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Indoor photo in a pink-walled hall with a tiled floor and a barred window. Several men and women in white and grey clothes carry banana-leaf plates of food and steel trays toward the right. A man in a maroon shirt and cream dhoti holds a tray, and a woman in a white sari stands nearby. On the right, a woman in a teal top and a man in a striped shirt serve from steel vessels on a side table. A framed portrait hangs high on the wall. The scene suggests a communal meal service.

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A photograph of a communal meal service in a plain white-walled hall with a barred window. Men in white shirts and dhotis serve food from a large steel pot onto steel plates on a long stainless-steel counter. A bearded man with a long white beard and a rudraksha mala stands in the centre holding a plate, next to a smiling young man in white. A man in spectacles and white clothes with a dark rudraksha mala holds a plate of food at right, beside a woman in an orange sari. Steel bowls of vegetables and rice sit on the counter, and another man bends over a large basin at left. Several people are visible in the background.2010-07-11A photo of an ashram dining hall where volunteers serve a communal meal from steel pots onto plates on a long buffet table covered with a floral cloth. In the foreground a man in a white kurta wears a red and white beaded necklace and rudraksha-style mala and serves food with a ladle. Beside him an elderly man in a cream sweater and grey trousers and a woman in a pink shawl and glasses also serve. Long tables with floral cloths and seated diners fill the background under ceiling fans and white walls.2009-12-17July 09 20092009-07-09July 07 20102010-07-07A photograph of a community meal service in a bare, white-walled hall with tall windows. In the foreground a smiling young woman in a white top and orange-yellow skirt holds a leaf plate of food. Beside her, a woman in a white salwar-style top and white shawl holds a plate, while a man in white dhoti and white shirt, wearing transparent gloves, ladles rice from a large steel pot. Several other men in white shirts and white dhotis stand in a queue, and a man in a blue shirt stands at the back. A woman in a red-and-orange sari stands at the left edge. Steel vessels of food sit on the counter in the lower part of the frame.2009-07-12July 11 20102010-07-11A serving line for a communal meal in an indoor hall with pink walls and decorative striped pillars. A woman in a white sari with a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace and a red hair flower ladles white rice from a large steel pot with a serving spoon. Behind her, men and women in white clothing hold out banana leaves heaped with rice and side dishes at steel serving pots. An older man in a white shirt on the left holds a banana leaf plate, and others stand in line, some in white dhotis and shirts. This appears to be an annadan-style meal service. No one clearly appears to be a person in this image.2011-11-07Indoor serving line for annadan food distribution in a white-walled hall with a barred window. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis or lungis stand behind large steel pots and pans, ladling food. The man in the foreground wears a light blue t-shirt with a blue lanyard and an apron, stirring a big pot. On the right, a man in white shirt and white shawl holds a steel plate of rice and orange-yellow curry, while another man beside him wears a white shirt and a name badge. Steel vessels and ladles fill the counter.2010-07-07Annadaan food service in a plain tiled hall with white walls and barred windows. A line of men holding metal plates waits at a steel serving counter with large stainless steel pots. A server in white dhoti and yellow shawl stands at the counter, and another server in a white outfit serves food. A man in a blue shirt walks past carrying a plate. Ceiling fans hang overhead and flowers sit near the left wall.2010-07-07December 14 20072007-12-14July 11 20102010-07-11August 22 20152015-08-22 +1 copies