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A serving line for a communal meal in a bright ashram hall with pale walls and colourful painted pillars at the top left. Several women in gloves and hairnets serve food from stainless steel pots onto stacks of disposable leaf plates on a steel counter. A woman in a green and lime saree with a red bangle serves at the centre, while a woman in white hands a plate across the counter. Visitors in white and pastel salwar kameez line up holding plates of vegetable curry and rice. Stacks of leaf plates sit in the foreground.

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A serving line for a communal meal inside a hall with a pale pink wall and draped white fabric overhead, decorated with colourful striped pillars. Women in hairnets and clear plastic gloves ladle food from steel pots and buckets onto stacked round leaf plates across a long steel counter. Several people in white and pastel kurtas and saris hold out plates, with a woman in a green sari and dark blouse serving at the front. Stacks of disposable plates sit on the counter.2011-07-20November 25 20062006-11-25A serving line in a kitchen dining hall where volunteers in white clothes serve food onto disposable leaf plates. Women in white saris with gold borders and orange garlands stand behind a steel counter, one holding a ladle and a large areca leaf plate. Several people in the foreground, including women in white saris with red and green bangles, hold leaf plates and bowls to receive food. A clear plastic sneeze guard hangs above the counter, and steel food containers sit on the counter.2014-08-24 +1 copiesA buffet serving line at an ashram-style meal. A woman in a white apron-style top, blue hair net and clear plastic gloves serves food from steel pots with a ladle onto terracotta-coloured plates and bowls held by devotees. Several women queue in colourful salwar kameez: one in a yellow kurta, one in a teal printed top with a blue lanyard, one in a pink top holding a small child, and an older woman in pink with glasses. Steel serving vessels, lentil and rice dishes and a green vegetable sit along the table. The scene shows annadan-style communal food service.2011-11-26Annadan 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.2017-05-10December 14 20062006-12-14A photo of an outdoor annadan food service line at dusk beside a terracotta-coloured wall. Several women in blue hairnets and gloves serve rice and curry from large stainless steel pots and trays. A woman in a green and white sari with flowers in her hair holds a plate, and a woman in a white top and peach sari ladles food at the left. Behind them, a woman with blonde hair wears a white top and beaded necklace, and a man in a green knit cap stands among the crowd.2011-11-29November 01 20152015-11-01 +1 copiesDecember 20 20182018-12-20 +1 copiesA serving line of volunteers in an ashram dining hall serves food from steel pots onto metal plates. In the foreground a young man in white with glasses and rudraksha beads serves from a pot, while a woman in white with a blue lanyard wears plastic gloves and ladles food. Behind them a woman in a white headscarf and white top, a woman in a grey top, and a woman in a lilac sari with a red-haired young woman in a white top stand at the counter. The background is an orange patterned curtain.2009-11-18A photograph of a serving line at a food counter, where people are receiving rice and cooked vegetables onto leaf-style disposable plates. In the foreground, a woman with short reddish-blonde hair, glasses, drop earrings, a cream crocheted top and an orange beaded necklace holds a plate. Beside her, a man in a white shirt and orange shawl holds a plate, and a woman in a pink top and orange-yellow sari stands nearby. Serving staff in white with gloves ladle food from steel trays behind a clear plastic sneeze guard, under overhead signage. Several other people wait in line.2014-08-24 +1 copiesDecember 16 20172017-12-16