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A photograph of a communal meal service line in a bright indoor hall with light tiled floors. Devotees in white clothes with red and orange shawls serve food from steel chafing trays and stainless steel pans along a long counter. A woman on the right wears a white head covering and white garments with a rudraksha-style mala, using a tong at the counter. Behind the line, a large framed portrait shows a figure in saffron-red ornate clothing with garlands, and a second framed picture above shows a garlanded figure receiving a blessing. Stacks of steel trays sit in the foreground, and a shop sign reads Galleria in the background.

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September 03 20142014-09-03A dining hall food-serving line in an ashram. Stainless steel serving counters with heated trays hold food, and several people in white and red-bordered clothing serve meals. On the left, a woman in white with a red shawl holds a stack of steel plates. In the foreground right, a shaved-headed sannyasi in saffron-orange robes with a red sash stands at the counter. A framed photograph on the back wall shows a saffron-clad figure receiving a garland. Several other people in white clothing are visible along the line.2014-09-03September 01 20142014-09-01September 12 20142014-09-12A photo of a communal dining hall with people queuing at a stainless steel buffet counter under a glass sneeze guard. A man in white kurta pajama on the left holds a steel bowl and serves food, while a woman in a white sari with gold border and a white hairnet serves from trays on the right. Another person in grey and white clothes stands at the line, and more people in white dress are seated or moving in the background. A framed portrait on the wall at top right shows a figure in saffron-coloured garments with a garland, but no identification is made. Trays of food, steel vessels and stacked white plates are visible on the counter.2014-08-31 +1 copiesA serving line in a hall with tiled floor and fluorescent ceiling lights, where volunteers in white clothing prepare food. A woman in the foreground wears a white shawl and white outfit and peels a fruit. Beside her a woman in a red-orange shawl over white clothing serves from steel chafing dishes. On the right a woman in white with a white hair net and clear gloves serves food. Trays hold bananas, kiwi fruit and other fruit. Behind them, people in white stand near the counter, and framed portraits hang on the wall, including one showing a seated figure in orange garland and a red-orange robed figure with a crown. Water bottles stand at the end of the counter.2014-11-08Buffet serving line in a large hall with a cream ceiling and red-curtained windows. A bald man in orange and red robes with a rudraksha mala on his neck and arm, wearing clear gloves, serves rice from a steel tray. Beside him, a woman in white with a red-orange scarf and lanyard holds a plate, and a smiling woman in white with a red sash and lanyard stands at the right with bowls on a tray. Several other men in red sashes and lanyards stand behind the counter, and more people sit in the background. Steel chafing dishes hold yellow and orange food.2014-09-01November 01 20132013-11-01 +1 copiesA communal dining hall at an ashram serving line with stainless steel steam trays of food. A woman in white with a bun stands at left, a young girl with a pink flower in her hair beside her. Women in red-and-white saris and red garland scarves serve food, and a man in white serves from the counter. A young man in white kurta stands at right serving with gloves, and a shaved-headed man in orange robes stands behind him. Framed portraits of a saffron-robed guru with garlands hang on the walls, and a stack of metal trays sits on the foreground table.2014-09-04A buffet line inside a long hall with posters on the wall. Several devotees with orange-red shawls draped over white clothes serve themselves from stainless steel chafing dishes under a glass sneeze guard. A man in a white shirt on the left uses a serving spoon, a man in a striped shirt and a woman in white with a red shawl stand in line, and a woman in a salmon-pink kurta on the right holds a plate of flatbreads and a small serving. Visitors carry name badges on lanyards. No individual is identifiable as a person in this image.2014-09-27 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA buffet serving line of food in steel chafing dishes, with volunteers in white hairnets serving rice and curries to participants. A woman in white with a red shawl and a man in a red and white checked shawl serve from the line, while a boy in a white shirt and red sash and a teenager in white with an orange sash hold plates. A man in the foreground wears a hairnet and white shirt with a red lanyard. In the background a person in saffron and red robes stands near a ceremonial area, and others in white and purple move through a hall with white chairs. Several people are visible in the distance, some wearing red sashes, in a marble-floored banquet hall.2016-07-05