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Outdoor lunch service at an ashram campus under a thatched palm-leaf hut and trees. Men and women in white clothes serve food: a man in a white shirt and white dhoti holding a steel plate of rice and papad, and another man with a rudraksha mala serving from steel pots on a metal table. A line of devotees in white and cream saris and shirts waits on the right, some carrying cloth bags. Dishes are steel pots and plates; discarded sandals lie on the grass. Overcast sky.

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Outdoor lunch break under a thatched open-sided shelter with wooden posts and a red tiled floor, surrounded by green shrubs. Devotees in plain white shirts, white dhotis and white kurtas eat from metal plates; a man in the foreground on the left wears a dark rudraksha-style mala and an ID badge, while a seated man in white holds a plate of food and another man at right eats from a steel plate. Several women in white saris and cream blouses also sit and eat. Light-coloured plastic chairs and a few people standing with plates suggest a communal meal during an inner healing training break.2006-10-07November 20 20062006-11-20Outdoor lunch queue at the ashram, with a line of devotees in white clothing waiting at a long wooden serving shelter with a brown tiled roof. Several women in white sarees with gold borders stand in line, and a woman in an orange and white saree holds a steel plate and eats from it on the right. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand at the serving counter, and thatched huts and palm trees appear behind them under a cloudy sky.2006-10-07Photo of a communal meal service under a thatched shed open at the sides, with palm trees behind. Volunteers in white dhotis and white shirts stand behind a long steel serving counter, ladling curry from large steel vessels into bowls and placing flatbreads on plates. A woman in a yellow-orange saree and bangles holds a plate and receives food, while a man in a khaki shirt in the foreground reaches for a plate. Large aluminium cooking pots and gas cylinders sit on the left. Several other people in white stand and wait in line. The scene depicts annadan, a food distribution, rather than a ritual.2010-02-18Outdoor lunch service at an ashram under a thatched shelter. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis serve food from large stainless steel pots and buckets. A man in the foreground wearing a rudraksha mala ladles rice and dal onto a compartmented steel plate, while others hold steel tiffin containers and flatbread. A man at right wears glasses, a white shirt and an ID badge. A man in orange cloth stands behind the servers. Dry palm-thatch roof and green foliage surround the serving area.2006-10-07A photograph of an outdoor food-serving line under a thatched and corrugated-roof shelter beside palm trees. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis serve food from steel vessels onto leaf plates, with a row of helpers at a long serving counter. In the foreground, men in khaki-olive shirts receive plates of rice. Stacked orange gas cylinders and steel pots sit at the left. A small shrine-like table with a framed picture is visible in the background. Several men wear white shirts with small identification badges.2010-02-18November 27 20122012-11-27Photograph of a communal meal service outdoors at an ashram, with a thatched hut and a drinking water sign behind. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis wearing rudraksha malas serve food from stainless steel pots and buckets onto steel compartment plates of rice and curry. In the foreground a man with glasses and a rudraksha mala drinks from a white cup, while on the right an older man with grey hair and a white shirt holds a steel plate of rice. Other servers stand behind the serving table, and a few more people are visible at the right edge.2006-10-07A large crowd gathers under a thatched canopy supported by wooden posts, apparently for a communal meal. Several servers in white shirts and white caps stand at a long table serving food onto steel plates, with a large steel pot and covered steel dishes in front. Guests in saris, kurtas and shirts hold plates and stand chatting, including a woman in a green sari and a man in a teal kurta. The open water or plaza behind the canopy is visible at left.2010-02-04A photograph of a communal meal service under a thatched canopy. A man in a white shirt and white turban stands at a copper pot on a stand, serving food onto plates held out by people in line. A worker in white with gloves stands to the left. Devotees in white shirts and orange or beige cloth receive food, and a metal bowl of snacks sits on the white-covered table. No one is identifiable as a person in this scene.2010-02-04October 15 20122012-10-15 +1 copiesOutdoor 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.2007-12-30