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A photograph of a kitchen where women cook flatbreads on a large flat griddle. A woman in the foreground wears a yellow and orange sari, a dark apron and a white hair net, and uses her hand to tend rows of rolled flatbreads spread across the hot plate. Another woman in a white head covering stands behind her, and a steel tray of cooked flatbreads sits in the lower foreground. The room has exposed red support posts, a plain white wall and a wooden window with louvres. A timestamp in the corner reads Feb 23, 2024 8:50:28 PM Tiruvannamalai NJB.

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February 23 20242024-02-23An older man in a white shirt, white hairnet and yellow-and-blue checked apron flips round flatbreads on a large flat steel griddle using two long wooden tongs. Rows of pale, unfinished rotis cover the griddle. Behind him, other workers in white shirts and a man in a maroon shirt tend to a steel counter in an outdoor cooking area with green foliage.2024-02-24February 23 20242024-02-23A man in a white hairnet and a red-and-yellow checked cloth wrapped over his bare shoulders, with a red beaded necklace and white bangles, cooks at a long flat griddle in a commercial kitchen. He uses a metal spatula to turn round pancake-like dosas or uttapams arranged in rows on the hot plate. Behind him stand large stainless steel cooking vessels and pipes against a blue wall, with a red-and-white canister on a shelf. The timestamp in the lower right reads 17-Oct-2024 10:29:55 am, Pournami, NJB KICHAN, indicating a food preparation for the annadan service.2024-10-17A photograph of a kitchen scene at night. In the foreground, an older man with grey hair wears a white hairnet, a white shirt and a yellow-and-green checked apron with a small pendant necklace. He uses two long wooden spatulas to turn round flatbreads on a large flat stainless steel griddle, with many pale dough discs cooking in rows. Behind him, two men in white shirts and a third person in a maroon top move around a serving area with steel containers and green foliage. The setting appears to be an outdoor cooking station.2024-02-23A bearded man in a white short-sleeved shirt and white hairnet stands at a large flat stainless-steel griddle in a kitchen, pouring batter from a metal bowl onto the hot plate, where three thin white dosa-style pancakes are cooking. He holds a round metal tray with batter in his left hand while using a small ladle or cup in his right. The cream-coloured wall has barred wooden-framed windows and a ceiling light, and a timestamp in the corner reads 28-Jan-2024 at 7:50:24 AM, Tiruvannamalai. No visible a person candidate is present; the man is a cook at work in an ashram-style kitchen.2024-01-28Outdoor food service under a large leafy tree at a KAILASA temple, with volunteers serving prepared food from a steel counter. A woman in a white saree with orange border and white hair net wraps and serves food with gloved hands, while a younger woman in a blue patterned saree and hair net stands beside her. Behind them stands a smiling woman in an orange-and-red headwrap and a floral garland. On the counter are a stack of flatbreads, a pot of flatbreads, a steel tray of yellow lentil or rice dish with a ladle, and paper plates. Stacked plates sit on a shelf at the top left.A woman in a white hairnet and cream sari with a gold-and-brown leopard-print border stirs a large steel pot of yellow rice on an outdoor stove. She wears a black beaded mala, a red bindi, gold bangles and earrings, and holds a long metal ladle. A black pot with a lid sits beside her, and a timestamp reads Feb 23, 2024 6:43:57 PM, Tiruvannamalai.2024-02-24A photograph of many round flatbreads. Dozens of pale, partly puffed breads cover the black iron surface, some showing light browning spots. A metal spatula is visible at the upper right, and a person's hand appears at the top right corner, turning or lifting a bread. The setting looks like a kitchen serving meals in bulk.2024-01-25January 25 20242024-01-25January 28 20242024-01-28A photograph of a communal kitchen in an open-sided hall with a corrugated roof and red metal mesh fencing. In the foreground a woman in a mustard-yellow patterned kurta and a green glove sorts green leaves in a stainless steel tray on a wooden table. Beside her, a woman in a maroon top with a white shawl stands watching, and another woman in a white dhoti-style garment sits at left sorting leaves into steel trays. Large black cooking vessels and clay pots sit on the left, with a gas burner at right. A red mesh sack lies at the bottom edge. A timestamp reads 24 Dec 2025 9:25:35 am, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu.