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A photograph of a busy ashram kitchen with a red-tiled floor and white walls. On the left, a woman in a white dhoti-style garment and a rudraksha mala stirs a large aluminium pot of orange curry with a long steel ladle, a green cloth draped over her shoulder. On the right, a man with curly dark hair in a white kurta and white dhoti with an orange shawl stirs a wok of noodles or rice on a gas burner. Steel pots and pans sit on a stove and a counter, and a plastic bag hangs at the left edge. A colourful poster is pinned high on the wall above the cooking area.

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A kitchen with worn red-brown floor and white tiled walls, where three people in white clothes with orange sashes cook. A woman in white with a green head cloth stirs a large steel pot, a man bends over a steel vessel near a gas cylinder, and a young man with curly hair and an orange shawl stirs rice in a wok-like pan over a stove. Steel containers, a colander of cooked rice and shelves of vessels line the room. Watermarked archive photo of kitchen service.2007-05-04A photograph of a utilitarian kitchen with white walls, a barred window and a red-brown door. A woman in a blue and white sari with an orange shawl leans over a stove, stirring or ladling from a brass pot. Behind her, a person in white clothes stands with hands on hips near a steel shelf of pots. Large steel cooking pots, covered steel trays, milk churns and red gas cylinders fill the floor, with a pot of orange-brown curry in the foreground. A man in white stands at the left edge.2007-02-15October 29 20062006-10-29 +2 copiesNovember 06 20082008-11-06A plain kitchen with pale blue walls and a reddish-brown door. Several women in white saris with orange borders work around large stainless steel vessels and pots on the floor and counters. One woman in a turquoise shawl and orange blouse bends over a pot, another in an orange-bordered sari stoops over a large vessel, and others stand nearby by a refrigerator and shelves. Metal plates, steel buckets, a red basket and a red gas cylinder are visible. Two small framed pictures hang on the back wall, and a notice is pinned beside the door. The scene suggests food preparation for a community meal.2007-02-15A photo of a communal kitchen serving line during a convention. In the foreground a woman in an orange sari with a white border holds a steel plate and ladle, serving food from a steel pot. Beside her a younger woman in a white top and clear gloves serves from another pot, wearing a rudraksha-style beaded mala. Behind the counter a standing man wears an orange headwrap, orange robe and beaded mala, and a man in white stands nearby. Other volunteers and people move through the hall, with ceiling fans and tiled walls visible.2006-12-16Photo 11729587 +3 copiesA photograph of volunteers serving food at an annadan in a covered hall with a tin roof. Several men and women in white shirts or white clothes and dark rudraksha-style beaded necklaces stand behind large stainless steel pots, ladling yellow rice-like food and sweet items onto paper plates. A man in the foreground at left holds a plate of yellow food, and a man at right stirs a pot with a ladle. Behind them, printed banners and posters on the wall show a woman in orange, a mountain scene and a small framed photograph. Steam rises in the air.2010-01-08 +3 copiesJune 21 20092009-06-21Photo 11729603 +3 copiesDecember 15 20062006-12-15ADIKAILASA on 1/1/20102010-01-01 +4 copies