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A busy communal kitchen serving line in an indoor hall with ceiling fans and tiled walls. Volunteers in white clothing and saffron-orange stoles or sashes serve food from large steel pots onto steel plates along a long stainless-steel counter. A young woman in white with a long braid and glasses, wearing protective gloves, spoons yellow rice from a steel bucket. A woman in a white sari with a red-and-white border holds out a steel tray, and a man in a saffron-orange turban and robe stands in the background. A cameraman with a handheld video camera films from the left. Several older women and other volunteers line the counter. The scene suggests annadan, community meal service.

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A photograph inside a large institutional kitchen with steel vessels and cooking equipment along the back. A man in an orange robe with an orange head wrap and rudraksha malas stands at left, serving food from a steel plate onto a stainless steel tray while people in white clothes assist. A man in white shirt and trousers with a lanyard stands beside him, and another man in white holds a plate of food. Several women in white and saffron-trimmed clothing and a few young girls in colourful dresses stand in the foreground and around the counter, waiting for food. A green-and-yellow notice is pinned on the pink tiled wall at right.2006-12-15A dining hall serving food at a convention, with a line of women seated at a steel counter holding metal plates. A standing person in a saffron-orange garment with an orange head wrap stands behind a serving counter with steel pots, serving food. Several staff in white kurta-style clothes with orange shawls and volunteer lanyards move around the room. Ceiling fans, pink tiled walls and fluorescent lights are visible.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.2006-12-16A dining hall kitchen serving food to a line of women. A man in an orange turban and orange robe, with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala, stands behind a steel vessel ladling food onto a plate held by a woman in a red-and-white patterned sari. Other women in white and cream saris and white blouses wait in line, one holding a steel plate of food in the foreground. Steel cooking pots and tiled walls fill the background, with a ceiling fan and fluorescent lights overhead. The scene suggests annadan, community food service.2006-12-16Indoor photo of a communal kitchen serving line. A man on the left wears an orange saffron robe and orange turban, with long dark hair, a beaded mala necklace, and wears clear plastic gloves while ladling food from a large steel pot into a plate. Beside him women in white saris and light blue salwar outfits and a young man in white with an orange shawl also serve or wait with steel plates. The counter is stainless steel, with fluorescent ceiling lights and a tiled wall behind. a person is visible among the servers, identifiable by the orange robe, turban, long hair and mala cues. The scene reflects an annadan style meal service.2006-12-16A crowded communal dining hall where women seated at long steel tables eat from metal plates of food, while others stand and serve. A sannyasi in a saffron-orange robe with a long orange head covering and beaded necklace stands at the center-right, appearing to serve or assist. Other attendants wear white, and women wear saris in yellow, blue, orange and purple. Steel serving pots and trays line the counter, under fluorescent lights and ceiling fans.2006-12-16December 16 20062006-12-16February 06 20172017-02-06 +2 copiesA 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.2006-12-16A photograph of a community meal line in a covered hall with a corrugated roof and white pillars. Volunteers in white shirts and cream sarees serve rice and curry from large steel pots onto plates held out by a line of devotees. A man in a white shirt and wristwatch ladles food on the right, a woman in a green-bordered white saree serves from a bowl, and a boy in white uniform helps at the counter. Attendees in white clothes, sarees and gold ornaments queue along the left.2009-07-11October 13 20142014-10-13 +1 copiesA busy commercial-style kitchen serving food to devotees in a community meal setting. In the foreground, several women in white and cream clothing, some wearing gloves, hold steel plates of golden dosas and orange chutney. Behind them, a man in a checked shirt and a man in a white shirt with a lanyard ladle food from a basket and pan. Stainless steel hoods, tiled walls and large cooking vessels fill the background, with other workers in the distance. This appears to be an annadan-style meal service.2006-12-14