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A photograph of volunteers serving food at a stainless steel buffet counter in an indoor dining hall. Several men wear white clothes with orange-red shawls draped over their shoulders. In the foreground an older man with grey hair in white shirt and white dhoti wears clear plastic gloves and uses a serving spoon to dish food from a steel tray of yellow curry. A younger man on the left in a white t-shirt and orange-red shawl with a rudraksha-style mala looks down at the food pans beneath a glass sneeze guard. Other volunteers stand behind the counter, and a framed picture hangs on the wall at top right. Steel bowls, a ladle and a serving tray are visible.

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September 05 20142014-09-05September 03 20142014-09-03Devotees serve a buffet meal in a warmly lit hall. A woman in white with a black crossbody bag and a white head covering wears plastic gloves and serves food from steel chafing dishes. A man in a white shirt and red shawl with dark-printed text holds a white compartment tray and reaches for food. Other people in white and red shawls line the buffet behind them, and a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure hangs on the wall above. Trays of rice, curry and vegetables sit along the counter.2016-02-10 +1 copiesAnnadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesSeptember 12 20142014-09-12Buffet serving line in a large hall with a cream ceiling and red-curtained windows. A bald man in orange and red robes with a rudraksha mala on his neck and arm, wearing clear gloves, serves rice from a steel tray. Beside him, a woman in white with a red-orange scarf and lanyard holds a plate, and a smiling woman in white with a red sash and lanyard stands at the right with bowls on a tray. Several other men in red sashes and lanyards stand behind the counter, and more people sit in the background. Steel chafing dishes hold yellow and orange food.2014-09-01A buffet serving line for an ashram meal, viewed through a clear sneeze-guard. A man in a white shirt holds a steel tray and reaches toward dishes of white rice, while an older woman in a red and gold sari with an orange lanyard serves herself from a steel tray. Steel pans hold rice, dark sautéed greens and a mixed vegetable dish with carrots and beans. Behind them, a bearded man in white kurta wears a rudraksha mala and a name badge, and other attendees in white clothes and orange lanyards queue. A red-sleeved server stands at the left edge.2013-09-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a buffet-style meal service in a long hall. A woman in a white t-shirt, hairnet, plastic gloves and a rudraksha-style brown beaded necklace serves food from steel containers with a ladle. Beside her, a smiling man in a white t-shirt with a red-brown shawl and a lanyard receives rice on a metal tray, while other men in white shirts with orange lanyards and a person in orange robes wait in line. Steel trays hold rice, curry and vegetable dishes under a glass sneeze guard, and framed pictures hang on the wall at left.2014-10-13 +1 copiesA buffet serving line in a large hall with a drop ceiling and bright lights, with a serving counter of stainless steel trays holding rice dishes and vegetable curries. A shaved-headed young man in an orange robe with a red-and-orange shawl and rudraksha beads on his arm and neck serves food with gloved hands. Beside him a man in a white shirt and glasses serves, and a woman in white with a red mala leans over the counter. On the right a bald man in a white shirt with an orange shawl and glasses stands near a woman in white. Other people in white and red cloths stand and sit in the background, and red banners hang on the walls. This is communal food distribution, annadan-style serving.2014-09-01A buffet line inside a long hall with posters on the wall. Several devotees with orange-red shawls draped over white clothes serve themselves from stainless steel chafing dishes under a glass sneeze guard. A man in a white shirt on the left uses a serving spoon, a man in a striped shirt and a woman in white with a red shawl stand in line, and a woman in a salmon-pink kurta on the right holds a plate of flatbreads and a small serving. Visitors carry name badges on lanyards. No individual is identifiable as a person in this image.2014-09-27 +1 copiesA photo of a buffet serving line in a large dining hall with a low ceiling and fluorescent lights. A man with long dark curly hair and a light linen shirt and cream trousers, wearing clear plastic gloves, serves food from a steel chafing dish. Beside him, an older man in a white kurta with red lanyard and a metal bowl in hand looks toward the food trays. Steel trays hold rice, orange curry, white sauce and mixed vegetables. Other people in white clothes stand further along the counter, and a red-brown robed figure is at the left edge.2014-09-03August 18 20132013-08-18 +1 copies