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A 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.

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November 15 20132013-11-15A 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.2013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15A kitchen scene in a large steel-tiled cooking area where a man in reddish-brown silk dhoti and shawl with gold border and a long beaded rudraksha-style mala stirs a large steaming aluminium cooking vessel with a long metal ladle. Beside him, several women wearing maroon saris with gold borders, hair nets and dark beaded malas stand around the pots, smiling. On the right, a shaven-headed man in orange-saffron cloth with a white head covering pours cooked yellow food from a steel pot into the cauldron. Other cooking vessels and a stove are visible at left. The setting suggests communal food preparation, annadan style.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 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.2013-11-15Photograph 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 20132013-11-15A photograph of a busy kitchen or prasadam preparation area at an ashram. Many women and a few men in matching red-orange saris and robes with yellow borders and rudraksha malas stand and work around a large steel pot on a tiled floor with a colourful rug. Several people stir or serve food from steel trays, one man in a saffron-orange dhoti with a shaved head and glasses ladles yellow rice, and a woman in the foreground stands near the pot. A serving counter and framed picture are visible in the background.2013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15A photograph of devotees cooking in a large kitchen for communal food service. Several women in orange and rust-coloured saris, with rudraksha malas and white hairnets, stand around a huge steaming stainless steel pot, stirring with long ladles. A woman in a dark red sari holds a tray of chopped green vegetables. On the right, a bare-chested man in orange dhoti and cloth wrap, wearing a white hairnet and rudraksha mala, stirs the pot with a ladle. Stainless steel cookware and a stove line the left edge. The scene is one of food preparation at an ashram kitchen.2013-11-15A kitchen scene of several women in matching saffron-orange sarees with golden borders and rudraksha malas serving food. Large steel pots and trays hold a yellow grain dish. One woman bends over a pot stirring with a ladle, another crouches to scoop from a tray, and a grey-haired woman in the foreground works at a bowl. Others stand behind with bangles and beaded necklaces, with a patterned rug and orange tiled floor visible.2013-11-15