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A photograph of a food-serving scene in a plain grey-walled room. On the right, an elderly white-bearded man with a bare chest and red-brown rudraksha malas over his shoulders ladles food from a steel pot into a steel plate. Beside him, a bald man with glasses wears white dhoti-style clothing and a rudraksha mala, and another bald man in white stands behind him. On the left, a man in an orange cloth and a woman in a pink flower garland and dark hair stand near steel pots of white rice-like food. A man in white clothes is also serving from a steel vessel in the foreground. Additional people stand in the background, including a woman in a white top. No readable text appears in the scene.

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A photograph of an annadan food-serving line in a plain, unfinished hall with grey concrete walls and a corrugated metal roof. A bald man in a white dhoti and a purple sacred thread stands at the left, ladling food from a steel pot. Beside him an older man in white serves rice from a steel bowl. Behind them a man with a pink-and-white flower garland and a man in white with a rudraksha mala watch. On the right, an elderly bearded man with grey hair and white forehead marks, wearing an orange saffron cloth, holds a steel plate of rice and curry. A colourful woven hanging is on the right wall. Several people are visible in the background, including a woman in white. Steel pots and stacked plates fill the counter.2011-09-09A photograph of a serving line in a plain, unfinished concrete-walled room with a window and a hanging woven cloth at upper right. Several men in saffron and white ritual clothes serve food from steel pots and trays onto plates. A bald man in white with a rudraksha mala stands at left, and a man in saffron with a pink and yellow flower garland stands centre, serving rice with a ladle. An older bearded sannyasi in saffron with long grey hair holds out a steel plate to receive food at right, while other saffron-robed men wait behind him. Steel pots of rice and dal sit on the stainless counter.2011-09-09September 09 20112011-09-09September 09 20112011-09-09September 09 20112011-09-09Photo inside a bare, unfinished concrete hall with a grey plastered wall and a ceiling fan. A man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange dhoti-style garment, a pink and yellow flower garland and a beaded rudraksha-style mala, and stands at a serving counter ladling rice from a steel pan. Beside him an older man in a white shirt and a shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti with sandalwood markings serve food. A boy in a white cloth and a man in a pink shirt receive plates of rice and orange food, while a man in a white shirt holds a camera. A patterned orange and blue banner hangs from the ceiling pillar. Whether the garlanded man is the a person is uncertain from appearance alone.2011-09-09September 09 20112011-09-09Photo of a food distribution line under a thatched roof. On the left, a bald man in saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and white forehead markings uses a ladle to serve yellow rice from a steel pot. On the right, an elderly bearded sadhu with long white hair, white ash markings and an orange cloth holds out a plate of yellow rice. Behind them, people in white clothes stand beside steel vessels of food, with a tin-lined kettle and plates visible.2011-05-27Indoor photo of a food-serving line in an unfinished concrete hall with blue-and-orange patterned hangings. Saffron-robed sadhus stand at steel counters, one with curly hair and a white forehead mark ladling food from a large steel pot onto steel plates. An older man in a cream shawl and white beard stands beside them. On the right, a smiling man wears a large pink flower garland and an orange shawl with gold-bead necklaces. Behind, white-clad men in dhotis with bare upper bodies and tripundra marks help serve, and women in white saris are visible in the background. Orange-yellow food.2011-09-09A serving line under a covered open-sided shelter with brown matting on the roof. Men in white clothes with orange shawls stand behind steel pots and trays of food, using ladles to serve rice and curry. On the left, a woman with a long thick braid and white garment faces the servers and holds a plate. On the far right, a man in white with orange shawl, rudraksha mala and wire-rimmed glasses holds a ladle over a steel pot of white rice. Several people stand in the background, and a bald man in white with a golden-bordered shawl serves food in the centre. Steel vessels and bowls of yellow curry fill the foreground.2007-02-15A photograph of an annadan food-serving scene in a bare concrete room with a wooden floor. A man in a white shirt and dhoti serves rice from a steel pot with a ladle onto a plate held by a young girl in a white top and teal shawl. Beside them, a person in an orange robe with a pink and yellow flower garland stands near the serving table, and a younger man in orange with long dark hair is also visible. Other white-clad people and a cameraman filming with a video camera stand in the background, and a pot of orange food sits on the counter. Several people are visible: the server, the girl, the garlanded orange-robed figure, the orange-clad man, the cameraman and a few in white.2011-09-09A photograph of a food-serving scene in a plain concrete room. A man in orange robes with a pink and yellow flower garland and a gold-bead garland, hair tied back, scoops orange rice from a steel vessel. Beside him a bald man in a white dhoti and white shirt, wearing a red forehead mark and sacred thread, stands at a steel pot, and an older man in a white shirt smiles on the left while serving rice from a large steel bowl. A partially visible person stands at the right edge. A purple logo with a white bird is at the upper left, and a copyright notice is printed at the lower right.2011-09-09