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Photograph of devotees cooking a large batch of food in a huge metal pot over steam in an indoor kitchen. Several people in saffron and orange robes with red-and-gold borders stand around the pot, stirring with long metal ladles; some wear white hairnets and rudraksha malas. A woman in a red sari with a gold border and a white-clad man stand at the rear, and a person in pink and gold clothing appears at the right edge. Steam rises from the pot, which holds a pale, thick preparation. The scene suggests communal kitchen seva at the ashram.

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November 15 20132013-11-15A photograph of devotees stirring a large steaming cooking pot of food in a kitchen. A bare-chested man in orange cloth with a red border, wearing a white hairnet and a rudraksha mala, leans over the pot with a long ladle at right. Beside him, a row of women in red and orange saris with gold borders, white hairnets and rudraksha malas stir with long ladles. An older woman in an orange sari stands at centre. Steam rises from the pot, and other people stand in the background, with steel vessels on the floor at right.2013-11-15A photograph of a kitchen scene where a man in a reddish-brown silk dhoti and matching shawl with gold border, wearing a long rudraksha-style mala, stirs a large steel pot with a long ladle while smiling. Beside him, a bare-chested young man in an orange-and-cream cloth holds a steel bowl of yellow rice and pours it toward the pot. Around them stand devotees in maroon and orange garments with rudraksha malas, several women wearing white head covers, and a bald man with a tilak. Steel vessels and cooking pots sit on a counter in the foreground.2013-11-15A photograph of three women in rust-red and gold-bordered saris working in a steel-equipped kitchen. The woman in the centre, with hair tied back and a long beaded mala, stirs a large steel pot of cooked rice with a ladle. A woman at left wearing a white hair net and beaded necklace kneads or shapes rice by hand, and a woman at right in a white hair net leans over another pot. Stainless steel vessels and trays line the counter behind them.2013-11-15A kitchen scene of communal cooking. A man in the foreground at left, wearing a white head covering, an orange shawl and a saffron-orange wrap, stirs a large steaming pot with a long metal ladle. Behind him, several women in rust-red saris with gold borders and rudraksha malas wear white hairnets and stir and serve from large steel vessels on stoves. A woman at right in red sari and glasses looks on. Large steel pots and white tiled walls surround them.2013-11-15A kitchen scene where a group of devotees in matching rust-red and gold-bordered saris and shawls, many wearing white head caps and rudraksha malas, cook and serve food. A man in an orange-gold garment with a rudraksha mala and a long ladle stirs a large steel pot, while a woman in red pours chopped yellow food from a steel pan into the pot. Other devotees stand at the side, and a steel bowl sits in the foreground.2013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15Devotees in rust-red and saffron-bordered robes stir a large steaming pot of food in a kitchen, possibly preparing prasad or annadan. Several wear white hairnets. A man in a dark red dhoti and shawl with rudraksha mala stirs with a long ladle, while a shaven-headed man in orange cloth at left works beside him. Women in red sarees with gold borders and beaded malas hold trays and watch. The a person candidate is a man in a red-brown shawl and dhoti with a long-haired, ceremonial presentation, but this is not a confident identification. Fluorescent lights and steel counters surround the group.2013-11-15A photograph of a kitchen scene where several people in saffron and maroon robes with gold borders prepare food in a large steaming aluminium pot. A man in the centre wears a maroon garment, rudraksha mala and a gold-coloured necklace, and stirs the pot with a long ladle. To the left, a man in saffron holds a large ladle and wears a rudraksha mala and a white forehead marking. Women in maroon saris with gold borders, rudraksha malas and white head coverings stand around the pot, one holding a steel bowl. Annadan-style community cooking is suggested by the activity, though no printed text confirms the occasion.2013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15