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Outdoors under a colourful striped and fringed canopy, volunteers cook food in large steaming pots over a wood fire. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold borders bends over a pot, wearing a green hairnet. Beside him a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a striped headcloth watches. Behind them, people in brown shirts, checked lungis and hairnets stir large vessels with long ladles amid rising steam, while a woman in a maroon top works at right. The scene reflects annadhan food preparation at the ashram.

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January 06 20122012-01-06A photograph of a busy outdoor food-service area under a shaded canopy with palm trees behind. Several men wear white hair nets or green hair nets and white or cream kurtas and dhotis, with one man in a green shirt and blue checked lungi at left. A central man in a white kurta and dhoti carries a large round metal pot or vessel, while others stand around a green-painted cart and utensils. A man in saffron clothing stands among them. Lanyards and ID badges are visible on some men. Ropes and a striped cloth canopy frame the scene.2012-01-04Outdoor food-preparation under a red, patterned cloth canopy with white posts and a painted backdrop. A large steel cooking vessel sits on a metal stand while men in white dhotis and white shirts stir and serve food with long ladles. A bald man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl and a light shawl over his shoulder stands at the centre-right with headphones on, while a man in a maroon shirt and white dhoti bends over steel pots at the right. A woman in a yellow sari and head covering with a blue-green cap stands at the left. Red gas cylinders and steel vessels are on the ground, with a sack at the centre-left.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor food-preparation scene under a striped and patterned canopy. A large steel cooking pot of yellow food sits in the foreground, and a man in a white shirt and checked lungi stirs it with a long ladle. Around it, several men in white shirts and white head caps stand and watch. A central figure in orange robes wears a rudraksha mala and holds a long ladle, and two other men in orange robes with beaded malas stand beside him. Another man wears a white shirt and a white and yellow head cloth. Trees and a corrugated roof are visible in the background.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor relief kitchen on bare earth with many large steel cooking pots and lids set on the ground, some pots open and steaming, plastic chairs and assorted containers around. Five men work together at the largest black pot in the foreground: several wear light-green hairnets and grey or beige shirts, one in a white shirt with an ID badge, while one bare-chested man in a white dhoti with an orange-bordered shawl stands at right with his hands on his hips, watching. Scattered food supplies and bags fill the background.2012-01-07A photograph of an open-sided outdoor kitchen under a corrugated metal roof and tarpaulin, used for mass food preparation. Large steel cooking vessels sit on open wood fires on bare ground. Several people in white shirts and dhotis, and women in saris, wear blue-green hair caps and work around the pots and metal trays of cooked rice and prepared food. Sacks, plastic packets and bowls lie on the ground. Palm trees and a boundary wall are visible behind, and a child stands at the right. Plain work clothing and the open ground suggest a relief-food setting.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06A photograph of an outdoor annadan food distribution under a red, green and blue striped canopy with a patterned cloth top. In the foreground a large steel cauldron holds pale yellow cooked food being stirred with long ladles by men in saffron-orange dhotis with rudraksha malas, one wearing a green head covering. Nearby a man in an orange robe and green hairnet stands smiling, while volunteers in white hairnets and white shirts and a man in a checked grey shirt observe. Pots and bowls sit on the ground beside the cauldron.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06A open-air food preparation tent with a red patterned canopy and painted cloth walls. Several men in white dhotis and shirts cook rice in large steel pots on portable gas stoves; one man in a white shirt stirs yellow rice with a ladle in the centre. Other workers in white and green headcloths tend pots nearby, and red LPG cylinders sit on the ground. The scene suggests a community annadan kitchen.2012-01-03