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Indoor photograph of a crowd in a kitchen-like hall with tiled walls and steel pots. In the left foreground a smiling person in saffron-orange clothing with an orange turban, rudraksha beads and a wrap stands among devotees, handing something to a woman with a long plaited braid. Around them, men in white shirts and white dhotis wear orange shawls, and women in white and patterned saffron-and-blue saris with long braids stand in a semicircle.

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A kitchen serving line at an event hall, with steel vessels and cooking pots behind the counter. A smiling woman in an orange saffron sari with an orange head wrap serves food from a steel bowl to the people in front of her. Men and women in white clothes stand around the line, several wearing orange shawls and lanyards with ID badges. Women in white and pastel saris with long braids watch and wait. A pink tiled wall and a small notice are visible in the background.2006-12-15Photograph of a crowded kitchen or serving area where a person in an orange saffron turban and orange robe, with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala, is serving food from a steel vessel to a line of devotees. Behind the counter are large steel cooking pots and several people in white. Around the server, men in white shirts and dhotis wear orange shawls, and women in white saris, a purple salwar and a maroon blouse stand in line with long braided hair. Pink tiled walls and a yellow notice on the wall form the background. Prasad or annadan distribution appears to be taking place.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A kitchen scene with stainless steel counters and large steel cooking pots. A woman in a saffron-orange sari and orange head wrap, wearing clear plastic gloves, handles food at a steel counter while smiling. Beside her, a man in white shirt and white trousers with a beaded necklace holds a steel bowl of cooked food toward a woman with a bun in a white sari with an orange border, who reaches out her hands. Other people, many in white and pastel saris, stand and sit around the room. A pink tiled wall and a notice are behind them.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A kitchen service scene in a large steel-equipped cooking area with pink tiled walls and many steel vessels. A figure in an orange-saffron robe with an orange head wrap and rudraksha beads stands at a steel counter, reaching toward a girl in a pink and blue dress who is receiving food. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis carry steel plates of prasad and food. Women in white and cream saris and salwar, with long braided hair, stand in a line watching. A woman in a blue and white sari and another in pale orange are visible at right. The scene is one of food distribution, annadan style, in the ashram kitchen.2006-12-15A crowded dining hall with tiled walls and stainless steel vessels on counters. A man in an orange turban and orange garment stands at left, smiling, beside a white-clad attendant holding a plate. Several men in white kurtas wear orange shawls and serve food, and a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala serves a plate. Women in white and floral saris, some with long braided hair, queue and receive food from a steel counter in the foreground. The scene appears to show annadan food service at a large gathering.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A photograph of a crowded indoor dining hall with pink tiled walls, a ceiling fan and fluorescent lights. A man in an orange turban and orange-saffron garment stands at a steel serving counter, smiling and handing food to a line of people. Nearby, men in white shirts and dhotis wear orange shawls, and women in white and lavender saris and braided hair stand holding steel plates. A cameraman with a video camera films at the right edge. Several people are visible, not an exact count of crowd size.2006-12-15A photograph in a crowded kitchen-style hall where a person in a saffron-orange robe with a matching orange turban and a long dark braid holds a steel bowl of food with gloved hands, serving a gray-haired woman in a floral blouse who extends her hands to receive it. Beside him stands a man in white with a dark beaded mala and an ID lanyard holding the bowl, while two young men in white with orange shawls and another man in white stand nearby. Behind them, several people watch from a background of large steel pots and pink tiled walls.2006-12-15