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A woman in a red blouse and peach saree with red border and small red motifs holds a stainless steel thali tray and serves food with her right hand. Gold bangles and a red bangle decorate her wrists, and she wears gold earrings and has hair in a bun. Beside her, a younger woman in a white sari with a plain border and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace watches, holding another steel plate. Other people in white clothing and head coverings stand in the background of a pale pink hall, consistent with an ashram communal meal line.

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Women and a child seated in rows at a community meal, each holding a steel thali plate with rice, yellow and orange curried dishes, and a dollop of white rice. The woman in front wears a red and maroon striped sari with a white border and a red lanyard with a badge around her neck; beside her a woman in a white sari with a red-and-gold shawl wears gold bangles and eats from her plate. A young boy sits behind them, and more people in white clothes are visible at the edges.2014-09-13July 11 20132013-07-11 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a community meal service in a plain indoor hall. On the left, a young woman in white with an orange shawl and a red bindi serves food from a steel pot using tongs and a plastic glove. On the right, an older woman in a white blouse and a green and yellow striped sari holds out a steel plate to receive food, with a rudraksha mala visible at her neck. Behind them, a man in white and a woman in a pink top with a long braid stand near steel serving vessels and covered containers.2011-07-31A photograph of a community meal service under a canopy hung with gold and red draped fabric and strings of marigold garlands. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with an orange border and rudraksha mala holds a steel plate of white rice and fried items, while a woman in a white sari with gold border ladles rice from a large steel bucket. Behind them other women and men in white and dark clothing stand at a serving counter with steel vessels. Tube lights are fixed on the draped poles.2006-12-27A photograph of women seated in rows at a meal service, eating from metal thali trays with rice and curries. The woman in front wears a red and black striped sari over white, with a red lanyard and a mala around her neck, and small gold earrings. The woman beside her wears a white sari with a gold border and a red-orange shawl, with gold bangles on her wrists and a lanyard. Behind them, other people in white clothing sit on white plastic chairs under a white tent canopy. The setting suggests an annadan meal, with food served on thalis in the shared dining area.2014-09-13A photograph of a food-serving line in an ashram hall with a pink wall. A woman in a rust-red sari with a gold border and a long beaded necklace wears clear plastic gloves and serves a yellow dish onto a steel plate. Beside her, a woman in a cream and gold-bordered white sari holds a cloth. Men in white shirts and a man in a dark turban stand along the line. Steel serving stands and a jar of orange food are visible. Partly visible people in the background are also serving or waiting.2014-09-28 +1 copiesAugust 24 20142014-08-24 +1 copiesTwo women in saffron and orange clothing serve food in a indoor dining hall, presumably an annadan-style meal service. The woman on the left wears a cream-and-beige patterned sari with red trim and an orange shawl over her shoulders, holding a steel plate with flatbread and reaching toward a pot. The younger woman on the right wears an orange and maroon sari, a white blouse, a rudraksha-style mala necklace, and a white hairnet, using a ladle over steel vessels of curry and rice. Stainless steel serving pans and bowls fill the counter in the foreground, with a plain pink wall and white doors behind them.2013-03-14 +1 copiesAugust 25 20142014-08-25Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesA photo inside a yellow-walled hall shows women serving a meal. In the foreground a woman in a white saree with a floral-embroidered border and a rudraksha-style bead necklace carries a steel plate of rice and yellow dal. Behind her, another woman in an orange-and-maroon saree holds a steel plate, and a woman in a white saree with a purple-patterned border stands at the right. A woman with white flowers in her braid stands to the right. On the left, a gloved hand holds a paper cup. Several steel plates of food sit on the counter.2012-09-23 +1 copies