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A photograph of a community meal service in a bright hall with large windows and white walls. In the foreground a man in white clothes holds a plate while a young man in white with an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala places food into it from a basket. Behind them, several men in white and orange serve from steel pots set on a white-covered table, and a man in an orange shirt stands at the left edge. Red plastic chairs line the right side.

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December 14 20072007-12-14A covered open-sided pavilion where several men in white kurtas with orange shawls serve food from steel vessels. In the foreground a young man in a white kurta with embroidered trim and an orange shawl, with a red tilak on his forehead, reaches into a steel pot with a ladle, while others stand beside him serving rice and yellow food onto steel plates. On the left an older man in glasses wears a rudraksha mala. A bearded man in white with a shawl stands behind the serving line. Steel plates and pots fill the foreground, and the roof is thatched with bamboo-like matting. The scene looks like a communal meal service.2007-02-15December 14 20072007-12-14Photograph of a communal meal service in a plain hall with barred windows and pale walls. A long table draped with a patterned cloth holds steel vessels and a bucket. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at right holding a steel plate, while a person in white and a woman in orange and red garments serve food from pots. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand barefoot in a line along the right side, waiting to be served.2007-12-14Photograph of a bare, unfinished concrete hall with a steel serving counter where a food distribution is underway. A bald man in saffron-orange robes with a pink-and-white garland stands at the counter ladling food from a steel pot into plates, while an older man in white clothing assists beside him. Several other saffron-clad monastics with shaved heads, one in white with a rudraksha mala, and a man in white dhoti stand in line. A stack of steel plates sits on the counter, and devotees in front, including a small child, wait with plates to receive food, illustrating an annadan meal service.2011-09-09June 01 20092009-06-01A photograph of an annadan food-serving line at a covered ashram walkway with a red-orange wall and wire mesh on the right. A young man in saffron-orange robes, a white hair net, a rudraksha mala and a beaded armband stands at a steel serving counter, spooning food. Another saffron-robed server in a hair net stands beside him. A grey-haired elderly man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a steel plate of yellow rice, with a small badge on his shirt. Other people in white and light blue shirts wait in the line behind.2017-03-11 +1 copiesAugust 09 20072007-08-09Inside a plain concrete kitchen hall, a bearded man in white ritual clothes stands at a steel counter receiving food on a metal plate from a young person in a white t-shirt. Another person in a white garment with a beaded necklace serves from a steel pot, and steel vessels of cooked food sit on the counter. In the background, a man in orange robes carries a plate, and a patterned cloth hangs from the ceiling beside a ceiling fan. Setting appears to be communal food service.2011-09-09November 25 20062006-11-25December 15 20062006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15