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A photo of a dining or food-serving hall with yellow walls and a white ceiling. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with long dark hair tied up, white tilak marks on his forehead and arm, and a leopard-print cloth over his shoulder holds a large serving spoon over steel trays of rice. Beside him stands a shaven-headed man in an orange robe and rudraksha mala, watching the food. Behind them, people in white aprons and blue head coverings work at serving counters with steel pots, and a partially visible person in orange stands at left. The scene suggests annadan food service.

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A photograph of a food-serving moment in an ashram hall with yellow walls. A smiling man with a white vertical tilak and red bindi, wearing an orange robe over a leopard-print shawl and a black cord necklace, holds a silver staff with bells and a ladle over a large steel pot. Another man in a white shirt holds out a steel plate. Two men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand nearby; one at right holds a folded cloth. Background shows framed pictures and steel buckets.2012-09-20A photo of a serving line in a yellow-walled hall. A man with a white tilak on his forehead and tilak markings on his arms wears an orange-saffron cloth and a leopard-print shawl, and uses a long ladle to serve food from a large steel pot. Beside him a bald man in orange robes wears a long rudraksha mala and smiles while holding a steel plate. Behind them a younger man in white with an orange cloth stands near a row of silver bells on a stand, and a worker in a blue head cover and white shirt tends steel vessels in the background.2012-09-20A photograph of a food-serving event in a yellow-walled hall. A long-haired man in orange ochre robes and a heavy gold bead necklace reaches into a large steel pot of cooked rice, with a shaved-head monk in orange robes and a rudraksha mala beside him. Behind them a young man in an orange-and-white shawl watches. In the foreground devotees and volunteers in white, one wearing a blue hairnet, crowd around the serving pots and a steel tray of prasad. Swamiji (probable): the long-haired man in orange robes, gold bead necklace and bare shoulder, serving food, matches the page's claim that Swamiji was present.2012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20Indoor food-serving scene in a hall with yellow-painted walls and ceiling fans. A long-haired man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold bead necklace and a red forehead mark, smiles while reaching toward a large steel pot of cooked white rice. Beside him, a bald man in orange robes wears a rudraksha mala and stands close to the steel serving counter. Behind them, volunteers in white clothes and blue hair nets serve food from steel pots, and a man in a white shirt holds a steel plate. Several other people stand nearby, and a cameraman films at the left edge.2012-09-20A photograph inside a yellow-walled dining hall where a man with long swept-back black hair, bare-shouldered in an orange-saffron cloth, wears multiple gold beaded necklaces and serves rice from a steel pot held by a helper. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a tilak stands smiling. Women in blue head caps and white saris work at serving counters behind them, and a man in white stands at left. Steel vessels line the counter, with people in the foreground partly visible. The probable Swamiji cues are long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and gold beaded necklaces, and he is shown serving food in the hall.2012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20December 20 20122012-12-20 +1 copiesSeptember 20 20122012-09-20A photograph of a community food service in a yellow-walled dining hall. A long-haired man in an orange-red dhoti-style wrap with layered gold beaded necklaces is serving cooked rice from a large steel pot with a ladle, smiling. Behind the counter, women in white and cream saris and blue hair nets are handing out food and carrying a woven basket. On the left, a shaved-headed man in orange cloth and rudraksha beads watches. Several devotees in white and orange clothing hold steel plates. Stainless steel pots line the left wall. Visible people: about ten.2012-09-20 +2 copies