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A smiling man in a white kurta with a cream shawl draped over one shoulder stands under an orange umbrella, stirring a large steel pot with a long ladle. A red dot and white tilak mark his forehead. Beside him a man in an orange robe with a red mark on his forehead looks down and holds a white cloth. Behind them is a barred window and a second steel vessel sits in front. No appearance-based a person cues are clearly established, so the identity is uncertain.

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A photograph of a serving line at an outdoor food station beside a barred window and white-tiled wall. A man in a white kurta with a long swept-back hairstyle and a white shawl over his shoulder stands at the centre, holding a ladle over a steel pot. Beside him a younger man wears an orange robe and stands behind the line. On the right, a man in a white t-shirt with a printed portrait and a rudraksha mala serves food, and on the left a man in white kurta wears a lanyard badge. Steel bowls of food sit on the wooden counter in the foreground. Swamiji (probable): the central man in white with long swept-back hair and white shawl serving food, matching the page.2008-06-09Photograph of a man in a white kurta with a pale cream shawl draped over one shoulder, long dark hair swept back, and white and red tilak marks on his forehead, standing against a plain beige wall. Behind him, a younger man wearing an orange scarf and a red forehead mark looks on. The scene appears to be an indoor ashram or event setting.2008-06-09Outdoor annadhan food distribution under a red and white canopy with a red draped backdrop. In the foreground, a man in white ritual kurta with a rudraksha mala and an ID badge holds a copper plate while a figure in saffron-orange wrap, with long swept-back hair and bare arms, ladles food from a large steel cooking pot. Behind them, several men in white and a smiling older man in white watch; a multi-storey concrete building and onlookers stand in the background. Probable Swamiji (saffron-orange clothing, long hair, distinctive presentation) is serving food at the annadhan.2006-01-01 +1 copiesOutdoor annadhan food service under a red and white tent on grass. On the right, a smiling figure with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and a saffron/orange wrap stirs a large steel cooking pot with a long ladle while wearing clear plastic gloves. Beside them, a man in white kurta with a white vibhuti mark on his forehead and a rudraksha mala holds a round tray of food. A woman in a cream sari with green border stands nearby. Other volunteers in white clothes, one with a lanyard, work at serving tables with steel bowls, and a few onlookers stand in the background in front of a multi-storey building with red curtains.2006-01-01A photo of a serving line under a covered open-sided shelter. Several men in white kurtas with orange shawls and orange garlands stand behind steel pots and buckets, serving rice and curry onto steel plates held by the foreground man. The man at right wears an orange shawl over white clothes, a red tilak on his forehead and an ID badge, smiling as he receives a plate. Other servers in white and orange ladle food from large pots, with a man in white at centre wearing a gold-trimmed shawl. Stainless steel vessels and a serving counter fill the scene.2007-02-15A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi stands in a yellow-walled room, serving cooked white rice from a large stainless steel tray with his right hand. He wears a rust-orange shawl wrapped over one shoulder and a heavy gold bead necklace, with a gold chain at the neck. Beside him, a person in a white shirt holds the tray's edge, and another in orange clothing with rudraksha beads stands at the right. A man in white is at the left foreground and a person in a blue hairnet is behind them.2012-09-20Photograph of a smiling man in profile walking outdoors beneath a large orange umbrella held by an attendant in white with an orange cloth over the shoulder. The man has long black hair tied back in a low knot, wears a white kurta and a cream shawl draped over one shoulder, and holds an orange cloth in one hand. The background shows a perforated stone lattice wall and a cream wall with orange trim.2008-06-09Three young men in white ritual clothes serve food from a large stainless steel pot in an open hall. The man on the left wears a white kurta with a red sash and a rudraksha mala, with a red tilak mark on his forehead. The man in the centre wears a white kurta, an orange-beaded mala and a small pendant, holding a metal ladle and smiling. The young man on the right wears a white kurta with an orange shawl, rudraksha beads and a red bindi, holding a ladle over the pot. A hand in the foreground holds a yellow fruit. The setting shows wooden ceiling beams and white walls.2007-02-15A photograph of a serving line outdoors beside a white-tiled building with barred windows and wall-mounted air conditioners. A man in a white kurta with a white shawl stands at center holding a ladle over a steel pot of yellow food, with a steel tray of fried snacks on a wooden table in front of him. Beside him a man in a white t-shirt printed with a female portrait and a rudraksha mala serves from another pot, and a man in white shirt and glasses stands nearby. A man in an orange robe stands at left and other people in white clothes are partly visible at the edges, forming a food distribution scene.2008-06-09Photograph at an evening outdoor event under blue neon tube lights and a dark tent or pandal roof. A man in a sleeveless saffron-orange robe with a red undergarment stands at a steel-pot table, reaching toward metal vessels while a white-clad older man in a white shirt and dhoti, with a rudraksha-style mala, works at the pots. Behind them a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis, some wearing name badges, watches. At the right edge a person in orange holds a pink towel and wears a beaded mala. The scene suggests a ritual food or offering preparation, possibly annadan or prasadam distribution.2009-02-28A photo of a kitchen or serving scene. A man in an orange-rust robe with a matching orange beaded mala around his neck stands at a steel serving counter, wearing a white hairnet, a small red bindi on his forehead, and clear plastic gloves while serving food from a tray. In the foreground, an older man with grey hair in a white shirt faces the counter. Another robed person in orange stands at the left edge. A small yellow flower sprig rests on the counter.2013-05-10A photograph of a food-serving moment in an ashram hall with yellow walls. A smiling man with a white vertical tilak and red bindi, wearing an orange robe over a leopard-print shawl and a black cord necklace, holds a silver staff with bells and a ladle over a large steel pot. Another man in a white shirt holds out a steel plate. Two men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand nearby; one at right holds a folded cloth. Background shows framed pictures and steel buckets.2012-09-20