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A 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.

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November 15 20132013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15Several women in matching rust-red saris with golden-yellow borders work in a kitchen, cooking food for a large gathering. In the centre, a woman in a red sari and white hairnet stirs a large aluminium pot of yellow rice with a long metal ladle. Women around her wear rudraksha malas and white hairnets, and smile as they work. Steel vessels and lids sit on the floor, and a cooking pot stands at the lower left. Pale walls and a fluorescent light fill the background. This is a kitchen service scene, with the women preparing food as an annadan-style meal.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.2013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15November 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.2013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15Photograph 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.2013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15Four women in ashram kitchen stir large aluminium cooking vessels of food. They wear identical rust-red saris with orange-gold borders, rudraksha and beaded malas, and white disposable hairnets. One woman in the centre holds a long steel ladle stirring yellow rice in a big pot, while others steady the lid and watch. Steel pots and steam fill the background, with another worker behind them in white. Ashram annadan kitchen service.2013-11-15