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A photograph of an annadan food-serving line at a covered ashram walkway with a red-orange wall and wire mesh on the right. A young man in saffron-orange robes, a white hair net, a rudraksha mala and a beaded armband stands at a steel serving counter, spooning food. Another saffron-robed server in a hair net stands beside him. A grey-haired elderly man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a steel plate of yellow rice, with a small badge on his shirt. Other people in white and light blue shirts wait in the line behind.

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A photograph of an annadan food-serving line at an ashram. In the foreground a person in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a white hair cap serves rice from a steel tray with a ladle. Beside them a man in white clothes with an orange shawl and a bead necklace also serves food. Behind the counter, other people in white clothes and white caps wait in line with plates, near a wire-mesh wall and greenery.2017-03-11March 11 20172017-03-11March 11 20172017-03-11 +1 copiesMarch 11 20172017-03-11A food serving line under a corrugated metal roof beside an orange-brown wall. In the foreground a shaved-headed devotee in an orange wrap, rudraksha mala and bead armband, wearing a grey head cover, stands at a steel tray of rice and curries. Behind the counter, men in white shirts and white caps serve food with ladles to a row of people, and an elderly man in white on the right waits with a white shawl. The scene reflects annadan, free meals offered at the ashram.2017-03-11March 11 20172017-03-11June 01 20092009-06-01October 13 20142014-10-13 +1 copiesA photograph of an annadan free-meal service at a serving counter under a corrugated roof beside an orange wall. Two young sannyasis in saffron-orange robes, rudraksha malas and bead bracelets, wearing hairnets, spoon food from steel trays into plates. Devotees queue: a man in a light blue striped shirt holds a plate of rice, another man in a white shirt serves from the far side, and a man in a white dhoti with a gold border stands at right. Stainless steel warmers hold rice, sambar-style dishes and vegetables.2017-03-11 +1 copiesFebruary 06 20172017-02-06 +2 copiesMarch 11 20172017-03-11 +1 copiesA covered open-sided pavilion where several men in white kurtas with orange shawls serve food from steel vessels. In the foreground a young man in a white kurta with embroidered trim and an orange shawl, with a red tilak on his forehead, reaches into a steel pot with a ladle, while others stand beside him serving rice and yellow food onto steel plates. On the left an older man in glasses wears a rudraksha mala. A bearded man in white with a shawl stands behind the serving line. Steel plates and pots fill the foreground, and the roof is thatched with bamboo-like matting. The scene looks like a communal meal service.2007-02-15