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A photograph of a food-serving moment in an ashram hall with yellow walls. A smiling man with a white vertical tilak and red bindi, wearing an orange robe over a leopard-print shawl and a black cord necklace, holds a silver staff with bells and a ladle over a large steel pot. Another man in a white shirt holds out a steel plate. Two men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand nearby; one at right holds a folded cloth. Background shows framed pictures and steel buckets.

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A photo of a serving line in a yellow-walled hall. A man with a white tilak on his forehead and tilak markings on his arms wears an orange-saffron cloth and a leopard-print shawl, and uses a long ladle to serve food from a large steel pot. Beside him a bald man in orange robes wears a long rudraksha mala and smiles while holding a steel plate. Behind them a younger man in white with an orange cloth stands near a row of silver bells on a stand, and a worker in a blue head cover and white shirt tends steel vessels in the background.2012-09-20A photo of a dining or food-serving hall with yellow walls and a white ceiling. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with long dark hair tied up, white tilak marks on his forehead and arm, and a leopard-print cloth over his shoulder holds a large serving spoon over steel trays of rice. Beside him stands a shaven-headed man in an orange robe and rudraksha mala, watching the food. Behind them, people in white aprons and blue head coverings work at serving counters with steel pots, and a partially visible person in orange stands at left. The scene suggests annadan food service.2012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20A photograph of an outdoor tented serving area where devotees in saffron and orange robes distribute food. In the foreground, a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair and a kumkum/vibhuti mark on his forehead wears an orange shawl, a thick beaded rudraksha mala with a ceremonial gold necklace, and holds a white plastic tray of rice and curry. Beside him a shaved-headed devotee in orange with a red-and-orange scarf and rudraksha beads serves rice from a brass-framed steel container, wearing clear plastic gloves. A woman in white with sandalwood-marked forehead stands behind them. The long-haired man's appearance (hair, saffron shawl, rudraksha, gold necklace) is a person candidate; his role is a server distributing a meal.2015-07-07 +1 copiesIndoor food-serving scene in a hall with yellow-painted walls and ceiling fans. A long-haired man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold bead necklace and a red forehead mark, smiles while reaching toward a large steel pot of cooked white rice. Beside him, a bald man in orange robes wears a rudraksha mala and stands close to the steel serving counter. Behind them, volunteers in white clothes and blue hair nets serve food from steel pots, and a man in a white shirt holds a steel plate. Several other people stand nearby, and a cameraman films at the left edge.2012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20A photograph of an annadan-style food service in a yellow-walled hall. A man with a tilak and red bindi on his forehead, wearing an orange robe over a leopard-print shawl and holding a tall silver staff hung with small bells, stands at a large steel pot marked HOT POT and serves food with a ladle. Beside him a younger man in an orange robe with rudraksha beads and a shaved head looks on. A woman in white is seen from behind at the left, and steel vessels and a framed portrait of a woman in white sit in the background.2012-09-20A photograph of a food-serving event in a yellow-walled hall. A long-haired man in orange ochre robes and a heavy gold bead necklace reaches into a large steel pot of cooked rice, with a shaved-head monk in orange robes and a rudraksha mala beside him. Behind them a young man in an orange-and-white shawl watches. In the foreground devotees and volunteers in white, one wearing a blue hairnet, crowd around the serving pots and a steel tray of prasad. Swamiji (probable): the long-haired man in orange robes, gold bead necklace and bare shoulder, serving food, matches the page's claim that Swamiji was present.2012-09-20A photograph of a ritual scene against a white backdrop. A central man in saffron-orange robes with a gold-trimmed cloth, a long beaded rudraksha-style mala, a thick gold-toned necklace and a red bindi and chandan on his forehead smiles while reaching toward a brass vessel and a small metal plate. Other devotees in saffron and orange-red robes stand around him, including a shaved-headed man with yellow tilak on the right holding a metal ladle and a shaved-headed man with white marks on the left. A woman in a red-orange garment stands behind, and a seated person with close-cropped hair bows toward the offering in the lower left. Brass implements and a bell-shaped copper pot are visible at the edges.2015-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph inside a white tent where saffron-clad devotees serve food from brass vessels. A long-haired man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and a large gold pendant is serving rice with a ladle while smiling, and holds a plate of food in his other hand. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a red bindi and beaded malas smiles and holds a plate. Another shaved-headed man with a white tilak and an orange shawl stands at left, and a woman in a red shawl and white top serves food at the lower left. Steel pots and chafing dishes of food sit on the table.2015-07-07 +1 copies