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A photograph in a large hall with a corrugated arched roof and yellow curtains, showing a serving line for a meal. A young man in white kurta with a flower garland and a red forehead mark holds a steel plate of food and looks toward the servers. Beside him an older man in an orange shirt with an ID badge and a white garland stands near the counter. Behind the steel serving trays, a woman in a yellow top and a man in a maroon shirt with a white apron serve dishes, wearing plastic gloves. Other people stand in the background, including a man in white with a garland, and a woman in an orange and white sari. Steel pans of food and idli-like items sit on the counter.

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June 01 20092009-06-01June 01 20092009-06-01A food-serving line in a white-walled hall with a corrugated arched roof and red curtains. A man in a white kurta with a white flower garland stands at a steel tray, serving food. Beside him a young man in white with glasses and a white shoulder bag looks down at the food. A woman in a yellow and white wrap and clear gloves handles a steel container of white sweets, while another woman in an orange top and white clothes works at the counter behind. On the left, a man in white with a garland watches the line. Steel pots, trays and a table of packaged sweets in red boxes fill the scene, typical of an annadan meal service.2009-06-01Indoor communal food service in a long white hall with arched roof and red curtains. A young man in a white t-shirt and glasses spoons food onto a metal plate at a steel serving counter. Behind him a man in white kurta holds a plate and wears a rudraksha mala, and an older man in white with a beaded garland stands nearby. On the right a woman in a yellow shawl wearing plastic gloves serves from a tray of white idlis, beside steel cooking pots and a woman in an orange shawl. Several other people line up in the background.2009-06-01A photo of an ashram meal service in a bright room with pale pink walls. A woman in a cream top and black beaded mala on the left carries a steel tray of food, with fruit slices and sweets. In the centre a woman in white with an orange border and orange-trimmed shawl holds a tray of fruit and sweets. On the right a man in white shirt and rudraksha mala, with white sacred marks on his forehead, carries a tray of food. Several people in white garments stand and move behind them, including a bald man in white and a woman with white hair. A metal pot sits in the lower left corner.2013-07-03 +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.2007-02-15A covered dining hall with an orange-tented roof serves a communal meal. A young man in a saffron-orange robe, with hair tied back, carries a steel tray of food along a long metal serving table. Seated diners in white shirts with rudraksha malas and red wrist threads eat from steel plates of rice, vegetables and banana leaves. Other saffron-robed attendants stand behind the table, and a woman in orange works in the background near orange and yellow drapes.2008-12-25 +2 copiesA 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.2017-03-11 +1 copiesAugust 09 20072007-08-09October 23 20122012-10-23Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA photo of an ashram dining hall where volunteers serve a communal meal from steel pots onto plates on a long buffet table covered with a floral cloth. In the foreground a man in a white kurta wears a red and white beaded necklace and rudraksha-style mala and serves food with a ladle. Beside him an elderly man in a cream sweater and grey trousers and a woman in a pink shawl and glasses also serve. Long tables with floral cloths and seated diners fill the background under ceiling fans and white walls.2009-12-17