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A photograph inside a bare, unfinished concrete-walled hall where a man in an orange robe with a pink and yellow marigold garland and a rudraksha mala serves food from steel pots onto plates held out by people. A devotee in a dark blue shirt holds a plate and smiles, while a shaven-headed man in white dhoti on the left wears a sacred thread and a rudraksha mala. A man in white shirt and white trousers films with a video camera on the right, and a white plastic chair sits against the wall. A colourful woven banner hangs from the upper right wall, and daylight comes through a window and open doorway with greenery outside. The scene looks like a food distribution, annadan, at a temple or ashram.

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September 09 20112011-09-09A photograph of an annadan food-serving scene in a bare concrete room with a wooden floor. A man in a white shirt and dhoti serves rice from a steel pot with a ladle onto a plate held by a young girl in a white top and teal shawl. Beside them, a person in an orange robe with a pink and yellow flower garland stands near the serving table, and a younger man in orange with long dark hair is also visible. Other white-clad people and a cameraman filming with a video camera stand in the background, and a pot of orange food sits on the counter. Several people are visible: the server, the girl, the garlanded orange-robed figure, the orange-clad man, the cameraman and a few in white.2011-09-09Photo inside a bare, unfinished concrete hall with a grey plastered wall and a ceiling fan. A man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange dhoti-style garment, a pink and yellow flower garland and a beaded rudraksha-style mala, and stands at a serving counter ladling rice from a steel pan. Beside him an older man in a white shirt and a shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti with sandalwood markings serve food. A boy in a white cloth and a man in a pink shirt receive plates of rice and orange food, while a man in a white shirt holds a camera. A patterned orange and blue banner hangs from the ceiling pillar. Whether the garlanded man is the a person is uncertain from appearance alone.2011-09-09September 09 20112011-09-09A food-serving scene in a bare concrete room with a window and an orange-and-maroon textile hanging on the wall. A central man in an orange robe with a pink, yellow and white flower garland and a gold-beaded necklace is ladling orange food from a steel pan onto a plate held by a woman in a cream and gold patterned sari. An elderly man in a white shirt and gold bracelet, smiling, holds a pot of white rice at left. Behind them a man in a white dhoti stands near a stack of steel plates, and two women in salwar and sari watch. A framed picture sits on a table at left.2011-09-09Photo of a serving line in an unfinished concrete-walled hall, with a steel serving table laden with stainless steel pots and stacked steel plates. A man in saffron robes with a pink-and-white flower garland and a bare upper body serves food into plates, while a bald man in orange and a man in a dark blue shirt stand nearby. Other men in white dhoti and orange sashes, some bald and wearing gold armbands, line up at the table. Through the barred window and open doorway, trees and bare earth are visible. Scene suggests annadan food service at a temple or ashram building.2011-09-09A photograph of a food-serving scene in a plain grey-walled hall. An older man in a white shirt with a red tilak on his forehead and a gold bangle serves rice from a steel pot with a ladle. Beside him a man in saffron-orange robes wears a long pink and yellow marigold garland and serves orange food from a large steel bowl. Behind them a bare-chested man in white dhoti is working, and a woman in a cream and gold patterned shawl holds a steel plate, smiling. Stacked steel plates and a pot sit on the counter, with a small framed picture on the side wall and a green garden visible through a doorway.2011-09-09September 09 20112011-09-09September 09 20112011-09-09September 09 20112011-09-09A photograph of a food service line in an unfinished concrete room. A shaved-headed man in a flower garland and saffron-orange clothing stands centre, serving food from a steel pot. Around him, shaved-headed men in white dhotis and saffron cloth ladle food onto steel plates held by women. A woman in a maroon saree with a bindi and a bun, a white-clad woman with rudraksha beads and a forehead mark holding a plate, women in green, orange and yellow sarees queue with steel plates, and a woman in orange stands at the right. Steel vessels of dal and rice sit on a table, and a plastic water bottle is held by a woman in a maroon saree. Brick stacks and a tree are visible through the open doorway.2011-09-09A photograph of an annadan food-serving line in a plain, unfinished hall with grey concrete walls and a corrugated metal roof. A bald man in a white dhoti and a purple sacred thread stands at the left, ladling food from a steel pot. Beside him an older man in white serves rice from a steel bowl. Behind them a man with a pink-and-white flower garland and a man in white with a rudraksha mala watch. On the right, an elderly bearded man with grey hair and white forehead marks, wearing an orange saffron cloth, holds a steel plate of rice and curry. A colourful woven hanging is on the right wall. Several people are visible in the background, including a woman in white. Steel pots and stacked plates fill the counter.2011-09-09