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A photograph of a community food service in a yellow-walled dining hall. A long-haired man in an orange-red dhoti-style wrap with layered gold beaded necklaces is serving cooked rice from a large steel pot with a ladle, smiling. Behind the counter, women in white and cream saris and blue hair nets are handing out food and carrying a woven basket. On the left, a shaved-headed man in orange cloth and rudraksha beads watches. Several devotees in white and orange clothing hold steel plates. Stainless steel pots line the left wall. Visible people: about ten.

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September 20 20122012-09-20A photograph of a serving line in a yellow-walled hall. A long-haired man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a multi-strand gold bead necklace, smiles while serving rice from a steel pot with a ladle. Beside him a bald man in orange robes wears a rudraksha mala and a red forehead mark. On the left a woman in a green and orange sari with a long braid receives the food. Behind the counter several workers in white aprons and blue head caps stand at steel serving pans. Ceiling fans and a few other people in white and orange are visible. The long-haired man in saffron with gold beads and a shawl matches the swamiji appearance cues on the page, so this is a probable in-person candidate.2012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20A photograph of a food-serving event in a yellow-walled hall. A long-haired man in orange ochre robes and a heavy gold bead necklace reaches into a large steel pot of cooked rice, with a shaved-head monk in orange robes and a rudraksha mala beside him. Behind them a young man in an orange-and-white shawl watches. In the foreground devotees and volunteers in white, one wearing a blue hairnet, crowd around the serving pots and a steel tray of prasad. Swamiji (probable): the long-haired man in orange robes, gold bead necklace and bare shoulder, serving food, matches the page's claim that Swamiji was present.2012-09-20A busy serving area with yellow walls where a long-haired man in orange ochre robes with a gold necklace and rudraksha malas stands at a steel table, reaching toward a large steel pot of cooked rice while a woman in a pink silk sari and green-clad girl assist. A shaved-headed monk in orange with a rudraksha mala stands beside him. Several white-clad volunteers in blue head caps and a woman with hair in a bun crowd the counter, and steel buckets and bowls rest nearby.2012-09-20A kitchen serving line in a yellow-walled hall where a man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, a saffron-orange wrap and a heavy gold bead necklace with a rudraksha-style mala stands at a steel pot of cooked rice, ladling rice onto a steel plate. Around him women in blue hairnets, white saris and plastic gloves and men in white shirts serve food from steel vessels on a long counter. Ceiling fans and fluorescent lights hang overhead. The man's cues are distinctive, so he is a person serving food as annadan to delegates. Several dozen people are visible in the room.2012-09-20A busy serving line in a yellow-walled kitchen or dining hall where volunteers in light blue head caps and aprons serve cooked rice and food onto steel plates. In the foreground a person with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron garment, a long gold beaded necklace and gold bracelets, and scoops rice from a large steel tray. Beside them a woman in a white sari with an orange border holds a steel plate, and other women in pink, teal and white saris stand along the counter with food baskets. Several men in white shirts stand at right holding plates. A bald man in the lower left corner is partly visible. Other attendees in white clothing and visitor badges fill the background.2012-09-20December 15 20062006-12-15September 20 20122012-09-20A photograph inside a yellow-walled dining hall where a man with long swept-back black hair, bare-shouldered in an orange-saffron cloth, wears multiple gold beaded necklaces and serves rice from a steel pot held by a helper. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a tilak stands smiling. Women in blue head caps and white saris work at serving counters behind them, and a man in white stands at left. Steel vessels line the counter, with people in the foreground partly visible. The probable Swamiji cues are long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and gold beaded necklaces, and he is shown serving food in the hall.2012-09-20Indoor dining hall during a food-serving line. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange cloth draped over his bare chest, multiple gold beaded necklaces and a gold bracelet, wears clear plastic gloves and serves cooked rice from a large steel pot with a ladle. Beside him a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala serves from another pot. A smiling woman in a red-and-green patterned salwar kameez with a delegate badge stands at the counter on the left, and other servers in white and blue head coverings work along the line. Steel vessels of food sit on the counter, and yellow walls and ceiling fans complete the room.2012-09-20A serving line in a bright hall with peach walls and ceiling fans. A smiling woman in white kurta with rudraksha mala holds a steel plate while a man in red-and-gold dhoti and bare chest, with a dark rudraksha mala, ladles food from a steel pot onto it. Beside them a woman in brown patterned kurta and a man in blue polo with a volunteer badge serve from pots on a floral tablecloth. A man in a white apron and hairnet works behind them, and a monk in saffron robe with a camera stands at right. Other people and tables are visible in the background. This appears to be an annadan or prasad serving.2011-07-04 +1 copies