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A courtyard serving line at an ashram-style event, with a white-walled building and orange wooden doors. Women in white and cream saris serve food from steel containers on a metal table. Children line up holding paper plates; a girl in orange and yellow and a girl in a green top with red skirt take food. A boy in a white cap and white shirt stands at left. At right, a man in white dhoti with an orange shawl and white head wrap waits in line, and several young volunteers wear orange shawls and white caps. Several children are standing near the serving table, with a pink flower visible at right edge.

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A photograph of an outdoor food service line beside a whitewashed wall and orange-brown doors. On the left, a woman in white sari serves from steel pots set on a metal stand, while an older woman in white and another in orange-bordered white stand nearby. Children in casual clothes, including a boy in a beige shirt and a girl in a yellow bag, hold paper plates of food and queue. A young man on the right wears a white dhoti-style garment, a white and maroon head wrap and an orange shawl, and stands near a girl in orange. A woman in white stands in the middle of the line, and a woman in pink is partly visible at right.2007-05-04A photograph of a food service line in a plain whitewashed hall with orange wooden doors. Several women in white saris and white clothes stand behind a metal serving table with steel pots and a ladle, serving food onto plates. 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A woman in the foreground wearing a striped top, glasses, gold bangles and a dark beaded necklace holds a plate of rice. Other women wear white saris and salwar kameez in pink, green and white, some with beaded necklaces. Gloves are worn by the servers. A few people stand near a doorway at the left background. No a person candidate is visible.2010-02-21A photo of women serving and receiving food in a whitewashed courtyard beside an orange wooden door. In the foreground, a woman in a yellow salwar kameez with a yellow dupatta and a rudraksha mala holds a steel plate with a folded foil packet and a piece of cake. To her right, a woman in a white and orange floral sari with an orange blouse and a rudraksha mala holds a similar plate of cake and an apple. Behind them, women in white clothes stand in line. On a steel serving table at left, a stainless steel urn and pots are attended by an older woman in an orange-bordered sari. Two other women in white sarees stand near the table, and a figure in a white turban is partly visible at upper right.2007-05-04A courtyard service line beside a plain white block wall and orange-brown wooden doors. A young man in a white turban, white kurta and dhoti, with an orange shawl over his shoulder and beaded necklaces, holds a plate of food and passes an item to an older woman in a white sari with orange border. Two women in white saris stand behind a steel table with steel containers and a bucket, serving from a spoon. Other devotees in white and orange clothing and a woman in green stand in line, one holding a plate wrapped in foil. The scene reads as a food distribution or annadan in progress.2007-05-04March 06 20072007-03-06June 01 20092009-06-01A photograph of a food-serving line in a plain whitewashed courtyard with a concrete floor and an orange-framed door. At a stainless steel serving table, several women in white saris serve from large steel urns and pots. 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