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A busy kitchen or food-service area with stainless steel counters and large steel pots and bowls of food. A woman in an orange sari with a long dark braid, wearing a yellow-and-white blouse, holds out a steel plate at the counter. Several women in plain white garments with red-and-orange cords around their necks stand behind the counter serving food from steel vessels. On the right, a person wearing an orange head wrap and orange robes stands at the counter. Ceiling fans, fluorescent lights and a wall-mounted exhaust hood are visible, and a sign on the right wall is partly legible. The scene suggests a communal meal distribution, possibly annadan, during an event.

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Indoor kitchen or serving area with fluorescent lights and tiled pink walls. A figure in a saffron-orange sleeveless robe and saffron turban stands at right, long dark hair falling over the shoulders; appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), shown in person, watching the serving line. Women in white and pale pink saris and kurtas stand at a stainless steel counter serving food from steel pots and pans; one wears a rudraksha-style beaded necklace. A young man in white with an orange scarf stands at left. A small framed notice hangs on the tiled wall at right. Several people are visible in the background.2006-12-16Indoor photograph of a busy communal kitchen or dining hall with tiled walls, fluorescent tube lights and ceiling fans. At the centre, a figure in a saffron-orange robe and matching orange turban stands at a steel serving counter, ladling food from a large steel vessel into a plate. Around them, women in white and red-bordered saris and a line of people in white and orange shawls wait with plates; one woman in the foreground wears a red scarf and a red bindi. a person for the saffron-robed server with the orange turban and long hair, serving food in an annadan-style meal line; the cues are the orange turban and robe. Pots, steel trays and kitchen shelves fill the background.2006-12-16Photograph of a communal kitchen serving line. A man in an orange-saffron robe and orange turban, with long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala, stands at a steel counter serving rice from a metal bucket onto plates held by women and a young person in white, red and blue saris and salwar. Other volunteers in white and green clothing stand behind a row of steel vessels under fluorescent lights, with tiled walls and a fly-catcher lamp mounted above. The setting reads as an annadan meal service. The figure in orange resembles the Swamiji candidate by appearance, with distinctive long hair, saffron robe and mala.2006-12-16Indoor communal kitchen serving line in a tiled hall with fluorescent lights and a ceiling fan. A man in an orange turban and orange robe, with long hair and a rudraksha mala, stands at right with hands on hips, watching the serving counter. Women in white and blue saris and a yellow headscarf line up with steel bowls while volunteers in white clothes with orange thread ladle food from stainless steel pots onto plates. Steel vessels and a serving table fill the foreground. A small yellowed notice hangs on the wall to the right.2006-12-16December 16 20062006-12-16A photo of a kitchen serving line, with stainless steel counters and metal pots of food. A man in an orange robe with a saffron turban, long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala serves food from a ladle into a plate held by a woman in a white outfit. Several people in white, blue and purple clothes stand in line holding plates; a man in white with a mala stands at right. Fluorescent lights and wall tiles surround the scene. a person is serving, identified by the saffron turban, long hair and mala cues.2006-12-16A dining hall serving line in an ashram kitchen with pink tiled walls and fluorescent lights. A man in an orange turban and orange robe with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala stands at right, serving food from a steel pot with a ladle. Beside him, a woman in white clothing with a red rudraksha-style mala serves from a steel container. A young woman in a white top holds out a steel plate with a black and pink handbag over her shoulder. Women in saffron and cream saris stand in the queue at left, and a man in white shirt stands in the background.2006-12-16Indoor dining hall with ceiling fans and fluorescent lights where volunteers serve food from steel vessels to a line of people. On the right, a person in an orange-saffron turban and orange wrap with long dark hair ladles yellow food from a steel pot. Beside them, an older woman in a white sari with a blue-grey border holds a steel plate, while a woman in a red-and-orange patterned top carries a plate and a red handbag at left. A man in a white shirt with an orange shawl stands at the left edge. Several other people and a pillar with dark bands fill the background.2006-12-16Indoor communal kitchen serving food. A figure in a saffron-orange turban and orange robe, with long dark hair, stands at a steel counter serving from a large steel pot while wearing clear plastic gloves. Women queue in front of him holding steel plates; one in a white and blue flowered dress holds a plate and ladle, and others wear saris and carry bags. Pots and steel counters fill the background under fluorescent lights and ceiling fans. The page links this to a person Spurana convention in Avadi, Chennai, and the figure's distinctive orange-robed, long-haired appearance matches the page's subject, so this is a person serving food (annadan) during the event.2006-12-16December 16 20062006-12-16December 16 20062006-12-16December 16 20062006-12-16