bangles and a name badge. Children in front, including a boy in a white shirt and a girl in a patterned orange-and-white dress with an orange scarf and long braid, line up to receive food in small cups. Another boy in white sits on the sand in the background.2006-05-05February 14 2009 -Kalpataru Convention at Chennai Tamilnadu2009-02-14Outdoor food service line at an event, with volunteers serving rice and curry onto banana-leaf plates from large steel pots. A woman on the left in a white sari with a gold border and dark beaded necklace wears clear plastic gloves and serves rice from a pot. Behind her a volunteer in white also serves from steel containers. On the right a man in a white shirt with glasses holds a paper plate with rice on a banana leaf and takes food with a spoon. Other people, some in white and some in coloured saris, stand in the background beneath trees.2009-02-14A 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.2008-03-06Devotees serve food in a covered open-sided kitchen area with thatched and bamboo ceiling panels and a view of outdoor greenery. Five or so people stand at a long stainless-steel counter, dishing rice and food from metal pots and tubs into steel plates and ladles. The woman on the far left wears a white sari with a lavender border, an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala. A young man in a white dhoti-style outfit with an orange shawl and a white stole holds a ladle. Beside him a woman in white with an orange scarf serves from a pot. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a gold border and a red-beaded mala holds a steel plate of rice. A girl in white with gold trim stands at the right edge. Behind them more people in white and orange clothing are visible.2007-02-15Women 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.2007-02-15November 30 20052005-11-30