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A photograph of a community kitchen serving line. Several workers in hairnets and aprons stand behind steel food warmers filled with fried balls and flatbreads. A woman in an orange and gold saree with gold bangles and a gold necklace holds a metal tray with food, while a man in a white shirt stands beside her. Stainless steel counters and trays fill the foreground, and a videographer is visible in the background.

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August 22 20152015-08-22 +1 copiesOctober 08 20132013-10-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a cafeteria-style annadan food serving line in an ashram dining hall. Stainless steel serving trays hold rows of food, including round fried balls and curries. A man in a striped maroon-and-white shirt and a white hairnet serves food at left, while a young woman in a white salwar kameez with a dark red beaded necklace carries a steel tray with lentils, rice, a flatbread and a fried ball at right. Other servers in white hairnets and staff in white attire line the counter, and a few people with backpacks stand farther back. The walls are bare grey concrete.2015-08-22A photograph of a community kitchen serving line. Several workers in hairnets and clear plastic gloves stand behind steel serving counters, spooning food from steel trays. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti-style cloth holds a steel tray with a flatbread, yellow and green curries and rice, while a visible ID badge hangs from his shirt. Other servers wear white and a man in an orange turban assists nearby. A woman in a light yellow sari stands at the right edge. Walls are unpainted concrete blocks and a corrugated metal roof overhead. Serving trays hold fried snacks and curries.2015-08-22 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20152015-09-27Buffet-style serving line of stainless steel trays holding white rice and yellow curry, lit by overhead fluorescent lamps. A woman in a white head covering and white-and-gold sari, wearing disposable plastic gloves and a rudraksha-style orange-brown bead garland, scoops rice with a serving spoon. To the right, a young boy with a shaved head in a saffron-orange robe and orange wrap holds out a white takeaway container at the counter. Other attendees in white and orange robes stand behind the line, and framed photographs hang on the wall behind.2014-08-25 +1 copiesAugust 22 20152015-08-22 +1 copiesA serving line in an ashram dining hall, with a stainless steel buffet counter and heated trays. Several people in orange and maroon robes, some with rudraksha malas and tilak, serve food onto white disposable plates, including flatbreads and yellow curry. In the foreground a woman in a white sari, wearing a rudraksha mala and a white hair cap with disposable gloves, serves dishes. Behind them, a man in white with a hairnet-style cap also serves. A framed devotional painting and photographs hang on the wall behind the line. No identifiable a person is visibly present.2014-08-25A man in a white short-sleeved shirt with a white ID badge with an orange strip stands at a stainless steel food counter, holding a metal tray and serving rice and yellow curry from steaming trays, with round sweets visible in a steel tray below. Behind the counter a woman in a rust-red sari with a rudraksha mala and a gloved hand serves food from the trays. Stone block walls and a metal canopy frame the serving line.2015-08-22 +1 copiesMarch 11 20172017-03-11March 11 20172017-03-11October 13 20142014-10-13 +1 copies