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A food service line under a red-and-white tented pavilion serves sweets. Several women in white kurtas and white saris with red and orange shawls stand behind the table scooping food, while a woman on the right in a cream sari with an orange border holds a large steel pot and a tray of orange sweets. Men in white clothing move behind them, and a brass lamp hangs in the background. The watermarked archive photo shows a communal meal service.

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September 14 20152015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14Annadhan during Nasik Kumbhamela 20152015-01-21September 14 20152015-09-14August 21 20162016-08-21A photo of an annadan style food service in a dining hall. A woman in the right foreground in white clothing and a dark bead necklace holds a large banana leaf plate with orange sweet pieces, a white mound of food and rice. Beside her a woman in a white and red sari with a rudraksha-style mala and bangles fills a plate at a steel serving tray. Behind them several people in white garments line up, and a server in a checked vest stands at the back. Steel trays of brown and orange food sit on a red tablecloth in front. No one in the image is clearly a person, and no a person depiction is visible.2013-07-18 +1 copiesJuly 24 20142014-07-24June 01 20092009-06-01January 24 20092009-01-24A photograph of an indoor serving line at a community meal. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with a red shawl ladles food from a large copper pot with brass handles into a plate held by a person in a white top. Beside her a man in an orange garment and rudraksha beads serves from a second copper vessel. Several devotees wearing white clothes and red shawls stand along the table holding white plates, while others stand behind them in the background. Warm wall lights and wood panelling frame the hall.2014-05-04February 23 20162016-02-23A photograph of a cooking or food-offering session under a blue tent. In the foreground a man with a bare upper body and a red-and-saffron dhoti sits on a gold-and-red throne, reaching toward a silver bowl of yellow rice. Ornate gold armrest details and a rudraksha mala are visible. Beside him a woman in white clothes and a white shawl, with glasses and a bag strap, scoops rice from a steel pot. Along the table, several people in white and saffron clothes with rudraksha malas handle steel pots and banana leaves. Two men in white dhotis stand in the background, and a woman in a golden blouse is at the right edge. Pots of food, a red bench and a pale tent wall complete the scene.2015-12-20