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A photograph of a community annadaan meal service inside a plain hall with pale green-grey walls, a ceiling fan and tube lights. Volunteers serve food from steel trays and bowls onto steel plates held by diners. A smiling man on the left wears white clothing, glasses and a red lanyard, holding a steel plate of food. Beside him a woman in a white shawl and red lanyard serves from a tray. Women on the right wear clear plastic gloves, one in a red salwar and another in a green kurta with a red lanyard, ladling dal and curry. Steel containers of rice and curry line the serving counter. Sheer curtains and windows are visible behind.

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A photograph of volunteers serving a communal meal in a bright whitewashed hall. An older man on the left with glasses and white clothes, a red lanyard around his neck, holds a steel plate of rice, vegetables and sweets. Beside him, women in white, pale green, teal and red saris and salwar kameez, all wearing red lanyards and plastic gloves, ladle curry and dal from steel pots into plates. Steel containers and serving dishes line the counter, with a red curtain and window at the back.2009-06-25A photo of an annadan style meal service in a hall with orange curtains and ceiling fans. Volunteers in white clothes and aprons, some wearing gloves, serve food from steel pots and trays onto plates held by a line of people. On the left a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands near the serving counter. A bald man with a long beard in white clothes stands among the line, with a woman in a pink dupatta and a woman in white at the right. No clear, unambiguous evidence of a person's presence is visible; the orange-robed figure is not identifiable as him from appearance alone.2009-07-23December 16 20172017-12-16A buffet serving line in a plain room with pale concrete-block walls. A young woman in the foreground wears a red and white sari with a red bindi and beaded necklace, wearing clear plastic gloves and serving rice from a steel tray with a ladle. Behind her, other women in red, orange and magenta saris and a man in a white shirt with glasses hold plates of food, while more people line up along the counter. Steel chafing dishes hold food.2007-11-09June 04 20092009-06-04A serving line in a dining hall serves a meal from steel pots and trays. A woman in a teal kurta with white dupatta on the left smiles while holding a plate. A man in a blue checked shirt with a lanyard badge and orange shawl serves food from a pot. A woman in a cream sari with red beaded mala and gold bangles holds a tray of food. A younger woman in white clothing with a lanyard on the right holds a steel tray of dishes. Behind them are more people and tables with floral cloths. Four people are prominent, with others visible in the background.2009-12-17November 19 20092009-11-19Annadhan in 20142014-01-01 +1 copiesA buffet line serving food in a plain room with grey cinder-block walls. Women in red and orange saris and a woman in a white top wear clear plastic gloves while serving rice and other dishes from aluminium chafing trays into plates. An older man in a white shirt and glasses holds a plate at right, and a man in a yellow-orange kurta stands in the background. Several guests in red and orange clothing wait nearby, with a bright blue-and-white logo at top left.2007-11-09A buffet service line for communal food serving. A man in white clothes with a red shawl stands at the front holding a steel plate on a banana leaf, and beside him a woman in white with a red shawl holds a plate and a steel tumbler. An elderly woman in a pink sari with an orange cord stands at the left edge holding a plate. Behind the counter, women in hairnets and aprons serve food from steel containers onto banana-leaf-lined plates, and a pair of dark-clad serving women stand at right. Several other people in white t-shirts and red lanyards queue or assist in the background.2013-07-14 +1 copiesAnnadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesOctober 14 20122012-10-14 +1 copies