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Several women in orange scarves serve food in an indoor hall with a plain cream arched wall and wooden floor. In the foreground a large stainless steel pot holds yellow rice, with a ladle resting in it. Behind it, a woman in a white top and orange scarf holds a steel tray of small bowls while others stand at chafing dishes of curry and rice. A younger woman in a white and pink top with an orange scarf stands at right, holding a steel vessel. Annadan food service at an ashram-style dining event.

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Five women in orange shawls stand in a row behind a serving table, serving food from large stainless steel pots. The nearest woman in a white top and patterned skirt holds a ladle over a large pot of white rice with a spoon. Behind her, a woman in a pink floral kurta and a red bindi serves from a pot of yellow dal, and others hold steel plates and trays. Transparent plastic gloves are worn by the servers. The setting is an indoor hall with a beige arched wall and a wooden chair at right. No one wears a crown, saffron robes, or rudraksha mala cues associated with the swami, so no a person candidate is present.2008-06-29A photograph of volunteers serving food in an indoor hall with wooden flooring and a cream arched wall. Several women wear orange scarves over white, pink, and grey tops, some in gloves, and they ladle rice and food from large stainless steel pots on a red-covered table. Steel plates are stacked nearby. A man in a white shirt and orange scarf stands at right beside a wooden side table, and a figure in a red-checked garment stands in the background. This appears to be an annadan style communal meal service.2008-06-29Women volunteers in white tops and orange scarves serve food in a hall with a wooden floor and cream walls. A young woman in a pink top and patterned skirt wears transparent gloves and spoons rice from a large steel pot on a red-covered table. An older woman with white hair holds a steel plate, and other volunteers in orange shawls, including a man in jeans at right, continue serving at a counter. Steel serving trays rest at left.2008-06-29June 29 20082008-06-29A photograph of women serving food in an indoor hall with wooden flooring and cream-coloured walls. Several women wear orange shawls over white or pastel tops, and some wear plastic gloves. A large steel pot of rice sits on a red-covered table, and a woman in the foreground with white hair and an orange shawl holds a steel plate of rice. Other women hold ladles, bowls and steel trays, and a large window with cream vertical blinds lines the right side. The scene looks like a communal kitchen service, possibly annadan.2008-06-29A photograph of a communal meal service in a hall with white walls and a tiled counter. Several women in white and orange clothing serve food from large steel pots using ladles and tongs, filling metal plates with rice and vegetable dishes. A woman in the foreground wearing a striped top, glasses, gold bangles and a dark beaded necklace holds a plate of rice. Other women wear white saris and salwar kameez in pink, green and white, some with beaded necklaces. Gloves are worn by the servers. A few people stand near a doorway at the left background. No a person candidate is visible.2010-02-21November 25 20062006-11-25A serving line of food in a plain room with barred windows and a wooden table. A man in white shirt and white trousers ladles rice from a steel pot and dal or sambar from a large copper-coloured pot. Behind him a man in a white shirt holds a white foam plate, and a man in a striped shirt with an orange scarf holds a plate of rice and curry. A woman in a blue sari with an orange scarf and a forehead mark holds a plate of rice, curry and side dishes. Several people wear orange scarves, and a steel pot of vegetable rice sits in the foreground. The scene shows food being served to devotees.2009-10-12A night-time food service line where a woman in a white and beige sari with an orange-red shawl serves yellow rice from a steel pot with a ladle, while another server in white stands beside her. Stainless steel pots hold yellow rice and a dark vegetable dish. Women and girls with white forehead markings and ornaments line up holding steel plates, one in a turquoise sari and one in a white polka-dot top. A woman in an orange sari and a man in white stand in the background. The scene suggests communal food distribution.2011-10-26 +1 copiesFebruary 26 20132013-02-26 +2 copiesA kitchen scene during the preparation of naivedyam offerings. Two young women in white clothes with gold borders stand at a steel counter. The woman in the centre wears an orange-red shawl and a rudraksha mala, and is ladling yellow-orange food from a large steel pot into a steel plate held by the woman on the right, who wears a yellow shawl and bangles and smiles. Another person in white is partly visible at the left edge, and a steel container of pale food sits in the foreground. Behind them are white tiled walls, a cabinet top with steel canisters, a tall steel water urn, and yellow curtains.2009-10-17December 11 20092009-12-11