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Outdoor annadan meal service on a grassy lawn beside a red brick wall and a green gate. Saffron-robed monks with rudraksha malas and bare shoulders serve yellow rice from steel trays onto paper plates; a smiling woman in a brown sari and red bindi stands at the serving table in the foreground. Behind them, a golden ornate chariot or palanquin with tasselled decorations and a speaker stands, and white-clad devotees mill about. Several people are visible in the scene.

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Outdoor annadan serving line at an ashram grounds, with devotees in saffron and orange robes and sannyasi-style monks holding leaf plates of yellow rice. Women in saris and salwar kameez queue along blue plastic chairs under trees, with a red brick wall behind. On the right, a golden palanquin on a wheeled cart is decorated with garlands, tassels and bells, and speakers stand nearby. Several monks wear rudraksha malas and white tilak markings on their arms and foreheads.2011-12-06Outdoor food distribution at a temple or ashram event. A smiling woman in a brown salwar kameez and a sling bag serves yellow noodle-like snack from a steel tray, wearing clear plastic gloves. Beside her, a young woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala passes a paper plate to a shaven-headed monk in orange robes and glasses, who holds another plate. A second orange-clad woman holds a flatbread or papad. A woman in a red sari stands at the left edge, and a camera operator is at the right. Behind them is a golden ornate palanquin or ratha with an umbrella-like canopy and a red-and-white floral garland. Trees and a low wall are in the background.2011-12-06December 06 20112011-12-06A food service line under a white tent with gold drapes at a KAILASA annadan style meal. Beside him a shaved-headed man in orange cloth with a red shawl and a second man in red-orange garb hold plates. On the right a woman in a maroon sari with gold border and rudraksha necklaces serves food. Brass-framed trays hold rice, curry and sambar, and a server in white stands at left with a ladle.2015-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor food service on a lawn. A smiling woman in a brown salwar kameez with a dark beaded mala, wearing clear plastic gloves, serves noodle-like snack from a steel tray at a long buffet. Beside her, several people in saffron-orange robes hold out round disposable plates for the food; one young man at right wears a rudraksha mala and glasses and smiles broadly. Behind the line, people in white clothing stand near a green gate and a red brick wall, and a golden ornamental structure with hanging tassels and garlands appears at upper right. Serving food to devotees suggests an annadan meal.2011-12-06A photograph of a community meal service under a white tent. A man with long swept-back black hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti with a gold border, multiple rudraksha malas and a gold ceremonial necklace, smiles while standing at the right beside a serving line. In the centre a bald young man in orange cloth and a red-orange shawl, with a tilak on his forehead, uses a ladle to serve yellow curry from a metal chafing dish. Beside him another person in an orange-red shawl and white gloves serves from a copper pot. A woman in a red shawl serves on the left, and a bald man in orange with rudraksha beads stands at the far right. Trays of cooked rice sit on the table, and more people in red and white attire stand in the background.2015-07-07 +1 copiesDecember 06 20112011-12-06November 25 20062006-11-25February 15 20132013-02-15May 29 20062006-05-29 +1 copiesDecember 06 20112011-12-06August 17 20142014-08-17 +1 copies