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A crowded indoor dining hall with tiled walls and stainless steel vessels on counters. Volunteers in white clothes and orange or saffron shawls serve food, while devotees and attendees in white, cream and red saris and shirts wait in line. A man in the centre wears a white shirt and a plain white garment, and a figure at left wears an orange head wrap. A steel plate sits on the counter in the foreground, and a water bottle stands nearby. Many women have long braided hair.

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A crowded indoor kitchen or dining hall with stainless steel vessels and steel plates on a counter in the foreground. Many women and men stand close together, several women in colourful sarees with long braided hair, and a few in white tops. A man in a white shirt and a man in orange clothing stand near the center, and a figure with an orange head covering and orange garment is near the middle. Pink tiled walls and fluorescent ceiling lights frame the scene.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A busy communal kitchen during a large event. A woman in an orange saffron sari with an orange head wrap stands center-left, smiling and serving food from a steel bowl to people in line. Around her, devotees in white kurtas and white dresses, some with orange scarves and lanyards, wait and help. Steel cooking vessels and serving counters line the left side, and pink tiled walls with notices stand behind. Many women with long braids in white, yellow, pink and orange saris fill the foreground and background. Several people appear to be serving or organizing the meal. The woman in orange is not clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no identification is claimed.2006-12-15A kitchen serving line at an event hall, with steel vessels and cooking pots behind the counter. A smiling woman in an orange saffron sari with an orange head wrap serves food from a steel bowl to the people in front of her. Men and women in white clothes stand around the line, several wearing orange shawls and lanyards with ID badges. Women in white and pastel saris with long braids watch and wait. A pink tiled wall and a small notice are visible in the background.2006-12-15A photograph of a busy institutional kitchen with steel vessels and large pots along the back counters, and pink tiled walls. A woman in an orange sari with a head covering stands at left, serving food from a steel tray, with a lean young man in an orange shawl and rudraksha beside her. Several men in white shirts and a man in a white kurta with an orange shawl stand near the center, and a man in white kurta and orange shawl holds a video camera at right. Women in saris, including one in yellow and one in purple, queue with steel plates and bowls, many with long braided hair.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15December 14 20062006-12-14A photo inside a bright, tiled hall with barred windows and a ceiling fan, where people queue to receive food. A woman in gloves serves from a large steel pot of white food. Around her, men in white shirts with lanyards and rudraksha-style beads, a woman in an orange sari, an older woman with grey hair, and a young man in a teal shirt hold out steel plates and leaf or foil plates. A cameraman in a white shirt with an orange shawl films the scene from the left. The atmosphere suggests a community meal line, with people in saffron and white clothing.2009-11-25December 15 20062006-12-15