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Photo of a food-serving line in a room with yellow walls. A man with long dark hair in a bun, wearing a saffron-orange cloth draped over a leopard-print garment and a sacred-ash mark on his forehead, stands at a steel pot with a ladle, serving food onto plates held by devotees. Beside him a second saffron-clad man with a shaved head and a rudraksha mala serves from another pot. A man in white with a red-orange shawl and a mala holds a sign or umbrella-like staff on the left. Helpers in white and blue hairnets scoop food, and several people line up to receive it, including a child in a red-and-white striped shirt and an older man on the right. Annadan food distribution.

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A photo of a dining or food-serving hall with yellow walls and a white ceiling. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with long dark hair tied up, white tilak marks on his forehead and arm, and a leopard-print cloth over his shoulder holds a large serving spoon over steel trays of rice. Beside him stands a shaven-headed man in an orange robe and rudraksha mala, watching the food. Behind them, people in white aprons and blue head coverings work at serving counters with steel pots, and a partially visible person in orange stands at left. The scene suggests annadan food service.2012-09-20A photo of a serving line in a yellow-walled hall. A man with a white tilak on his forehead and tilak markings on his arms wears an orange-saffron cloth and a leopard-print shawl, and uses a long ladle to serve food from a large steel pot. Beside him a bald man in orange robes wears a long rudraksha mala and smiles while holding a steel plate. Behind them a younger man in white with an orange cloth stands near a row of silver bells on a stand, and a worker in a blue head cover and white shirt tends steel vessels in the background.2012-09-20Indoor food-serving scene in a hall with yellow-painted walls and ceiling fans. A long-haired man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold bead necklace and a red forehead mark, smiles while reaching toward a large steel pot of cooked white rice. Beside him, a bald man in orange robes wears a rudraksha mala and stands close to the steel serving counter. Behind them, volunteers in white clothes and blue hair nets serve food from steel pots, and a man in a white shirt holds a steel plate. Several other people stand nearby, and a cameraman films at the left edge.2012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20A photograph inside a yellow-walled dining hall where a man with long swept-back black hair, bare-shouldered in an orange-saffron cloth, wears multiple gold beaded necklaces and serves rice from a steel pot held by a helper. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a tilak stands smiling. Women in blue head caps and white saris work at serving counters behind them, and a man in white stands at left. Steel vessels line the counter, with people in the foreground partly visible. The probable Swamiji cues are long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and gold beaded necklaces, and he is shown serving food in the hall.2012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20A busy serving area with yellow walls where a long-haired man in orange ochre robes with a gold necklace and rudraksha malas stands at a steel table, reaching toward a large steel pot of cooked rice while a woman in a pink silk sari and green-clad girl assist. A shaved-headed monk in orange with a rudraksha mala stands beside him. Several white-clad volunteers in blue head caps and a woman with hair in a bun crowd the counter, and steel buckets and bowls rest nearby.2012-09-20Photo of a food-serving line in a hall with yellow-orange walls and ceiling fans. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an ornate gold necklace of large beads, rudraksha mala and orange-saffron robe, stands at the serving counter; this figure matches Swamiji (probable) by long hair, ornate gold necklace and saffron clothing. Beside him a shaved-headed attendant in orange robe and rudraksha mala serves rice. Servers in blue hairnets and white clothes ladle rice and curry from steel pots onto steel plates held by women in orange and red saris.2012-09-20A photograph of a food-serving moment in an ashram hall with yellow walls. A smiling man with a white vertical tilak and red bindi, wearing an orange robe over a leopard-print shawl and a black cord necklace, holds a silver staff with bells and a ladle over a large steel pot. Another man in a white shirt holds out a steel plate. Two men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand nearby; one at right holds a folded cloth. Background shows framed pictures and steel buckets.2012-09-20Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a communal meal service under a bamboo and corrugated-roof pavilion. Devotees and volunteers stand in a long line, many in white clothes, serving food from steel vessels and trays onto plates. In the centre-right, a young man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron cloth over white and a red tilak mark, serving from a steel pot. Beside him, a man with short hair and a white garment with a vertical tilak on his forehead serves food, and in the foreground at right an older man in white wears a rudraksha mala. Several women in saris and a man in a white shirt stand at left holding plates. The scene reads as annadan, a food-serving event.2006-07-28A kitchen serving line in a yellow-walled hall where a man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, a saffron-orange wrap and a heavy gold bead necklace with a rudraksha-style mala stands at a steel pot of cooked rice, ladling rice onto a steel plate. Around him women in blue hairnets, white saris and plastic gloves and men in white shirts serve food from steel vessels on a long counter. Ceiling fans and fluorescent lights hang overhead. The man's cues are distinctive, so he is a person serving food as annadan to delegates. Several dozen people are visible in the room.2012-09-20