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A photograph of a communal meal line in a draped hall with white ceiling fabric and red curtains. Several volunteers in hairnets and clear plastic gloves serve food from steel pots and trays on a long stainless-steel counter. A woman in a teal top with a red bindi serves at left, and a man in a blue polo shirt and white trousers holds a plate at right. Other people in light clothes queue along the counter, with potato chips and paper cups visible in the foreground.

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July 20 20112011-07-20July 20 20112011-07-20July 02 20092009-07-02November 19 20092009-11-19July 20 20112011-07-20 +1 copiesA photograph of devotees serving a communal meal in an ashram dining hall. Several men and women in white kurta-style clothes and white shirts line a long table draped in a floral cloth, ladling dal, curry and white sauce from steel pots into steel plates. One man in the foreground holds a steel thali with dal, rice, bread and sliced raw vegetables. Red curtains hang at the window behind. A man in white with glasses and a rudraksha mala stands at the right. No one is identifiable as a person in this scene.2009-08-29A photo of a communal meal service in a white-walled hall with an arched corrugated roof and red curtains. In the foreground a young man in a white t-shirt holds a steel plate of food, while women in white clothes serve from steel chafing trays of yellow rice and curries using ladles, some wearing clear plastic gloves. A woman in white with a beaded mala and a white dupatta and a woman with glasses and a red bindi serve at the counter. Behind them, a line of people in white and saffron-trimmed attire holds plates. The setting resembles an annadan or community kitchen service.2009-06-21Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a communal breakfast serving line in a white-walled hall with red curtains at a window. A woman with long light-brown hair in a white chikan-style kurta and a lanyard holds a steel plate of food. Beside her, a woman in white with a white shawl and glasses spoons yellow potato-style curry from a steel chafing dish. At the right, a woman in a green-and-blue floral apron and a rudraksha mala ladles food from a large steel pot of sweet porridge topped with slivered almonds. Other people in white clothing stand in the background behind the serving counter, and a steel pot of food sits in the foreground.2009-07-02A photograph of a communal meal service in a bright hall with arched white ceiling and red-framed windows. A young woman in a white top with a dark beaded mala ladles curry from a steel pot, and beside her a smiling woman in white with yellow lanyard serves from another pot. A man in a white kurta with a mala and orange shawl holds a steel plate, and a small boy in red with a mala waits at the front. Several other attendees in white and yellow lanyards stand behind a long table with steel pots, plates of rice and vegetables, and steel bowls. A monastic in orange robes stands at the far left among seated diners.A serving line at a dining hall, with stainless steel pots of food on a floral-patterned tablecloth. In the foreground, a man in a white t-shirt with a rudraksha mala and red lanyard badge holds a steel plate of food. Beside him, a woman in a white striped kurta with a yellow lanyard ladles food from a large pot of brown curry or dal, and another woman in white ladles from a pot behind her. Rows of small steel bowls of sweet or pudding-like food and a bowl of yellow custard sit along the table. Several other volunteers in white clothing and aprons work along the line in the background.2009-07-02A photograph of volunteers serving a communal meal in a bright whitewashed hall. An older man on the left with glasses and white clothes, a red lanyard around his neck, holds a steel plate of rice, vegetables and sweets. Beside him, women in white, pale green, teal and red saris and salwar kameez, all wearing red lanyards and plastic gloves, ladle curry and dal from steel pots into plates. Steel containers and serving dishes line the counter, with a red curtain and window at the back.2009-06-25