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A photograph of a buffet food service line. In the foreground, a server wearing clear plastic gloves and a white apron holds a long silver ladle over a rectangular copper chafing dish of yellowish liquid food. Behind, another person in a striped top and gloved hands reaches toward serving trays, and partially visible hands serve from a second copper warmer with plated dishes. The scene is warmly lit with golden tones.

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September 05 20122012-09-05Annadhan in 20152015-01-01Photograph of an annadan-style communal meal service in a bright indoor hall. In the foreground, a server in gloves uses a long ladle to serve food from a steel tray into a plate held by an older man in a white shirt on the left. Several people in white or gloves line the serving counter; a woman in a white hairnet and a worker in a pink top stand nearby. A man in a white t-shirt stands at left, and behind the counter people in white and a figure in a red top move around the room. Steel serving trays hold rice-like food and yellow curry. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.2013-09-28 +1 copiesClose-up of a large stainless steel tray filled with creamy yellow kheer or dal-like pudding being ladled with a long serving spoon at a food service line. Behind it, a man in a teal shirt and white-striped top serves from copper chafing dishes on brass stands, and a woman in white clothes with a red and orange patterned shawl stands at the line holding a plate. White tent fabric and a plastic-wrapped bundle appear at left. The setting appears to be an annadan style meal service.2015-07-11December 20 20182018-12-20A photograph of a community kitchen serving line. Several workers in hairnets and clear plastic gloves stand behind steel serving counters, spooning food from steel trays. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti-style cloth holds a steel tray with a flatbread, yellow and green curries and rice, while a visible ID badge hangs from his shirt. Other servers wear white and a man in an orange turban assists nearby. A woman in a light yellow sari stands at the right edge. Walls are unpainted concrete blocks and a corrugated metal roof overhead. Serving trays hold fried snacks and curries.2015-08-22 +1 copiesA food serving line at an outdoor annadan under a red and yellow canopy with fringed trim. Volunteers in white shirts and white head coverings with hairnets serve rice and curry from steel trays into metal ladles and onto plates held by people in white shirts. A volunteer on the left wears a plastic glove and a tilak on his forehead. A man in a white shirt on the right carries a yellow cloth bag. Several people are visible, mostly partially cropped at the edges.2016-01-02A man in a white short-sleeved shirt with a white ID badge with an orange strip stands at a stainless steel food counter, holding a metal tray and serving rice and yellow curry from steaming trays, with round sweets visible in a steel tray below. Behind the counter a woman in a rust-red sari with a rudraksha mala and a gloved hand serves food from the trays. Stone block walls and a metal canopy frame the serving line.2015-08-22 +1 copiesA photograph of an annadan food service in a tent with gold-fringed yellow valances. A woman in a white hairnet, white apron and clear plastic gloves ladles food from a copper-and-brass chafing dish on the left. A man in white kurta and dhoti stands at the right, and white-clad devotees line the background. Behind them, a figure in a saffron-orange garment with a long necklace stands near the centre, possibly a person by appearance; this cannot be confirmed. Other saffron-robed monastics and white-clad people stand nearby.2015-07-01 +1 copiesA photograph of relief kitchen work in progress. A large dark metal pot holds a thick golden-brown cooked food with visible red and dark pieces, and a long ladle with a plastic wrap sits in it. A worker in a pink and white striped shirt holds a clear plastic container over the stainless steel plate, while another person's hand reaches to a stack of steel plates at left. The workers are partly visible, with arms and sleeves in frame, on a wooden counter.2012-01-07A photograph of a food-service line at an ashram-style event. In the foreground a woman in a mustard-gold saree with a gold floral border wears a white disposable hairnet and clear plastic gloves and serves food with a metal ladle from a copper pot. Behind her, another woman in orange robes wearing gloves and a hairnet works at the same counter, and a third person in a white hairnet is partly visible. Brass stands and trays hold orange-cut fruit and food.2016-07-04October 26 20152015-10-26 +1 copies