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A cook in a white uniform and white hairnet works at a stainless steel counter, spreading batter on a flat griddle to make dosa. Behind him, other cooks in white hairnets and white clothes work in a tented kitchen with white fabric walls. A stainless steel bowl and a stack of plates sit on the counter, and a red-and-white banner marks the counter's front edge. A second man in white clothing stands at the right edge of the frame.

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Annadhan in 20152015-01-01A food service line in a pink-walled hall. In the foreground, a young man in a white kurta with a rudraksha-style mala holds a white foam plate and receives food from a steel serving tray with a clear sneeze guard. Behind the counter, servers in white shirts and white hair nets, one wearing a red vest, scoop food into containers. Several other people in white stand in the background at the serving line.2013-05-11Close-up photograph of a person's hand spreading white batter into a round shape on a flat black cooking griddle, using a small steel ladle or bowl, with a flame glowing beneath the edge of the griddle. A red thread is tied around the wrist. The background is blurred, showing a steel tray and kitchen surroundings.2015-05-07 +1 copiesDecember 15 20172017-12-15November 21 20152015-11-21 +1 copiesA photograph of six thin, round dosas cooking on a large black griddle, with steam rising from their surfaces. A person in a striped purple and blue garment pours batter from a steel jug onto the griddle at the upper right. No people's faces are visible and no a person candidate appears in the frame. The dosas show lacy, circular patterns across their white surfaces.2017-12-15A photograph of a serving line in a large indoor hall where men in white shirts and white trousers serve food onto steel plates from stainless steel trays. Several servers wear orange lanyards and some have rudraksha malas around their necks. One server in the foreground holds a plate of rice, yellow dal and green vegetables, while others use tongs and spoons to serve from the trays. A steel bucket with a yellow handle sits in front of the counter, and people wait in line behind, some in white and others in casual clothes. This appears to be a communal meal service, with servers wearing disposable plastic gloves.2009-08-13A photograph of a communal meal service line in a plain whitewashed hall with a metal serving counter and sneeze-guard. Several men in white hair-nets and disposable plastic gloves serve food from steel trays into compartments of rice, yellow dal-like dishes and fried balls. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and dark trousers holds a steel plate with rice, fried snacks and bread. Behind the counter, a man in a bright orange head-turban and white clothes stands among other attendees, and a man in a green shirt looks on. Flowers in red and yellow sit on the counter. Overall this depicts an annadan style food distribution.2015-08-22June 28 20162016-06-28A buffet serving line of volunteers in white shirts with black-and-white checked aprons, orange lanyards, white hairnets and clear plastic gloves serves food from steel chafing dishes. Serving tongs and ladles rest in the trays. On the right, a woman in a red headscarf and a young woman in a pink-and-red sari stand at the counter holding filled plates, while an elderly woman in a cream sari with a grey bun waits to be served. A man in white kurta and another woman in red and black stand at the back of the room, which has pink walls. Fried snacks and rice are visible on the plates.2013-07-11 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a communal meal service in an ashram dining hall. Along a steel serving counter, several women in white saris with green lanyards and hair nets dish food, while a man in white shirt and white dhoti, wearing an ID badge and a red thread on his wrist, holds out a steel plate with flatbread. Other men in white clothes stand in line behind him, and a camera operator is visible in the background. The walls are rough stone and plaster, with wooden doors. Ashram annadan food service.2015-09-05 +1 copies