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A photo of a buffet-style food service in a bright hall with pale walls and a red curtain. A man in a white apron and hairnet, wearing disposable gloves, stands behind a long table of steel pots and serving bowls, one holding a ladle. Beside him a man in a white shirt and hairnet holds a red tray with a sweet. A man in a white kurta and white trousers serves from a steel tray, and a man in a green T-shirt stands behind. At the right edge a man in a cream shirt holds a steel plate of food. The table has a floral tablecloth, and a steel tray of cut Mysore pak sits in front with a handwritten label.

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August 31 20112011-08-31A photograph of a communal meal service in a bright hall with cream walls. In the foreground a bald man with glasses and a red-brown mala around his neck, wearing a white kurta, holds a steel plate with rice, chapati and orange curry while spooning food from a serving pot. Behind him, a man in a white polo shirt and white hairnet serves from a steel pot with a ladle, and a woman in white gloves and a white dress works the line. Steel vessels of curry and a large pot of white kheer or dal sit on a patterned tablecloth. Other people in white stand in the background.2011-07-17 +2 copiesNovember 21 20112011-11-21A photo of a buffet serving line in a plain whitewashed hall with exposed steel roof trusses. Several people in white clothes stand along steel serving counters holding trays and stainless steel pans with lids. One man in a white cap and white polo shirt on the right holds a steel plate of diced vegetables, while a man in the middle wears a white polo, white trousers and a yellow-orange beaded lanyard. Two men on the left wear white shirts and clear plastic gloves while serving food. Steel trays hold diced vegetables, and green and orange colanders hold napkins and forks. Other attendees in white stand in the background.2009-06-18A photograph of a communal meal service in a hall with pale pink walls and white curtains. A server in a white shirt, white trousers and a white cap stands at a steel table, ladling food from a large stainless steel pot into plates. Behind the table, several people in white or light-coloured clothes queue and hold plates; a stack of flatbreads sits on the table. A saffron cloth hangs in the background. Motion blur suggests the line is moving. Several people are visible, partly cropped at the frame edges.A photograph of a buffet-style food service line in an indoor hall with peach-coloured walls. Steel pots of food sit on a table covered with a fruit-patterned plastic cloth: a large pot of white creamy liquid in front, pots of orange and brown curry, and a pot of cooked rice with a ladle. Four people stand behind the table preparing and serving food, wearing disposable hairnets and clear plastic gloves. A woman in white clothes stands at the left, a woman in a white top with hands raised stands next, a man in a white shawl draped over bare shoulders, and a man in a white t-shirt and grey trousers stands at the right. Behind the table is a framed picture on the wall.2011-07-17 +2 copiesSeptember 22 20122012-09-22A food serving line in a white tent at a retreat kitchen. 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This appears to be an annadan meal service.2009-12-10A photograph of a serving line for a communal meal in a hall with peach-coloured walls. Large stainless steel pots of white liquid, orange-brown curry and rice sit on tables covered with fruit-patterned plastic cloth, with bowls of sliced tomatoes, cut vegetables and a basket of paper cups in the foreground. Several volunteers in white clothes and white hairnets stand behind the tables; one woman in a white sari with a red border serves from a pot, and a man in white with disposable gloves ladles food from a pot. A framed picture hangs on the back wall beside a draped red-orange cloth.2011-07-17 +1 copiesA buffet serving line inside an ornate white hall with gold-toned temple canopy in the background. Several people in white clothing stand along steel trays of food. A man in the foreground wears a white hairnet and white kurta, using tongs at steel pots of food. 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