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A busy commercial-style kitchen serving food to devotees in a community meal setting. In the foreground, several women in white and cream clothing, some wearing gloves, hold steel plates of golden dosas and orange chutney. Behind them, a man in a checked shirt and a man in a white shirt with a lanyard ladle food from a basket and pan. Stainless steel hoods, tiled walls and large cooking vessels fill the background, with other workers in the distance. This appears to be an annadan-style meal service.

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December 14 20062006-12-14A busy serving line in a dining hall where several women in white and orange-bordered saris ladle food onto stainless steel plates. Hands wear clear plastic gloves. Behind a wooden counter are steel bowls of orange and yellow dishes, a wicker basket, and rows of plates being passed to people on the right, some in orange and pink saris. A man in a white shirt with rudraksha-style beads stands at the left serving from a pot. Tiled walls and a shelf with framed pictures sit in the background. The scene suggests annadan community meal service.2006-12-14August 24 20142014-08-24 +1 copiesA busy commercial-style kitchen with stainless steel hoods, steel vessels and tiled pillars. In the centre, a smiling man with long swept-back hair wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment and a dark rudraksha mala, and reaches toward a steel bowl held near the lower edge. Beside him, a man in an orange shawl with a red border stands close. Around them, people in white clothes and white head coverings handle plates and serving trays, including a woman holding a plate of food and a man in a white shirt with an ID lanyard. Food is being served in a dining kitchen setting.A photograph of a crowded communal kitchen and food distribution hall with stainless steel hoods, tiled pillars and large cooking vessels in the background. A man in a white shirt reaches out to hand a food-laden steel plate to a woman in the foreground. Beside him stands a smiling man in an orange sleeveless sannyasi garment with a dark rudraksha mala, a figure who may be a person from the orange robe and rudraksha cues, though the appearance is not clear enough to confirm. Other devotees, including women in white saris, hold plates with rice and curries wrapped in plastic, and a blurred hand reaches into the foreground.A crowded indoor meal line of devotees receiving food on steel plates. In the foreground a man in a white shirt holds a plate of rice and curry, and beside him a woman in a white sari with a gold border and blue lanyard badge holds a plate. To the right a woman in a grey sari with gold bangles and a woman in a red top with a long braid hold plates. At left a large steel vessel of cooked rice is being served by a person in white. Many others crowd behind, some in white dhoti and shirt, one in a black shirt with a rudraksha-style mala. Steel bowls and rice fill the frame.2006-12-23A serving line in a kitchen dining hall where volunteers in white clothes serve food onto disposable leaf plates. Women in white saris with gold borders and orange garlands stand behind a steel counter, one holding a ladle and a large areca leaf plate. Several people in the foreground, including women in white saris with red and green bangles, hold leaf plates and bowls to receive food. A clear plastic sneeze guard hangs above the counter, and steel food containers sit on the counter.2014-08-24 +1 copiesA food distribution line at an outdoor annadan serving tent during a festival. Several women in white saris with gold borders and pale blue head-caps and plastic gloves scoop food from steel pans onto steel plates. Rudraksha malas hang around the neck of the woman at left, and a black bead mala is visible on another. A man in a checked shirt and shoulder cloth holds out a plate at right, and a child stands beside him. A striped festive bunting runs along the tent top. No a person candidate is clearly visible in this frame.2012-11-27A 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.2012-09-20A photograph of a crowded indoor dining hall with pink tiled walls, a ceiling fan and fluorescent lights. A man in an orange turban and orange-saffron garment stands at a steel serving counter, smiling and handing food to a line of people. Nearby, men in white shirts and dhotis wear orange shawls, and women in white and lavender saris and braided hair stand holding steel plates. A cameraman with a video camera films at the right edge. Several people are visible, not an exact count of crowd size.2006-12-15A photograph of a community food distribution under a tent with red, yellow and gold draped fabric. Women in saris, one in a teal and yellow sari with a beaded necklace, serve rice from large steel pots and stainless steel trays. A man in a white shirt stands behind the serving line handing out food, and a girl in pink in the right foreground watches. Other people in white and pastel clothing stand in the background under the tent, with palm trees visible beyond the awning.2006-12-30September 14 20152015-09-14