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A tiled kitchen-style dining hall where women in white saris with gold borders and orange shawls serve food from a long steel-topped counter. A large black cooking pot sits on the counter, and stacked steel plates and bowls are lined up. One woman in the foreground wears a white sari, a white flower in her hair and a garland, and holds a steel plate. Other servers wear white garlands and bangles, and a man in a white shirt stands in the background near a white refrigerator. Orange carrot pieces are visible in serving trays, and a red-cloth-covered table with boxed items sits at the left.

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June 01 20092009-06-01June 01 20092009-06-01June 01 20092009-06-01June 01 20092009-06-01A photograph of a communal kitchen serving line where women in white and orange clothing serve food. In the foreground, a woman with curly dark hair and glasses in a white sari with gold border and an orange shawl scoops from a steel pot. Beside her, a woman with light hair in a white sari with orange shawl and bangles wears clear gloves and serves from a large black pot. On the right, a woman with blonde hair tied back and a white flower in it, wearing a white sari with a gold-edged shawl and a rudraksha mala, holds a steel plate of orange food. Stacked steel plates, spoons and a metal serving tray sit on the counter, with a few more people and a man in white in the background.2009-06-01Photograph of a communal meal service in a tiled kitchen-style hall. A woman in a white sari with an orange-red shawl and gold bangles smiles while serving food with a ladle from a large black cooking pot into stainless steel plates. Behind her, a woman in white and gold clothing with disposable gloves works at the serving line. Several people in casual clothes, including a curly-haired person in a yellow top with a backpack, queue with steel plates. Red curtains hang at the left window and stacked steel bowls sit on the counter.2009-06-01A food service line in a large open pavilion with white walls and yellow draped valances. Volunteers in white clothes and white hairnets serve from brass chafing dishes with curry, standing beside a line of guests holding plates. A bald monk in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands at right beside a younger monk in orange robes, while several people in white and red-orange shawls wait to be served. Other seated guests sit at white-covered chairs in the background, and a small shrine with framed deity images is visible at the far end. The scene reads as an annadan meal service.2015-07-01 +1 copiesJune 04 20092009-06-04A photograph of a community annadaan meal service inside a plain hall with pale green-grey walls, a ceiling fan and tube lights. Volunteers serve food from steel trays and bowls onto steel plates held by diners. A smiling man on the left wears white clothing, glasses and a red lanyard, holding a steel plate of food. Beside him a woman in a white shawl and red lanyard serves from a tray. Women on the right wear clear plastic gloves, one in a red salwar and another in a green kurta with a red lanyard, ladling dal and curry. Steel containers of rice and curry line the serving counter. Sheer curtains and windows are visible behind.2009-06-25A dining hall with long tables and white plastic chairs where many people in white ritual clothes are seated eating from stainless steel plates and thali trays. A woman in a white sari with a gold-bordered edge serves food from a steel pot wearing clear plastic gloves. A man in orange robes with long hair stands at the table edge serving, and other sadhus in orange robes stand near the back wall and a curtained doorway. A young woman in a white top with blonde hair sits at a table among the diners. Paper cups and metal trays fill the tables.2008-12-25A photograph of an annadaan food-serving line in a tiled kitchen with red curtains. A bearded man with grey hair and glasses, wearing white clothes with a yellow shawl and a red thread on his wrist, serves food from a steel pot. Beside him, a woman in a yellow shawl and white clothes wears plastic gloves and spoons food. Further right, a blonde woman and other women in white and orange or red shawls stand behind steel containers of food on a patterned cloth. Stainless steel pots, bowls and ladles fill the counter.2009-07-20October 23 20122012-10-23