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A photograph of a food-service area inside a temple-style hall with gold-coloured framing and a gilded canopy. A man in an orange shirt with a white hairnet and gloves stands behind a stainless steel vessel, next to a wicker basket of paper. A bare-chested young man in a white dhoti with gold border, wearing a rudraksha mala and a hairnet and gloves, serves from a steel pot beside a framed portrait of a figure with long hair in orange robes and a beaded necklace. A young boy in a striped shirt arranges items on a tray. Small figurines and a deity murti stand on the gold shrine. The tables are covered with fruit-patterned cloths. A partially visible person in a green shirt walks at left, and a woman in a teal sari stands at far left.

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April 04 20122012-04-04A buffet serving line of steel pots with a yellow rice dish on a patterned cloth, in a pink-walled hall with a golden cobra-hood canopy at left. A man in a white shirt and blue lanyard holds a serving spoon and wears plastic gloves, while an older woman in a green checked top and blue hairnet ladles food beside him. A young man in white clothing with a shawl and a man in a white shirt stand in the background, and a man in a white shirt near the door at left attends the line. The scene reflects an ashram annadan meal service.2011-11-26 +1 copiesSeptember 23 20162016-09-23A communal kitchen serving line in a tent with a colourful bunting strip overhead. Three women in white or saffron-trimmed clothes and disposable hair nets stand behind steel pots. The woman at left in a white sari with a dark rudraksha-style mala stirs a pan of yellow food. The central woman in a maroon blouse and yellow-and-red sari, wearing a blue volunteer lanyard badge, presses flatbread in a pot. At right, a smiling man in a white dhoti and shawl, with a mala and a blue lanyard, ladles a creamy liquid into a cup. A cameraman in green stands in the background, and seated diners are visible at right. Steel pots of curry and bowls of food fill the foreground.2012-10-13November 26 20112011-11-26Photograph of a food serving line at an indoor event with cream draped fabric and gold swags overhead. A man in white shirt and white trousers, wearing a rudraksha mala and a saffron-and-red sash with a lanyard, holds a white compartment plate of rice and curries. Behind him, workers in white hairnets serve from brass chafing dishes with ladles. A younger man in a grey polo shirt stands at the right, and a few other people are partly visible in the background.2015-07-11 +1 copiesOctober 22 20122012-10-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a serving line for a communal meal in a hall with peach-coloured walls. Large stainless steel pots of white liquid, orange-brown curry and rice sit on tables covered with fruit-patterned plastic cloth, with bowls of sliced tomatoes, cut vegetables and a basket of paper cups in the foreground. Several volunteers in white clothes and white hairnets stand behind the tables; one woman in a white sari with a red border serves from a pot, and a man in white with disposable gloves ladles food from a pot. A framed picture hangs on the back wall beside a draped red-orange cloth.2011-07-17 +1 copiesDevotees are served food at a long buffet line under a white tent decorated with hanging colourful tassels and lanterns. Several men in saffron and orange robes, with white hair nets, serve from steel containers and trays of prepared dishes. Some wear white and yellow cloth draped over their shoulders and rudraksha malas. Women in red and white saris and maroon garments receive food in steel plates and bowls, and a woman in the foreground wears a red bindi and a white shawl. Stainless steel vessels and stacked brass plates sit on the counter.2018-12-26July 02 20162016-07-02August 29 20112011-08-29 +1 copiesA buffet serving line of food in steel chafing dishes, with volunteers in white hairnets serving rice and curries to participants. A woman in white with a red shawl and a man in a red and white checked shawl serve from the line, while a boy in a white shirt and red sash and a teenager in white with an orange sash hold plates. A man in the foreground wears a hairnet and white shirt with a red lanyard. In the background a person in saffron and red robes stands near a ceremonial area, and others in white and purple move through a hall with white chairs. Several people are visible in the distance, some wearing red sashes, in a marble-floored banquet hall.2016-07-05