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A long line of men in white shirts and white dhotis queues along a steel serving counter in a bright hall with yellow pillars and ceiling fans. Stainless steel plates are stacked on the left, and a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala ladles food onto a steel tray, while others hold steel tumblers of tea. Men in white and one in a blue-checked shirt wait in line, and a man in white fills paper cups from a row of cups. The scene suggests a communal meal service.

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December 14 20062006-12-14December 14 20072007-12-14September 22 20122012-09-22Men queue in a bright hall with yellow walls and ceiling fans, holding steel plates in a meal line. In the foreground a man in a blue checked shirt with a red tilak on his forehead and a white cloth bag over his shoulder waits beside a man in a light blue striped shirt carrying a steel plate. On the right an older man in white clothes stands near a bald man in white with a beaded necklace. Stacked steel plates sit on a metal table at lower left, and other men in white shirts and dhotis stand further back in the line.2012-09-23A large hall with stainless steel serving tables and concrete pillars where many men in white shirts and white dhotis queue and sit for a communal meal. In the foreground a young man in a white shirt holds a white plate with food, and a man in a white shirt beside him carries a steel tray. Several seated diners eat from white plates with rice and curry. Many people in white, some wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, fill the room. Water bottles sit on the table. This looks like an annadan or prasadam meal at a convention.2006-12-15A photograph of volunteers serving food in a white-tiled ashram kitchen during an annadan meal. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis or trousers stand behind a stainless steel counter, ladling food from large steel pots into metal plates. The man in the foreground wears a light blue t-shirt with a blue lanyard and stirs a large steel pot. A man in the centre wears a white cap, and a man on the right wears a white-and-grey checked cloth over his shoulder. No swami or teacher is visible.2010-07-07February 14 20102010-02-14July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a dining or serving area in an ashram kitchen. Several men in plain white shirts and white dhotis, some with rudraksha malas around their necks, stand in a line holding stainless steel plates of food. The man on the left holds a plate and eats with his right hand; the man in the centre holds a plate with a small portion of food; the man on the right, wearing a dark brown rudraksha mala, holds a plate in his left hand. Behind them, a worker in a white head covering and a bare-chested figure in white are visible near steel serving equipment, with a light peach wall in the background.2014-09-13November 01 20152015-11-01A photograph of a communal meal service in a hall with pale pink walls and white curtains. A server in a white shirt, white trousers and a white cap stands at a steel table, ladling food from a large stainless steel pot into plates. Behind the table, several people in white or light-coloured clothes queue and hold plates; a stack of flatbreads sits on the table. A saffron cloth hangs in the background. Motion blur suggests the line is moving. Several people are visible, partly cropped at the frame edges.Men eat a meal at a long steel table in a yellow-walled hall. Three seated men in the foreground eat from steel plates of rice and curry with a flatbread. The man on the left wears glasses and a white shirt, the centre man wears a light blue striped shirt, and the man on the right has a vertical tilak on his forehead, a black bead necklace and a white shirt. Standing men behind them wear white shirts and white dhotis, and one wears a teal striped shirt. Lanyards and a water bottle and paper cups sit on the table, and a bucket is visible at left. The scene shows a communal meal, annadan style, at a KAILASA ashram.2012-09-23 +1 copies