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Indoor scene in a plain hall with pale walls, a framed religious picture on the left wall and a wooden door behind. A line of about ten people queues at a serving counter to receive food on steel plates. A woman in a turquoise sari serves from the counter, while a man in white dhoti stands at the left with a bucket. Several devotees wait holding plates: a woman in a red-orange shawl over white clothes, a woman in a blue sari with a blue backpack, and a bald man in a white t-shirt with a backpack. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person.

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July 07 20102010-07-07A photo inside a bright, tiled hall with barred windows and a ceiling fan, where people queue to receive food. A woman in gloves serves from a large steel pot of white food. Around her, men in white shirts with lanyards and rudraksha-style beads, a woman in an orange sari, an older woman with grey hair, and a young man in a teal shirt hold out steel plates and leaf or foil plates. A cameraman in a white shirt with an orange shawl films the scene from the left. The atmosphere suggests a community meal line, with people in saffron and white clothing.2009-11-25December 15 20062006-12-15A crowded indoor kitchen or dining hall with stainless steel vessels and steel plates on a counter in the foreground. Many women and men stand close together, several women in colourful sarees with long braided hair, and a few in white tops. A man in a white shirt and a man in orange clothing stand near the center, and a figure with an orange head covering and orange garment is near the middle. Pink tiled walls and fluorescent ceiling lights frame the scene.2006-12-15A serving counter inside an indoor hall at a person Spurana program, where a line of men in white shirts and dhotis or trousers waits to be served. A man in a saffron-orange turban and orange robe stands behind the marble counter holding a steel plate, with a steel vessel beside him, while a server in white stands at the left with a steel pot. Dark-red marble walls and a blue-grey ceiling frame the room. Several people in the line wear orange or white cloth at the waist.2006-12-15A photograph of a crowded dining hall with a long stainless steel serving counter in the foreground. A woman in a white sari with a rudraksha mala holds a steel plate, and a woman in a red blouse and red sari with a gold necklace and a name badge stands beside the counter. Other women in white, red, yellow and orange saris carry plates and stand in a queue along the counter, while ceiling fans and fluorescent lights hang over a large hall with brick pillars.2006-12-15A dining hall scene where a line of women in sarees stands at a long steel serving counter, holding out stainless steel plates and bowls to be served food. Foreground: a woman in an orange and cream saree with a long braid bends over the counter; behind her a woman in a pink saree and a woman in a white blouse and cream saree wait. Further back, a woman in a yellow saree and a woman in a white saree with gold border and eyeglasses stand in line, with a woman in a blue saree at the far right. Pink tiled pillars, windows and ceiling fans frame the room.2006-12-14December 15 20062006-12-15A photograph of a large white-walled hall with exposed steel roof trusses and ceiling fans, where a crowd of people in white clothes gather for a breakfast meal. Many attendees in white shirts and dhotis or white kurtas stand in a queue near the foreground, some wearing yellow lanyards, while others serve from a long table along the right wall covered with steel pots and trays. A few people in orange and saffron clothing and women in pink, blue and green saris are visible, and several people sit on the floor eating from plates. Two windows with orange curtains line the left side.2009-07-02December 15 20062006-12-15A photograph of a busy institutional kitchen with steel vessels and large pots along the back counters, and pink tiled walls. A woman in an orange sari with a head covering stands at left, serving food from a steel tray, with a lean young man in an orange shawl and rudraksha beside her. Several men in white shirts and a man in a white kurta with an orange shawl stand near the center, and a man in white kurta and orange shawl holds a video camera at right. Women in saris, including one in yellow and one in purple, queue with steel plates and bowls, many with long braided hair.2006-12-15October 13 20142014-10-13 +1 copies