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A photo of a communal meal service in a plain white-walled hall with red curtains and a wall clock. Stacks of stainless steel plates sit on a table draped with a fringed cloth, and a large pot stands behind them. A man in white kurta and garland stands at the serving table holding a plate, while another in white helps serve from the pot. A man in an orange t-shirt with a garland and identity badge stands at right, beside an older man in white shirt and glasses. Several other people in white clothes and orange shawls move about in the background.

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Photograph of a serving area in a kitchen or dining hall with white-tiled walls, red curtains and a wall clock. In the foreground, a man in white clothes wearing a white flower garland holds a stainless steel tray while a young man in white with an apron serves from a large black pot and steel containers. Several other people in white clothes and orange-red shawls stand behind the counter, and a woman with blonde hair wears gloves while serving. The scene shows annadan-style communal food service in the ashram kitchen.2009-06-01June 01 20092009-06-01A photograph of a communal meal line in an indoor hall with pale tiled walls. A woman with blonde hair tied back, wearing a white sari with a gold border and an orange shawl, serves food from a large black insulated pot with a ladle. Several men and women in white clothing hold steel plates and wait in line. A man with a white garland and white kurta holds a steel plate, another man in a white shirt has a garland, and an older man in a white shirt on the right holds a plate in front of an orange garment. The line of people includes about six to eight visible people.2009-06-01A photo of an annadan style communal meal in a plain white hall with yellow curtains and ceiling fans. A man in an orange shirt with a rudraksha-style cord stands at left, serving from a long steel counter filled with metal pans and bowls. Several people in white clothes, including a man in a white shirt and a woman in white with a pink dupatta, wait in line holding steel plates to receive food. Others sit at tables at the back.2009-07-23August 29 20092009-08-29June 01 20092009-06-01June 01 20092009-06-01June 01 20092009-06-01A photo of an ashram dining hall where volunteers serve a communal meal from steel pots onto plates on a long buffet table covered with a floral cloth. In the foreground a man in a white kurta wears a red and white beaded necklace and rudraksha-style mala and serves food with a ladle. Beside him an elderly man in a cream sweater and grey trousers and a woman in a pink shawl and glasses also serve. Long tables with floral cloths and seated diners fill the background under ceiling fans and white walls.2009-12-17October 23 20122012-10-23A photograph of a food service line in a plain room with orange-red walls and barred windows. A man in a white kurta and orange shawl ladles rice from a steel pot into a white foam plate, and another man in a white kurta serves curry from a large dark pot. A man in a striped shirt and orange shawl holds a plate of food, an older man in white with an orange shawl holds a plate, and a bald man in a grey top with a yellow-and-orange shawl stands in the foreground. Steel trays and stacked white plates sit on a wooden table.2009-10-12August 21 20092009-08-21