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A photograph of a utility or kitchen-prep room with grey walls and a concrete floor. Five women are present: a woman in a white sari with an orange border stands at left, and four women in white or orange-trimmed white clothing sit or crouch on the floor preparing food. The women seated in front scoop and cut pale yellow fruit or vegetable pieces into metal pots and steel bowls, with a plastic bag of cut pieces beside them. Behind them stand steel shelves holding brass vessels, a kalasha-style jar, a white plastic chair, and a cloth bag printed with a person text. Brass pots sit on the floor at left and right.

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Photograph of women in a utility corridor preparing food in steel vessels on a concrete floor. Four women sit cross-legged or crouched in white clothes, several with orange shawls or sashes; one wears a white dhoti-style cloth with red border and another has a white forehead marking. Seated women are chopping or mixing yellow fruit and food pieces into steel bowls and a pot. Behind them a standing woman in white with an orange sash stirs or works at a container. Brass kalashas stand to the left, and steel pots, a bag and shelves with items are along the right wall. No a person candidate is visible.2007-09-24A photograph taken indoors in a small concrete-walled preparation room during pradosha puja preparations. Four women sit on the floor preparing offerings: a woman in white clothes with a white shawl stirs a steel pot, while two women in orange-bordered and orange-saffron garments peel and arrange fruit from a steel bowl, and a woman in white with a white shawl works at the lower right. A stack of red and orange flower garlands lies on a mat at left, beside several polished brass kalashas and vessels. Steel pots and plastic bags sit around the room, with a cardboard box and a wooden stool at right.2007-09-24Women seated on a concrete floor in a white-walled room prepare offerings for a pradosha puja. Several women wear orange saris with white blouses and gold bangles, and one wears a white garment with a long braid. Stainless steel pots and bowls hold chopped ingredients and water, and brass vessels and lamps sit nearby. Red and orange flower garlands are piled at the right edge, and two people in white and orange robes stand in a doorway in the background.2007-09-24Four women sit cross-legged on a red-tinted floor, serving food onto green banana leaves. The woman at left wears a white blouse, an orange sari and a tilak on her forehead, and is placing food on her leaf. The woman in the centre wears white with an orange shawl and bangles, and sits beside a steel tumbler. The two women at right wear orange saris and are also seated before leaves. Behind them, orange-clad figures sit in a hall with yellow doors, and two men in white stand at the back. No a person candidate is visible in the frame.2006-08-21May 23 20152015-05-23 +1 copiesJanuary 07 20192019-01-07A 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 kitchen serving line in a white-walled room with an orange notice board behind it. Several women serve food from large stainless steel pots on a metal counter. The woman on the left in a white sari ladles from a pot, and a grey-haired woman in white with a blue-edged shawl stands beside her. A woman in white and yellow with an orange shawl and glasses holds a ladle over a plate of food. On the right, a woman in a blue-and-white patterned sari and a yellow tote bag receives a plate, and a young man in an orange shirt and a woman in white stand at the edge of the frame. Rudraksha beads are visible on several women.2007-05-04A kitchen interior with white walls and a red-brown floor. In the centre, a figure in saffron-orange robes and a long beaded necklace walks past a steel counter holding a bunch of green herbs in a metal pot and a large steel bowl. Behind him, two men in orange robes follow. On the left, a woman in an orange-bordered white sari carries a steel tray, and another woman in orange and white stands near open shelves of steel containers. A woman in white kneels on the floor beside trays of food. Sacks of grain are stacked on the right beside a gas cylinder and steel cooking pots.2008-04-13A photograph of a ritual scene in an indoor hall with a cream tiled floor and orange cloth mats. In the foreground a woman in an orange sari sits cross-legged, scooping yellow rice from a steel bowl, while a man in white dhoti and shirt bends forward to offer food to a woman in orange sari beside him. Other people in white and orange saris and dhotis stand or sit around the room. A microphone stand, steel vessels, a water bottle and a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure on a backdrop are visible. Scattered mats and cushions suggest a satsang or annadan gathering.2010-09-17 +1 copiesA hall with a painted backdrop of a Hindu goddess figure above a stage area. Women in white and cream saris with gold and green borders and orange shawls sit on the floor and serve food onto banana leaves. A woman in a yellow-bordered sari stands at right holding a large steel vessel, while others kneel and scoop from steel pots. Folding chairs and a table line the room, and several women in orange and white sit near the back.2010-09-17 +1 copiesA photograph of four women serving food in a kitchen or serving area with white tiled walls and a brown-orange door. On the left, a woman in a white sari with a dark beaded mala around her neck ladles from a large stainless steel container, with a stainless steel pail beside her. Next to her, an older woman in white with a blue-edged shawl and beaded necklace also works at the counter. Behind them, a woman in a white sari with a yellow-and-orange wrap and glasses handles plastic bags of food. On the right, a young woman in white with an orange shawl places sweets and fruit onto a white paper plate with foil. A bulletin board with notices hangs on the wall behind them.2007-05-04