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A photograph of volunteers serving food in a dining hall. A young man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala and disposable gloves ladles food from steel pots on a serving counter. Beside him a woman in a white sari with an orange border wears gloves and serves. In the background another volunteer in white with an orange shawl-style cloth serves, and a woman in white with a flower in her hair holds a steel plate. On the right an older woman with grey hair, white clothing and a red rudraksha mala holds a steel plate. A yellow checked curtain hangs behind them and steel containers and a green basket sit on the counter.

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A serving line in an ashram dining hall with yellow checked curtains behind it. Several people in white clothes stand at steel pots of food, ladling dishes into bowls and plates. A young man in white with a dark rudraksha-style necklace leans forward at left, a woman in a white and orange-striped sari serves beside him, and a bald man in a white t-shirt holds a plate at centre-right. A woman in a colourful top and an older man with white hair and a beard are also serving. Stainless steel pots with lids and an orange basket of napkins sit on the counter, and a green basket of cutlery is at lower right.2009-11-19July 23 20092009-07-23A serving line of volunteers in an ashram dining hall serves food from steel pots onto metal plates. In the foreground a young man in white with glasses and rudraksha beads serves from a pot, while a woman in white with a blue lanyard wears plastic gloves and ladles food. Behind them a woman in a white headscarf and white top, a woman in a grey top, and a woman in a lilac sari with a red-haired young woman in a white top stand at the counter. The background is an orange patterned curtain.2009-11-18A photo of a communal dining or annadan serving area with stainless steel chafing dishes on a white-draped table against a wall with red curtains and orange-tiled walls. A woman with long light brown hair, wearing a white dress and a red shoulder strap, holds a serving spoon over a dish and smiles, wearing a garland of beads with pink flowers. Nearby, a young man in white kurta and a patterned apron, with a dark shirt and waist cloth, serves food, and another man in a white shirt stands at the right in a white kurta with a rudraksha-style cord. Several men in white clothes and a man in a white t-shirt stand in the background.2009-06-01A photograph of a communal kitchen serving line in a peach-walled hall. Several volunteers in white hairnets and plastic gloves stand behind steel trays of sliced carrots, green beans, onions and tomatoes, serving food with ladles. A man in a white shirt with a red lanyard and a shaved head with a topknot stands at the left of the line, serving vegetables onto a plate. Beside him, a man in a red polo shirt and a woman in a maroon sari with a hairnet work the counter, and a woman in a red and cream sari stands at the far left holding a plate. Steel pots and serving bowls sit along the counter, with a basket of paper plates at the left edge.2011-07-17 +2 copiesMarch 16 20132013-03-16 +1 copiesAshram meal service in a plain white-walled hall with red curtains. A man in white kurta with a dark mala holds a steel plate of rice while another man in white serves from a long table covered with white cloth, steel bowls of orange curry and dal. A woman in white with a lanyard ladles food and a woman in a white sari with a yellow beaded necklace sits at the table. A man with grey hair and glasses in a dark top with a red-orange cord watches the serving. A girl in a blue salwar with a white dupatta stands at left. Steel bowls of rice and kheer fill the foreground.2009-12-11Photograph of a communal meal service at a steel serving counter. Several women in white saris with gold borders serve food from steel trays onto paper plates; one serving woman in the foreground wears an orange-red garland and a dark rudraksha-style mala and holds a ladle over the dish. A man in white clothing stands behind the counter at left, and a woman in a blue-and-white outfit is visible in the background. Other people, partially visible, reach in with plates at the left edge. Yellow food is spread across the steel tray and a pot sits on the counter, with clear plastic sneeze guards above.2014-08-24 +1 copiesPhotograph of an annadan-style communal meal service in a bright indoor hall. In the foreground, a server in gloves uses a long ladle to serve food from a steel tray into a plate held by an older man in a white shirt on the left. Several people in white or gloves line the serving counter; a woman in a white hairnet and a worker in a pink top stand nearby. A man in a white t-shirt stands at left, and behind the counter people in white and a figure in a red top move around the room. Steel serving trays hold rice-like food and yellow curry. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.2013-09-28 +1 copiesAnnadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesJuly 05 20162016-07-05October 13 20142014-10-13 +1 copies