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Photo of a large annadan meal hall with many seated guests at red chairs and long tables with banana-leaf plates. A person in saffron-orange robes, an orange turban, long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala smiles while serving from a steel pot with a ladle, wearing clear plastic gloves. Beside them a young man in white with an orange sash and rosette holds a steel pail. Probable Swamiji (in-person candidate: saffron-orange robes, orange turban, long hair, rudraksha mala). Crowd of white-clad volunteers and guests fills the background.

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Photograph of a large white hall with rows of grey tables and red chairs where many seated people are eating a meal. In the foreground a man in an orange dhoti-style wrap, orange shawl, orange turban and rudraksha mala serves food from a steel pot with a ladle while wearing clear plastic gloves. Beside him a young man in white with an orange shawl and a yellow rosette holds the pot, and a woman in a red blouse receives food. Several sari-clad women and men in white clothes sit or stand in the background. The orange-clad server has long swept-back hair and matches appearance cues for a person serving annadan, though identity is uncertain.2007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12Photograph of a large communal dining hall with rows of tables and chairs, where many seated diners are being served. In the foreground a man in an orange turban and sleeveless orange robe, with long dark hair and a red-orange wrap, pours food from a steel bucket onto a banana leaf on a table. Beside him a man with a shaved head wears white clothing and an orange shawl with a round badge. Blurred figures in white dhotis pass by on the left, and people in white and saffron-coloured saris and shirts sit at the tables. White pillars and a white ceiling frame the hall. Several people in the background are standing and dining.2007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12A large indoor hall during a mass meal service with long rows of people seated on floor mats and banana leaves laid out along tables. A central figure in an orange-saffron robe with a bright orange-red turban, long dark hair, and a wooden rudraksha-style mala around the neck smiles while serving food from a steel vessel, wearing clear plastic gloves. Beside them, a young man with a shaved head wears an orange shawl and white clothing. Behind the table, many white-clad volunteers and other attendees stand or move through the crowded hall, and a woman in an orange sari and a woman in a pink top are visible near the serving line. a person is serving annadan. Metal cups and steel containers are held by hands in the foreground.2007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12Large hall of an annadan-style communal meal with rows of red chairs and long tables. In the foreground a man with long dark hair, a bright orange turban and an orange sleeveless top serves food from a steel pot to a seated elderly woman in a maroon sari holding a steel plate. Beside him a bald young man in white with an orange shawl holds a ladle. Other seated diners in white and a woman in a turquoise salwar kameez fill the background, with a staff member in white shirt and lanyard at right. Visible cues on the server in orange with turban and long hair are present but not sufficient for a confident identification.2007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12A large white-walled hall where many people sit at long tables eating a meal served on green banana leaves. In the foreground a man in an orange robe and orange turban, with long hair and a rudraksha mala, stands at the table ladling food from a steel bucket onto the leaves. Beside him stand a shaved-headed man in white with an orange shawl and a mala, and a man in a striped shirt. Seated women in saris and white clothes eat or wait, some with hands folded. Rice, curries and sweets are arranged on the leaves, with steel tumblers and a ladle in view.2007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12December 12 20072007-12-12