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A photo of an outdoor food service line under a corrugated metal roof supported by bamboo poles and fluorescent tube lights. A woman in the foreground with a red bindi, flower in her hair and white sari with a yellow border looks toward the camera. Beside her, a woman in a white and yellow sari with a rudraksha mala serves from a large steel pot, and volunteers in white clothes stand behind rows of steel vessels of food along a long table. On the right, a man in a cream checked shirt with a blue towel over his shoulder holds a steel plate of food. Bowls of curry and rice sit on the table.

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A photograph of a lunch serving line under a covered open-sided pavilion with an orange canopy and woven bamboo screens. Several young women in white tops with orange or beige sashes and dark-rimmed lanyards queue and receive food from steel plates, while a man in a white shirt and rudraksha mala in the right foreground serves from steel pots. Other volunteers in white shirts stand behind the counter, and a few more people line up in the background. Plates hold rice and yellow dal-style dishes. The atmosphere is a communal meal service at the Inner Healing training program.2006-10-07A photograph of volunteers serving food under a blue corrugated metal roof at an outdoor event. Several women wearing white clothes with coloured borders and rudraksha malas serve food from steel pots and trays into paper plates held out by a line of people. The woman at the right wears a white saree with a golden-brown border and a long dark rudraksha mala. The woman at the left wears glasses and a pink top, and volunteers wear blue lanyard badges. Palm trees and tent poles are visible outside. No a person candidate is visible.2009-11-28Outdoor food service at a festival meal line under an orange and yellow marigold-decorated canopy with red and pink drapes. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas and lanyards, stand behind steel pots of rice and yellow food, serving with ladles onto banana-leaf or leaf plates. Women in cream and white saris with gold borders are receiving food and seated at long blue-topped wooden benches. A man in plain white clothes holds a leaf plate at the right edge. Several people are visible, and the scene shows annadan style communal serving.2007-12-30January 31 20162016-01-31January 02 20162016-01-02January 24 20092009-01-24December 14 20062006-12-14May 10 20172017-05-10A photograph of a large outdoor annadan meal service under a tent with yellow, blue and red draped fabric. A long queue of mostly white-clad devotees, many women in white saris and men in white shirts and dhotis, holds round leaf plates and paper cups while serving counters with steel trays of food line the centre. Volunteers in white, one in a white shirt with an ID badge, ladle food onto plates. A woman in an orange sari stands at the right edge. Several people wear lanyard badges.2016-01-31August 24 20142014-08-24 +1 copiesA photograph of a community meal service in a bare, white-walled hall with tall windows. In the foreground a smiling young woman in a white top and orange-yellow skirt holds a leaf plate of food. Beside her, a woman in a white salwar-style top and white shawl holds a plate, while a man in white dhoti and white shirt, wearing transparent gloves, ladles rice from a large steel pot. Several other men in white shirts and white dhotis stand in a queue, and a man in a blue shirt stands at the back. A woman in a red-and-orange sari stands at the left edge. Steel vessels of food sit on the counter in the lower part of the frame.2009-07-12April 17 20112011-04-17 +1 copies