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A photograph of a dining or serving hall where volunteers serve food and drink. In the left foreground a man in white shirt and trousers, wearing a lanyard badge and orange cord, pours water from a steel vessel into a steel tumbler on a black granite counter. Behind him a man in a striped shirt holds a steel vessel, and two large blue-capped water jugs stand on the counter. On the right, two men in white and checked shirts carry round steel plates of food. Other people in white and light clothes move through a doorway with decorative grilles. Several other men stand in the background.

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December 14 20062006-12-14A dining hall with long metal tables and stools, where men in white shirts and white dhotis queue and sit to eat. Several standing people wear white with name badges or lanyards, and one holds a white plate. Large barred windows line the pale walls, and fluorescent lights hang overhead. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A large indoor dining hall with white-painted walls, barred windows and fluorescent lighting. Many men in white shirts and dhotis or light trousers stand and move among long steel tables set with round metal plates and stools. One man in a brown shirt holds a large round steel plate. Some men wear checked or striped shirts. Visible bottles and a bag sit on the tables near the front, and a small blue-and-white logo appears at the top left.2006-12-14December 14 20062006-12-14Photograph of a long queue of men in a large indoor hall with dark stone floors and red-brown granite pillars, waiting to collect food from a serving counter. Most wear white shirts and white dhotis or trousers; a few wear checked or pale pink shirts. Two men in the foreground, one in a white shirt and blue jeans and another in a white shirt and khaki trousers, stand talking near the counter, while another holds a steel plate. Steel plates and bowls are carried along the line. Meal service of this kind suggests annadan-style communal food distribution. No a person candidate is visible.2006-12-14December 14 20062006-12-14Indoor photo of a crowded hall with many men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing lanyards with name badges. In the foreground, a man with a bindi and tilak-marked forehead wears a rudraksha mala and sits at a table with a plate of food, while a man in glasses at left rests his hand near his mouth. Standing men line a wall, one holding a bottle, others holding papers or yellow and pink cards. A metal grille and a doorway with daylight are behind them.2006-12-14A food-service scene under a thatched shelter at an ashram kitchen. Several men in white and grey shirts serve a meal from steel pots and trays onto plates. A man in a white kurta with a dark rudraksha-style mala stands at right holding a plate, while a woman in white with an orange border stands at the far right. Stainless steel vessels and buckets sit on metal tables, with greenery visible through the open side.2007-08-31December 15 20062006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A 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.2010-07-11