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Night-time outdoor food service at an ashram-style compound. Men and women in white dhotis, white shirts and saris line up at long steel serving counters with chafing trays and ladles, serving food to a crowd. Many people sit on the paved ground at right, and a lit stage with decorations stands in the background under floodlights and palm trees. Parked cars are visible at right. No identifiable a person figure is visible in this scene.

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January 20 20192019-01-20Night photograph of a food distribution line under a canvas tent with bright fluorescent tube lights and red fringed draping. A man in a white shirt on the left serves food from a large steel container, wearing plastic gloves. Several people in saris and salwar stand in a queue holding plates and leaf bowls, some in yellow, orange and white clothing. Other people stand further back under the tent. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-11-26November 17 20052005-11-17Article - November 26 20062006-11-26Night-time annadanam food service at an outdoor ashram or temple compound lit by overhead street lamps. On the left, men in white shirts and white dhotis, one wearing glasses, arrange rows of stainless steel plates and bowls on a long metal serving counter. A woman in a white sari stands at the counter. Along the centre, people stand in a queue behind bamboo barricades, and a man in a blue shirt and dark trousers walks forward holding a steel plate. On the right, a man in a white shirt and yellow cloth and a woman in a green sari carry steel plates. A cream-coloured building with orange trim runs behind. Several dozen people are visible.2012-01-08Article - November 26 20062006-11-26January 08 20122012-01-08Night-time food service outdoors beside a red-painted wall. In the foreground a woman in a white top with an orange shawl serves yellow rice from a large steel pot onto plates, with a steel bowl of dark greens and a serving spoon on the table. To the right, several women in saris and orange shawls hold steel plates out to receive the food. Behind them a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands near a light, and a few other people are blurred in the background. A lit lamp hangs above, and grass and trees lie beyond the serving table.2011-10-26A night-time outdoor food preparation scene under trees at an event. Several men in light shirts and checked shirts stand at a long dark table where round flatbreads are laid out in rows. A large dark cooking pot sits on the table, and a gas or coal stove with a flame glows at right. Tubular lights line the background wall. A man in white clothing stands at the far right. The people are cooking and serving food; no ritual is visible.2006-11-26Night-time photo of an outdoor food service line. A young man in a white-and-grey checked short-sleeved shirt holds a steel plate and looks down while someone pours cooked food from a steel pot onto the plate. A woman in an orange top with long dark curly hair stands in the foreground pouring from a steel bucket onto a dark serving table scattered with green food. Behind them, people in white clothes with orange shawls and a woman in a purple-and-gold sari stand among orange-flowering trees. A man in a white shirt is at the right edge. Several people in the background are partly visible.2006-09-17A dim tented food service area at night with white canopy fabric and maroon drapes overhead, and bright tube lights on posts. Many people in white and cream shirts and dhotis or sarongs queue and serve. A man in a white shirt at left ladles from a steel container, a woman in a white sari with a cream shawl holds a plate, and a man in a light blue shirt and yellow-trimmed dhoti stands in the middle. Stacks of steel plates and a covered steel pot sit on tables in front, and an older man in a white cap and cream shirt and an older woman in glasses stand at right, all wearing small identification badges. No a person is visible in this image.2006-11-26January 08 20122012-01-08