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A photograph of an annadaan meal service on a covered, tiled-roof veranda with white walls. In the foreground, a smiling woman in a white outfit and a beaded necklace holds a steel tumbler, next to a young woman in white with a red-beaded mala who sits and eats from a small steel bowl. A woman in a red and orange bandhani sari eats in the centre. At right, a woman in a green and gold silk sari with a long braid serves food from a long stainless-steel counter lined with steel bowls and trays. Behind them, several men and women in white garments stand and serve, and an orange flower arrangement hangs on the wall. No a person candidate is visible.

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A photograph of a crowded dining hall with stainless steel tables and pink tiled walls. Many women are eating from metal plates of rice and side dishes, some seated and others lining up with trays. A woman in a red sari with a dark braid sits at the front left, and a woman in a yellow and orange checked sari eats at the right. Several women wear white dresses, and one stands at the back right with a metal tray. Water bottles sit on the tables. The scene appears to be a communal meal service.2006-12-15Indoor annadan style meal service in a dining hall with pink walls and framed portraits of saffron-robed figures along the top wall. In the foreground a woman in white with a purple top, orange lanyard and rudraksha mala serves from a steel pot using a ladle. A woman in a white blouse with blue embroidery, red shawl, red bindi and orange lanyard holds a steel plate and bowls, another woman in a red shawl stands beside her, and several volunteers in white clothes and white caps stand in the background. Small framed portraits on the wall show orange-robed figures, but they are not clearly identifiable.2013-07-09 +1 copiesMarch 11 20172017-03-11December 19 20102010-12-19July 20 20092009-07-20A photograph of women in a bare white-walled hall serving food at a seated meal. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with a yellow border and a red-orange shawl looks down, a red bindi on her forehead. Beside her a woman in a cream sari with green borders and an orange shawl holds food in her hands, and a woman with a long braid and orange shawl reaches forward to serve. Many women in cream and yellow-bordered saris with orange shawls stand along rows of banana-leaf plates and metal tumblers on the floor. Shaven-headed men in white dhotis appear in the background. Ceiling lights and small wall-mounted lamps light the room.2011-03-05A photograph of women in a dining hall with pink tiled walls and large windows. In the foreground a smiling woman in white clothes and a white shawl wears a dark beaded mala and holds her hands together. Beside her a woman in a green patterned blouse wears a mala, and an older woman with glasses, a red bindi and a light blue sari holds a water bottle. Others sit at long steel tables behind them with steel plates, and a child-like young woman stands in the lower foreground. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person.2006-12-15Women seated cross-legged on a white tiled floor eat a communal meal from green banana leaves set with vegetables, rice and small portions of food, with white paper cups nearby. Most wear red-orange shawls over white or light kurtas, and some wear red rudraksha-style beaded malas with orange lanyard cards around their necks. One woman in a green-and-white sari eats with her hand, and a blonde woman in white and red-orange shawl sits on the right.2014-09-15A long covered dining hall with a green-bordered plastic-covered table where a row of seated women in white and orange clothing eat from metal plates of flatbread, curry and rice, with glass cups set out. Two monastics in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand at the right, carrying plates to serve the diners, while another saffron-robed attendant stands behind them. A red carpet runs along the right side, with orange curtains and a small shrine-like altar in the background. The scene reads as an annadan style meal service.2008-12-31December 25 20082008-12-25A seated group of devotees eats a meal from metal thalis in a hall. Most wear white or cream clothes with rust-red shawls and beaded rudraksha-style malas; some wear white head coverings. A woman in front left holds a plate of food, a woman in green and white at centre left eats, and a bespectacled woman with curly hair on the right eats from a steel plate with small bowls. Behind them, standing attendants in white serve food and carry trays of prasad, and a boy in a red garment on the left holds a plate. A red curtain hangs at the far left.2014-09-13September 05 20132013-09-05 +2 copies