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Outdoor food service under trees on dry earth. A woman in a cream sari with an orange shawl stands at a stainless steel counter with a steel urn and fried snacks on trays, and wears glasses. On the right, a woman in a white sari with a blue hair net and gloves plates fried snacks, with a beaded necklace. A man in white kurta stands at left holding a paper cup and snack. A woman in an orange shawl and white top stands beside him. Several paper plates are stacked on the counter.

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Annadhan in 20122012-01-01Outdoor annadan food service under trees. A bald man in saffron robes and rudraksha mala on the left watches as women in saris serve food from steel trays and pots onto plates. Women in saffron, maroon and red sarees wear gold necklaces and wear clear plastic gloves. Steel containers hold sweets and fried snacks, with a bowl of fried items in the foreground. Several other devotees in white, yellow and saffron clothing stand behind the serving line.2011-12-06Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesMay 10 20172017-05-10Annadan free meal service under a corrugated metal roof at an open-air ashram canteen. Two women in white saris with gold borders stand at steel serving counters ladling rice dishes into paper-lined plates. The woman on the left wears a red beaded necklace and a red bindi, and the woman beside her wears black-rimmed glasses and a black mangalsutra-style pendant. An elderly woman in an orange sari with a vibhuti line on her forehead holds a plate while a worker in white reaches toward her. Behind them, a crowd of men and boys in white clothing waits in line, and volunteers wear hairnets and disposable gloves. Steel trays hold rice, dal and a brown spiced dish.2017-05-10A buffet serving line in a stone-walled dining hall. Five young volunteers in white and cream clothing, some with orange-red beaded garlands, serve food from stainless steel steam trays while wearing clear plastic gloves and hairnets. A smiling older woman in white with an orange-red shawl stands on the right holding a steel plate loaded with flatbreads, rice and curries. Dishes include dosa-style flatbreads, yellow rice and a bowl of curry. A stainless steel rail runs overhead along the counter.2015-09-27 +1 copiesAnnadan food service at an ashram canteen. A woman in white sari with gold border and a red coral-bead necklace serves rice from a steel tray onto paper-lined plates. Other servers in white, wearing clear plastic gloves and hairnets, ladle curry and rice from steel containers. Elderly women and devotees in the foreground hold out plates to receive food. A boy in white shirt stands at left. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person.2017-05-10February 14 2009 -Kalpataru Convention at Chennai Tamilnadu2009-02-14Outdoor food service line at an event, with volunteers serving rice and curry onto banana-leaf plates from large steel pots. A woman on the left in a white sari with a gold border and dark beaded necklace wears clear plastic gloves and serves rice from a pot. Behind her a volunteer in white also serves from steel containers. On the right a man in a white shirt with glasses holds a paper plate with rice on a banana leaf and takes food with a spoon. Other people, some in white and some in coloured saris, stand in the background beneath trees.2009-02-14A food service line under a long covered shelter with orange walls and a red-framed metal roof. Women serving staff in teal hairnets and clear plastic gloves ladle curry from steel pots into plates held by people in a line. On the right, a woman with curly grey-brown hair wears a plain white kurta, while a woman in a green-and-cream sari with a blue-edged shawl takes a plate. A man in a white shirt with an orange-red cloth over his shoulder stands in the background among others in white. Steel serving pots and food-filled plates fill the foreground counter.2012-10-16 +1 copiesOutdoor food service on a lawn. A smiling woman in a brown salwar kameez with a dark beaded mala, wearing clear plastic gloves, serves noodle-like snack from a steel tray at a long buffet. Beside her, several people in saffron-orange robes hold out round disposable plates for the food; one young man at right wears a rudraksha mala and glasses and smiles broadly. Behind the line, people in white clothing stand near a green gate and a red brick wall, and a golden ornamental structure with hanging tassels and garlands appears at upper right. Serving food to devotees suggests an annadan meal.2011-12-06January 03 20122012-01-03