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A 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.

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A 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.2012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20A 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 photograph of an annadan-style food service in a yellow-walled hall. A man with a tilak and red bindi on his forehead, wearing an orange robe over a leopard-print shawl and holding a tall silver staff hung with small bells, stands at a large steel pot marked HOT POT and serves food with a ladle. Beside him a younger man in an orange robe with rudraksha beads and a shaved head looks on. A woman in white is seen from behind at the left, and steel vessels and a framed portrait of a woman in white sit in the background.2012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20A man in a rust-orange wrap with a leopard-print shawl stands at a steel serving tray, using a ladle to serve rice dish onto a plate held by another person in white in the foreground. He has white vertical tilak lines on his forehead with a red dot at the centre and a thin black cord around his neck. Behind him a man in a blue hairnet and white shirt stands near a yellow wall, and a silver ceremonial staff with bells hangs at right. A green Hot Pot food container sits at the bottom of the frame.2012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20Indoor 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 20122012-09-20Photo 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.2012-09-20