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A photo inside a yellow-walled hall shows women serving a meal. In the foreground a woman in a white saree with a floral-embroidered border and a rudraksha-style bead necklace carries a steel plate of rice and yellow dal. Behind her, another woman in an orange-and-maroon saree holds a steel plate, and a woman in a white saree with a purple-patterned border stands at the right. A woman with white flowers in her braid stands to the right. On the left, a gloved hand holds a paper cup. Several steel plates of food sit on the counter.

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Annadhan in 20122012-01-01A woman in a red blouse and peach saree with red border and small red motifs holds a stainless steel thali tray and serves food with her right hand. Gold bangles and a red bangle decorate her wrists, and she wears gold earrings and has hair in a bun. Beside her, a younger woman in a white sari with a plain border and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace watches, holding another steel plate. Other people in white clothing and head coverings stand in the background of a pale pink hall, consistent with an ashram communal meal line.2014-09-13A photograph of a community meal service under a canopy hung with gold and red draped fabric and strings of marigold garlands. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with an orange border and rudraksha mala holds a steel plate of white rice and fried items, while a woman in a white sari with gold border ladles rice from a large steel bucket. Behind them other women and men in white and dark clothing stand at a serving counter with steel vessels. Tube lights are fixed on the draped poles.2006-12-27Three smiling women in white saris stand in a covered dining hall, each holding a steel plate of rice and curry. Each wears a green-and-gold rosette badge on her chest. The woman on the left wears a small red bindi and no necklace; the middle woman wears gold bangles and a beaded necklace; the woman on the right wears a gold-bordered white sari, a dark bead mala with a pendant, and red bangles. Behind them, men in white clothes move around the serving area with steel vessels, and a few more people stand in the background. The scene reads as community meal service, annadan.2007-02-15September 20 20122012-09-20A photograph of a communal meal service in a hall with white walls and a tiled counter. Several women in white and orange clothing serve food from large steel pots using ladles and tongs, filling metal plates with rice and vegetable dishes. A woman in the foreground wearing a striped top, glasses, gold bangles and a dark beaded necklace holds a plate of rice. Other women wear white saris and salwar kameez in pink, green and white, some with beaded necklaces. Gloves are worn by the servers. A few people stand near a doorway at the left background. No a person candidate is visible.2010-02-21Women and a child seated in rows at a community meal, each holding a steel thali plate with rice, yellow and orange curried dishes, and a dollop of white rice. The woman in front wears a red and maroon striped sari with a white border and a red lanyard with a badge around her neck; beside her a woman in a white sari with a red-and-gold shawl wears gold bangles and eats from her plate. A young boy sits behind them, and more people in white clothes are visible at the edges.2014-09-13June 04 20122012-06-04Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesOutdoor food service line at an event, with volunteers serving rice and curry onto banana-leaf plates from large steel pots. A woman on the left in a white sari with a gold border and dark beaded necklace wears clear plastic gloves and serves rice from a pot. Behind her a volunteer in white also serves from steel containers. On the right a man in a white shirt with glasses holds a paper plate with rice on a banana leaf and takes food with a spoon. Other people, some in white and some in coloured saris, stand in the background beneath trees.2009-02-14A photograph of a food-serving line in an ashram hall with a pink wall. A woman in a rust-red sari with a gold border and a long beaded necklace wears clear plastic gloves and serves a yellow dish onto a steel plate. Beside her, a woman in a cream and gold-bordered white sari holds a cloth. Men in white shirts and a man in a dark turban stand along the line. Steel serving stands and a jar of orange food are visible. Partly visible people in the background are also serving or waiting.2014-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 23 20122012-09-23 +1 copies