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A photograph of a community meal service in a temple-style hall. Several men line up at a steel serving counter, holding terracotta plates and cups as volunteers in white kurta-style clothes and white hair nets ladle food from large steel pots of curry and rice. A man in a white shirt with an orange-trimmed sleeve stands among them, and a golden ornate shrine structure with a kalasha-like top is visible in the background. The scene shows annadan style food distribution among about eight people.

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September 23 20162016-09-23Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesA food serving line at an ashram dining area. In the foreground an older man in white clothes and a red lanyard holds a steel tray of rice, curries and papadum. Behind the serving counter a man in a white dhoti with a yellow border and a white hairnet ladles food from copper vessels into trays. Other servers in white with red lanyards stand along the counter, and brass-handled serving pots and copper pots of curry fill the table.2016-09-23Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesA photo of an ashram dining hall where volunteers serve a communal meal from steel pots onto plates on a long buffet table covered with a floral cloth. In the foreground a man in a white kurta wears a red and white beaded necklace and rudraksha-style mala and serves food with a ladle. Beside him an elderly man in a cream sweater and grey trousers and a woman in a pink shawl and glasses also serve. Long tables with floral cloths and seated diners fill the background under ceiling fans and white walls.2009-12-17November 21 20112011-11-21November 25 20112011-11-25A buffet serving line of steel pots with a yellow rice dish on a patterned cloth, in a pink-walled hall with a golden cobra-hood canopy at left. A man in a white shirt and blue lanyard holds a serving spoon and wears plastic gloves, while an older woman in a green checked top and blue hairnet ladles food beside him. A young man in white clothing with a shawl and a man in a white shirt stand in the background, and a man in a white shirt near the door at left attends the line. The scene reflects an ashram annadan meal service.2011-11-26 +1 copiesA buffet serving line in a warmly lit hall with copper and brass chafing dishes. A woman in a white hairnet, white garment and plastic gloves serves food with a spoon on the left. Behind the counter, several people in white clothes and red shawls, some wearing red lanyards, stand at the serving line and hold plates. In the foreground an older man with grey hair and glasses, wearing a white kurta and a red shawl with a red lanyard, carries a plate with a small bowl. Other people in white and red stand in the background.2016-07-07A buffet serving line of food in steel chafing dishes, with volunteers in white hairnets serving rice and curries to participants. A woman in white with a red shawl and a man in a red and white checked shawl serve from the line, while a boy in a white shirt and red sash and a teenager in white with an orange sash hold plates. A man in the foreground wears a hairnet and white shirt with a red lanyard. In the background a person in saffron and red robes stands near a ceremonial area, and others in white and purple move through a hall with white chairs. Several people are visible in the distance, some wearing red sashes, in a marble-floored banquet hall.2016-07-05