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A busy kitchen or food-serving room with a bright sunlit doorway and yellow curtains on the left. Several men in white dhotis and white kurtas, some with white head coverings, bend over steel vessels and a large bowl of yellow food, serving or preparing it. A woman at right wears a yellow shawl and a white head cover and gloves. Steel pots and a ladle sit on the floor in the foreground, and other people stand behind, one with hands together. No identifiable a person is visible.

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A photograph of devotees preparing food in a narrow hall with cream walls and a wooden floor. Several women in white saris and white head coverings stoop and stir over large steel pots and bowls of food, some pouring from a bucket. A man in a white checked kurta and white head cover works at the centre, and a woman in an orange sari stands among them. An orange cloth with gold trim hangs at the left. Many steel vessels of curry and rice sit on the floor, consistent with annadan kitchen service. No clearly identifiable a person appears in the frame.2012-05-20A photograph of a communal meal service in a bright hall with polished floors and striped colourful mats running down the length of the room. Seated devotees in white clothes sit in a long row on the mats, each before a green leaf plate heaped with food. Volunteers in white clothing and white head coverings walk along the row, serving from steel buckets and pots. Other people in white dhotis and sarees stand and move about in the background, and a tall striped pillar and yellow curtain are visible at the rear. No a person candidate is clearly visible; the figures present are volunteers and seated devotees.2012-05-20 +2 copiesPhotograph of a food-serving line in a dim indoor hall with pale walls and an orange curtain in the background. A man in a light blue checked shirt and white dhoti, wearing a blue head cap and a yellow-checked cloth over his shoulder, ladles food from a large steel pot on a steel table, with stacked flatbreads beside it. Men in white shirts and dhotis hold steel plates of food, and a woman in a striped sari stands in the line. Other people are partly visible at the edges. No identifiable a person is visible.A photograph of a communal meal service under a thatched shelter open to trees outside. Several young men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand in a line serving food from large steel pots and bowls on a steel counter. Rice and a yellow curry are ladled onto plates. A woman in white with a long braid in the foreground holds a plate of rice, and a bald man in white with a gold-bordered shawl is at the right serving from a pot. Other people in white stand behind the line, and a few figures are partly visible in the background.2007-02-15A photograph of a communal meal line in an indoor hall with pale tiled walls. A woman with blonde hair tied back, wearing a white sari with a gold border and an orange shawl, serves food from a large black insulated pot with a ladle. Several men and women in white clothing hold steel plates and wait in line. A man with a white garland and white kurta holds a steel plate, another man in a white shirt has a garland, and an older man in a white shirt on the right holds a plate in front of an orange garment. The line of people includes about six to eight visible people.2009-06-01December 14 20072007-12-14July 01 20152015-07-01 +1 copiesFebruary 23 20162016-02-23February 23 20162016-02-23July 06 20102010-07-06Indoor photo of a meal service in a tiled hall with white walls and a barred window. A smiling man in white shirt and white dhoti carries a steel plate toward the viewer. Around him, devotees in white clothes serve food from steel vessels on a counter; a woman in a red sari stands at left near a small altar with a saffron cloth, a kalasha-like brass vessel and flowers. Several men and women in white shirts, white dhotis and white sarees move among tables. The setting suggests an annadan meal service.2010-07-06A photograph of a long communal meal line in an ashram hall with yellow curtains and a red curtain at left. Volunteers in white clothing with yellow shawls serve food from steel bowls along a table covered with a cloth, with water bottles and small steel plates of food set out. Seated diners in white, some with hands pressed together, receive the food. Behind the servers, a man in orange robes and a red shawl stands near the wall, and another figure in orange sits at the back. A small vase with red roses sits on the table. This appears to be an annadan style meal service.2009-10-15