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Outdoor food service line at an event, with volunteers serving rice and curry onto banana-leaf plates from large steel pots. A woman on the left in a white sari with a gold border and dark beaded necklace wears clear plastic gloves and serves rice from a pot. Behind her a volunteer in white also serves from steel containers. On the right a man in a white shirt with glasses holds a paper plate with rice on a banana leaf and takes food with a spoon. Other people, some in white and some in coloured saris, stand in the background beneath trees.

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February 14 2009 -Kalpataru Convention at Chennai Tamilnadu2009-02-14Annadan food service at an ashram canteen. A woman in white sari with gold border and a red coral-bead necklace serves rice from a steel tray onto paper-lined plates. Other servers in white, wearing clear plastic gloves and hairnets, ladle curry and rice from steel containers. Elderly women and devotees in the foreground hold out plates to receive food. A boy in white shirt stands at left. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person.2017-05-10A photograph of an outdoor food service line under a pink and blue tarpaulin canopy. Serving staff in white hair nets and white aprons ladle yellow rice from steel trays into the line. A woman in a white sari with a beige border holds out a brown leaf plate, and a man in a white shirt with an orange cloth over his shoulder holds bowls beside her. Another man in white with a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant stands at left. Elderly women in blue and grey saris and a standing man in a blue shirt are visible in the background, along with other attendees in white.2015-11-01 +1 copiesNovember 25 20062006-11-25A photograph of a community meal service in a bare, white-walled hall with tall windows. In the foreground a smiling young woman in a white top and orange-yellow skirt holds a leaf plate of food. Beside her, a woman in a white salwar-style top and white shawl holds a plate, while a man in white dhoti and white shirt, wearing transparent gloves, ladles rice from a large steel pot. Several other men in white shirts and white dhotis stand in a queue, and a man in a blue shirt stands at the back. A woman in a red-and-orange sari stands at the left edge. Steel vessels of food sit on the counter in the lower part of the frame.2009-07-12A 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.2012-11-27November 25 20062006-11-25Outdoor food service at a festival meal line under an orange and yellow marigold-decorated canopy with red and pink drapes. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas and lanyards, stand behind steel pots of rice and yellow food, serving with ladles onto banana-leaf or leaf plates. Women in cream and white saris with gold borders are receiving food and seated at long blue-topped wooden benches. A man in plain white clothes holds a leaf plate at the right edge. Several people are visible, and the scene shows annadan style communal serving.2007-12-30A photo of an outdoor food service line under a corrugated metal roof supported by bamboo poles and fluorescent tube lights. A woman in the foreground with a red bindi, flower in her hair and white sari with a yellow border looks toward the camera. Beside her, a woman in a white and yellow sari with a rudraksha mala serves from a large steel pot, and volunteers in white clothes stand behind rows of steel vessels of food along a long table. On the right, a man in a cream checked shirt with a blue towel over his shoulder holds a steel plate of food. Bowls of curry and rice sit on the table.2006-07-28A photograph of volunteers serving food under a blue corrugated metal roof at an outdoor event. Several women wearing white clothes with coloured borders and rudraksha malas serve food from steel pots and trays into paper plates held out by a line of people. The woman at the right wears a white saree with a golden-brown border and a long dark rudraksha mala. The woman at the left wears glasses and a pink top, and volunteers wear blue lanyard badges. Palm trees and tent poles are visible outside. No a person candidate is visible.2009-11-28A serving line for a communal meal in an indoor hall with pink walls and decorative striped pillars. A woman in a white sari with a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace and a red hair flower ladles white rice from a large steel pot with a serving spoon. Behind her, men and women in white clothing hold out banana leaves heaped with rice and side dishes at steel serving pots. An older man in a white shirt on the left holds a banana leaf plate, and others stand in line, some in white dhotis and shirts. This appears to be an annadan-style meal service. No one clearly appears to be a person in this image.2011-11-07A photograph of a thatched-roof shelter where people are serving and eating food. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with gold border and thin-rimmed glasses holds a steel plate of rice and fried snacks, wearing a rudraksha-style bead mala and a green-and-gold rosette badge on her chest. Beside her, a woman in a pink sari with a green rosette and a lighter-coloured garment with a tilak mark stands near the roof. At left, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti drinks from a steel tumbler. Another woman in a white blouse and white sari with a bead necklace stands in the background among trees, and more people are partly visible at the edges.2007-02-15