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Outdoor serving scene at a programme with a red carpet and white plastic chairs under a tent. Several women in cream and white saris and a girl in a pink-and-white salwar kameez hand out food from a steel bowl of cooked rice on a wooden table. Paper cups or leaf plates are stacked nearby, and steel bowls of flowers sit on the table. Behind them a dark green banner with large sunflower prints and a red-gold ornate iron gate frame the scene. Several other women stand in the background.

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A photograph of a serving line under a tent at an ashram event. On the left, a boy in white shirt and white dhoti, with glasses and a rudraksha-style mala, stands beside two women in white saris with coloured borders; one holds a plate and another serves from a steel bowl of red petals or sweets on a wooden table. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at the table. To the right, a line of young men in plaid and striped shirts and trousers waits barefoot on a red carpet, holding plates or paper, beneath a striped tent canopy with pink and yellow sunflower-patterned backdrops and green matting beyond.2006-09-17A photograph of a community meal service under a canopy hung with gold and red draped fabric and strings of marigold garlands. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with an orange border and rudraksha mala holds a steel plate of white rice and fried items, while a woman in a white sari with gold border ladles rice from a large steel bucket. Behind them other women and men in white and dark clothing stand at a serving counter with steel vessels. Tube lights are fixed on the draped poles.2006-12-27A large outdoor annadan meal under a canopy of red, yellow and blue draped tents with yellow fringe. Many devotees, mostly women in white and cream saris with gold borders, queue at long steel serving tables holding plates of food. A woman in the foreground on the left wears a black and white patterned top and holds a plate and a paper cup. A woman in the front centre wears a white sari with a vertical tilak mark on her forehead and a gold nose stud. Servers in white shirts and head caps stand behind the serving counters on the right, ladling food. Plates of red-tinged food and steel bowls sit on the tables. Roughly several dozen people are visible.2016-01-31A photograph of a community food distribution under a tent with red, yellow and gold draped fabric. Women in saris, one in a teal and yellow sari with a beaded necklace, serve rice from large steel pots and stainless steel trays. A man in a white shirt stands behind the serving line handing out food, and a girl in pink in the right foreground watches. Other people in white and pastel clothing stand in the background under the tent, with palm trees visible beyond the awning.2006-12-30Outdoor food service under a tent with orange and multicoloured bunting overhead. Women in white and gold-bordered saris and a woman in a white lace-patterned churidar with a white dupatta and name badge serve food from large steel pots onto steel plates. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis stand in the line, and other people move through the crowded covered area.2009-01-24Outdoor food service at an ashram event. A row of devotees in white clothes serve food from steel vessels on a long table, ladling yellow rice into leaf plates held by women in cream and pale blue saris. A man in white on the left wears a lanyard badge, and a girl in a red-and-white uniform stands at the table. Red and orange draped cloth hangs behind the stall, with trees and a building in the background.2007-12-30November 27 20122012-11-27A long open-sided tent with a red and orange patterned canopy and striped side valances shelters a serving line for a communal meal. Devotees in white clothes stand shoulder to shoulder along metal serving vessels and leaf plates, with men in white shirts and women in white saris bordered in gold. A woman in the foreground wears a dark rudraksha-style mala and gold bangles, holding a plate. Several people hold clay or brass plates of food, and other devotees and onlookers stand beyond the line under the tent.2009-07-26A 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.2010-02-21A food service scene at an outdoor serving area. Several volunteers stand behind steel vessels filled with cooked rice and serve portions onto steel plates held by people at the lower left and bottom. A man in a white shirt with an ID badge and a woman in a plain white sari with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace serve from pots. A woman in a white-and-green sari with a white tilak on her forehead and an ID badge serves from a second pot on the right. A man in a yellow shirt stands at left, and figures in white clothing are visible in the background. A purple cloth hangs at the right edge.2008-03-06A food distribution line at an outdoor annadan serving tent during a festival. Several women in white saris with gold borders and pale blue head-caps and plastic gloves scoop food from steel pans onto steel plates. Rudraksha malas hang around the neck of the woman at left, and a black bead mala is visible on another. A man in a checked shirt and shoulder cloth holds out a plate at right, and a child stands beside him. A striped festive bunting runs along the tent top. No a person candidate is clearly visible in this frame.2012-11-27September 17 20062006-09-17