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Outdoor lunch service at an ashram where several women in white clothing queue beside a tall stack of stainless steel plates and a row of steel cups on a metal counter. A woman in the foreground with a long braid and a dark beaded necklace holds a steel plate, and others reach toward the stack. Men in white shirts stand in the background, with red-brown earth and greenery behind. The scene reads as a meal distribution during a healing training gathering.

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A photograph of a line of women and a few men in white clothing washing or handling stainless steel plates and bowls at an outdoor washing station. Stacks of steel plates rise on the right. Several women wear white saris or white tops, with bangles on their wrists; the woman in the foreground has a tilak mark on her forehead and a nose stud. Behind them, men in white shirts and a woman in the background also take part in the work. No a person candidate is visible.2006-10-07Outdoor meal service at an ashram: a line of people in white and light-coloured clothes serve food from metal pots and pans onto steel plates at a concrete counter beside a white wall. A tall stack of steel plates sits on the right, and steel tumblers rest on the counter. A woman in a white shawl leans in the foreground, and a woman in a white and green sari stands in line. Behind them are green trees and a fence.2006-10-07October 07 20062006-10-07October 07 20062006-10-07A photograph of a crowded outdoor serving line at what appears to be a temporary camp. In the foreground an older bespectacled man in a white shirt holds a large stainless steel tray lid while reaching toward the counter, with a rudraksha-style mala visible at his neck. Behind him younger men in white shirts with lanyards and badges prepare food, serving steel plates and covered vessels along a concrete counter. A woman with a dark braid and gold earrings stands at the front left, and a man in white with a mala and green-and-yellow badge stands at the left edge. A blue tarpaulin, bare trees and dry scrubland form the background. No identifiable depiction of a specific individual is asserted.2007-02-15Outdoor food service at a festival meal line under an orange and yellow marigold-decorated canopy with red and pink drapes. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas and lanyards, stand behind steel pots of rice and yellow food, serving with ladles onto banana-leaf or leaf plates. Women in cream and white saris with gold borders are receiving food and seated at long blue-topped wooden benches. A man in plain white clothes holds a leaf plate at the right edge. Several people are visible, and the scene shows annadan style communal serving.2007-12-30December 14 20062006-12-14A photograph of volunteers serving food under a blue corrugated metal roof at an outdoor event. Several women wearing white clothes with coloured borders and rudraksha malas serve food from steel pots and trays into paper plates held out by a line of people. The woman at the right wears a white saree with a golden-brown border and a long dark rudraksha mala. The woman at the left wears glasses and a pink top, and volunteers wear blue lanyard badges. Palm trees and tent poles are visible outside. No a person candidate is visible.2009-11-28October 07 20062006-10-07A photograph of a lunch serving line under a covered open-sided pavilion with an orange canopy and woven bamboo screens. Several young women in white tops with orange or beige sashes and dark-rimmed lanyards queue and receive food from steel plates, while a man in a white shirt and rudraksha mala in the right foreground serves from steel pots. Other volunteers in white shirts stand behind the counter, and a few more people line up in the background. Plates hold rice and yellow dal-style dishes. The atmosphere is a communal meal service at the Inner Healing training program.2006-10-07A serving line in a kitchen dining hall where volunteers in white clothes serve food onto disposable leaf plates. Women in white saris with gold borders and orange garlands stand behind a steel counter, one holding a ladle and a large areca leaf plate. Several people in the foreground, including women in white saris with red and green bangles, hold leaf plates and bowls to receive food. A clear plastic sneeze guard hangs above the counter, and steel food containers sit on the counter.2014-08-24 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a dense crowd of devotees dressed in white, gathered under a bright sky with palm trees and a hill behind them. In the foreground, a woman in a mustard-yellow blouse and white sari holds a polished silver tray with both hands and looks down. Beside her, a woman with grey-streaked hair wears a white top and a dark rudraksha mala. A woman on the left wears a white sari and a dark bead necklace. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis stand behind, some holding silver trays or vessels. No individual can be identified as a person in this image.2008-03-06