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A photo of people serving themselves from a steel buffet counter in a pink-walled hall with a framed portrait on the wall. A man in a grey t-shirt and dark trousers holds a plate at left, while a man in a white dhoti with gold border and striped shirt holds a phone to his ear and another man in a striped shirt fills a plate. Two monks in saffron-orange robes stand at the counter, one with a rudraksha mala, and a man in a white shirt stands at right. Steel chafing trays of food sit on the counter. The framed portrait above shows a figure in orange robes with a plate or tray, labelled with a printed caption. Six people are visible.

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A photo of a serving line for a communal meal in an ashram dining hall with pink walls and a framed poster of a deity above. A stainless steel buffet counter holds trays of rice and side dishes, with steel plates and cups set out. Several men stand in line: a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a gold border and a brown shawl holds a plate, a man in a white shirt serves from the counter, a young man in an orange-brown robe with a shaved head serves rice, and a man in a white shirt on the right ladles food. A man in a grey t-shirt on the left carries a plate. A framed poster above the counter shows a deity murti with lamps and offerings, labelled Paraartha Pooja. Serving food as annadan is the visible activity.2015-08-09 +3 copiesA buffet line inside a long hall with posters on the wall. Several devotees with orange-red shawls draped over white clothes serve themselves from stainless steel chafing dishes under a glass sneeze guard. A man in a white shirt on the left uses a serving spoon, a man in a striped shirt and a woman in white with a red shawl stand in line, and a woman in a salmon-pink kurta on the right holds a plate of flatbreads and a small serving. Visitors carry name badges on lanyards. No individual is identifiable as a person in this image.2014-09-27 +1 copiesJuly 02 20132013-07-02June 09 20092009-06-09Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA buffet serving line in a bright hall with cream walls and a decorative ceiling. Devotees in white kurta-style clothes and lanyards serve food from steel chafing dishes onto orange-brown plates; a man in a white t-shirt with a blue lanyard loads his plate, and a shaved-headed man in a grey sleeveless top and rudraksha-style beaded necklace stands at the counter. Trays hold fried snacks, bread-like slices and curry, and a framed deity picture hangs on the left wall.2011-11-24October 22 20122012-10-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a community meal service in a temple-style hall. Several men line up at a steel serving counter, holding terracotta plates and cups as volunteers in white kurta-style clothes and white hair nets ladle food from large steel pots of curry and rice. A man in a white shirt with an orange-trimmed sleeve stands among them, and a golden ornate shrine structure with a kalasha-like top is visible in the background. The scene shows annadan style food distribution among about eight people.2011-11-21Indoor photo in a pink-walled hall with a tiled floor and a barred window. Several men and women in white and grey clothes carry banana-leaf plates of food and steel trays toward the right. A man in a maroon shirt and cream dhoti holds a tray, and a woman in a white sari stands nearby. On the right, a woman in a teal top and a man in a striped shirt serve from steel vessels on a side table. A framed portrait hangs high on the wall. The scene suggests a communal meal service.2011-11-07A dining hall food-serving line in an ashram. Stainless steel serving counters with heated trays hold food, and several people in white and red-bordered clothing serve meals. On the left, a woman in white with a red shawl holds a stack of steel plates. In the foreground right, a shaved-headed sannyasi in saffron-orange robes with a red sash stands at the counter. A framed photograph on the back wall shows a saffron-clad figure receiving a garland. Several other people in white clothing are visible along the line.2014-09-03A photograph of volunteers serving food at a stainless steel buffet counter in an indoor dining hall. Several men wear white clothes with orange-red shawls draped over their shoulders. In the foreground an older man with grey hair in white shirt and white dhoti wears clear plastic gloves and uses a serving spoon to dish food from a steel tray of yellow curry. A younger man on the left in a white t-shirt and orange-red shawl with a rudraksha-style mala looks down at the food pans beneath a glass sneeze guard. Other volunteers stand behind the counter, and a framed picture hangs on the wall at top right. Steel bowls, a ladle and a serving tray are visible.2014-09-05September 12 20142014-09-12