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A photo of an annadan style communal meal in a plain white hall with yellow curtains and ceiling fans. A man in an orange shirt with a rudraksha-style cord stands at left, serving from a long steel counter filled with metal pans and bowls. Several people in white clothes, including a man in a white shirt and a woman in white with a pink dupatta, wait in line holding steel plates to receive food. Others sit at tables at the back.

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A photo of an annadan style meal service in a hall with orange curtains and ceiling fans. Volunteers in white clothes and aprons, some wearing gloves, serve food from steel pots and trays onto plates held by a line of people. On the left a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands near the serving counter. A bald man with a long beard in white clothes stands among the line, with a woman in a pink dupatta and a woman in white at the right. No clear, unambiguous evidence of a person's presence is visible; the orange-robed figure is not identifiable as him from appearance alone.2009-07-23August 27 20092009-08-27 +1 copiesAugust 21 20092009-08-21August 29 20092009-08-29A photo of a communal meal service in a white-walled hall with an arched ceiling, ceiling fans and orange curtains. Several people in white clothing stand behind a long serving counter, ladling vegetables and salad from steel pots and bowls onto steel plates. A woman in a red-and-green sari serves at the back, and a boy in a white shirt and jeans wearing plastic gloves stands at the left near stacked steel vessels. Stacks of steel plates and copper-bottomed pots line the foreground, consistent with an annadan-style serving.2009-07-08August 21 20092009-08-21June 09 20092009-06-09A photograph of a communal meal service in a hall with white walls and a tiled counter. Several women in white and orange clothing serve food from large steel pots using ladles and tongs, filling metal plates with rice and vegetable dishes. A woman in the foreground wearing a striped top, glasses, gold bangles and a dark beaded necklace holds a plate of rice. Other women wear white saris and salwar kameez in pink, green and white, some with beaded necklaces. Gloves are worn by the servers. A few people stand near a doorway at the left background. No a person candidate is visible.2010-02-21A photograph of an annadaan meal service in a plain white-walled hall with red curtains at the windows and a red-tiled floor. A long table draped in cream cloth holds steel serving pans and bowls, and several people stand serving food from behind it. Devotees in white clothes queue along the table, several wearing white and one in a white sari, while a man in an orange kurta and another in a red head covering serve. A woman in a white top and a man in khaki trousers stand in the foreground, and the scene is typical of community food service at an ashram.2009-06-25A food service line inside a pink-walled hall with glass display cabinets holding brass and gold ritual objects. Several women serve food from large steel pots and trays onto stacks of small steel bowls on a colourful patterned cloth. A woman in a grey cardigan and white dhoti wears plastic gloves and ladles from a pot. A woman in an orange-bordered sari and cream shawl holds a steel plate. A woman in a white top with a grey-streaked ponytail stands beside them. A man in white kurta and yellow shawl stands at the back by a gold-framed display. Annadan style meal distribution.2010-12-27August 26 20092009-08-26October 15 20092009-10-15