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A buffet serving line in an indoor hall with pale walls and arched windows. A man in a red polo with yellow collar stands at left serving from steel chafing dishes of dal and curry. Behind him a man in a navy shirt with a red and beige lanyard holds a ladle. A bald man in a white shirt with long rudraksha malas and a lanyard holds a plate of rice and curry. In the foreground a woman in a white dress with gold embroidery and a lanyard carries a plate of rice, vegetables and dal. Several other attendees stand in line behind, and a banner reading Inner Awakening hangs in the background.

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July 01 20122012-07-01Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesJune 09 20092009-06-09August 29 20092009-08-29November 01 20132013-11-01 +1 copiesA serving line for a communal meal in an indoor hall with pale walls. A young man in a maroon polo shirt and dark trousers stands at left, serving from steel chafing dishes of rice, yellow vegetable curry and cooked dal. Devotees queue along the counter: a woman in a yellow sari with red shawl and orange lanyard holds a plate of rice and flatbread at right; women in red shawls, maroon sweaters and white kurtas hold plates, and a man in a checked shirt with a red scarf stands among them. Metal bowls and a large steel pot sit on a side table. No a person candidate is visible.2012-09-08A photograph of an annadaan food-serving line in a tiled kitchen with red curtains. A bearded man with grey hair and glasses, wearing white clothes with a yellow shawl and a red thread on his wrist, serves food from a steel pot. Beside him, a woman in a yellow shawl and white clothes wears plastic gloves and spoons food. Further right, a blonde woman and other women in white and orange or red shawls stand behind steel containers of food on a patterned cloth. Stainless steel pots, bowls and ladles fill the counter.2009-07-20A 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 copiesJuly 07 20132013-07-07 +1 copiesA serving line in a bright white hall with red curtains and yellow drapes serves food from steel containers into a large black pot-style warmer. A woman in a white top with an orange-red shawl and gold bangle holds a ladle while reaching toward a steel bowl. Beside her, a young man in a saffron-orange robe, and men and women in white and grey clothing, handle serving spoons and bowls. At the far right, a man in a light patterned shirt with a beaded necklace watches, with a plate of yellow food in the foreground. Several seated diners are visible in the background.2009-06-09July 01 20122012-07-01A buffet-style meal service in an indoor hall with pale walls and a framed portrait on the upper right labelled as a devotional image. A woman in white with a colourful green-and-orange shawl holds a steel plate of flatbreads and rice while serving from a red-draped table of steel trays holding chopped vegetables, papadums, rolls and flatbreads. Around her, devotees in white clothes and orange lanyards queue and eat; a man in a white shirt in the foreground holds a plate, and a woman in lavender sari stands at the right edge. Another server in a white cap and apron works behind the table. The scene suggests a communal annadan meal.2013-07-09 +1 copies