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A dining hall serving line at an ashram meal, with stainless steel trays and chafing dishes of rice and vegetables. A man in white kurta with an orange lanyard and blue ID badge holds a steel tray with rice, flatbread and papadum while glancing at the food. Beside him, an older woman in white sari with gold border wears a red headwrap, purple and rudraksha beaded necklaces, and holds a steel cup. Other people in white with red shawls queue behind, and signs above the counters read Soup Counter and Hot Beverages. Red curtains hang on the pale pink wall.

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Annadhan in 20132013-01-01July 09 20132013-07-09A buffet-style meal service in a plain room with cream walls, where devotees in white clothing serve themselves from steel chafing dishes holding white rice, yellow dal, flatbreads and vegetable dishes. A man in a white shirt with a bald head and a mala, and a woman in a blue sari with red shawl, queue at the counter while serving staff ladle food. Paper signs on the wall read SOUP COUNTER and HOT RESTAURANT. The scene suggests an ashram annadan kitchen, with sprigs of steel plates held in hand and people in white clothes.2013-07-03 +1 copiesA buffet serving area with a red satin-draped table holding a silver chafing dish, a steaming tray of food and plates. Several people in white clothing serve and carry trays of snacks and rice-based dishes. A woman in white on the left holds a tray and gestures while speaking; a man in a white striped shirt with a lanyard holds a tray; a woman in an orange top and rudraksha beads stands in the background; another woman in white holds a tray of food near the right. A large framed photograph of a figure in red and black robes hangs on the wall, and a sign reading SOUP COUNTER is posted at the back right.2013-07-03 +1 copiesAnnadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesJuly 17 20112011-07-17 +2 copiesA buffet serving line in a pale pink hall. Servers in white shirts, striped aprons and hairnets, with plastic gloves, serve chapatis and curries from steel chafing dishes. A woman with wavy dark hair in a white top and orange lanyard holds a tray of food, while a man in white with rudraksha beads and an ID badge carries plates. Two women in orange saris stand in the background near a framed portrait on the wall, and several guests in white wait in line.2013-07-07 +1 copiesA photo of an ashram dining hall where volunteers serve a communal meal from steel pots onto plates on a long buffet table covered with a floral cloth. In the foreground a man in a white kurta wears a red and white beaded necklace and rudraksha-style mala and serves food with a ladle. Beside him an elderly man in a cream sweater and grey trousers and a woman in a pink shawl and glasses also serve. Long tables with floral cloths and seated diners fill the background under ceiling fans and white walls.2009-12-17A buffet serving line in a large indoor hall with ceiling lights and framed photos on the back wall. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a red scarf serves food from steel chafing trays with a serving spoon. A woman in a white salwar kameez with a dupatta and a red pendant holds a plate of rice and curry at the counter. Other devotees in white and saffron-trimmed clothing stand in line behind them, and a bowl of gulab jamun-like sweets sits in a steel tray in front. The setting suggests an ashram annadan meal.2014-09-27 +1 copiesA photo of a communal dining hall where volunteers and devotees serve a vegetarian meal from steel steam trays along a buffet counter. In the foreground a woman with light brown hair pulled back, wearing a white loose-fitting top and a small tag on her chest, holds a stainless steel tray with rice, a flatbread, yellow dal, orange vegetable curry and a steel bowl. Behind her an older man with white hair and a white beard, wearing a white shirt and a wooden rudraksha bead necklace, holds a tray with a steel bowl. Other people in white clothing, including a man in a white polo shirt with a lanyard, serve food from covered containers. Red curtains line the windows and the ceiling is white.2013-11-01 +1 copiesJuly 23 20142014-07-23