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A group of women and men serve food in a plain whitewashed hall with a barred window. A woman in a grey-and-silver sari on the left holds a foil tray, while a woman in a mint-green blouse and pale yellow sari scoops rice from a steel bowl. Others in white saris with coloured borders and a man in a white shirt carry foil trays of food. A yellow-and-red banner on the wall shows temple photographs. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person.

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Annadhan in 20092009-01-01A photograph of women in a bare white-walled hall serving food at a seated meal. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with a yellow border and a red-orange shawl looks down, a red bindi on her forehead. Beside her a woman in a cream sari with green borders and an orange shawl holds food in her hands, and a woman with a long braid and orange shawl reaches forward to serve. Many women in cream and yellow-bordered saris with orange shawls stand along rows of banana-leaf plates and metal tumblers on the floor. Shaven-headed men in white dhotis appear in the background. Ceiling lights and small wall-mounted lamps light the room.2011-03-05A dining hall scene where a line of women in sarees stands at a long steel serving counter, holding out stainless steel plates and bowls to be served food. Foreground: a woman in an orange and cream saree with a long braid bends over the counter; behind her a woman in a pink saree and a woman in a white blouse and cream saree wait. Further back, a woman in a yellow saree and a woman in a white saree with gold border and eyeglasses stand in line, with a woman in a blue saree at the far right. Pink tiled pillars, windows and ceiling fans frame the room.2006-12-14A photograph of a community meal service in a bare, white-walled hall with tall windows. In the foreground a smiling young woman in a white top and orange-yellow skirt holds a leaf plate of food. Beside her, a woman in a white salwar-style top and white shawl holds a plate, while a man in white dhoti and white shirt, wearing transparent gloves, ladles rice from a large steel pot. Several other men in white shirts and white dhotis stand in a queue, and a man in a blue shirt stands at the back. A woman in a red-and-orange sari stands at the left edge. Steel vessels of food sit on the counter in the lower part of the frame.2009-07-12September 20 20122012-09-20August 21 20162016-08-21A photograph inside a plain white-walled hall of women in ritual dress, standing in rows and offering food. Women in cream and white saris with gold borders and orange-red shawls hold brass-coloured plates of yellow offerings toward small leaf-plated offerings on the floor. A woman on the right wears a white forehead mark, a white blouse-free sari-style wrap in green and cream, and an orange shawl, holding offerings in both hands. Other women in white kurtas, maroon and orange saris stand in the background near windows with cream curtains. No a person candidate is visible; all people are devotees.2011-03-05A photograph inside an open-sided thatched pavilion where people are serving food from steel plates. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a gold border holds a steel plate and serving spoon, and a man in a white shirt on the right ladles orange food from a steel plate. Other women in a green sari and a pink-purple sari are also holding steel plates. Behind them, young men in white kurtas with orange shawls and beaded necklaces stand among white plastic chairs, with a thatched hut and trees visible through the open walls.2007-02-15August 25 20142014-08-25A photograph of an ashram dining hall where volunteers in white and cream clothing serve food from steel chafing dishes along a counter. A woman in a white dress with gold border and gloves ladles yellow-green vegetable dish, while a young girl in a yellow top with a long braid holds a plate at the right. Others in white kurtas and saris move through the room, with seated diners and white plastic chairs in the background, plain white walls and tubelights overhead. No identifiable a person candidate is visible.2009-06-17A seated group of devotees eats a meal from metal thalis in a hall. Most wear white or cream clothes with rust-red shawls and beaded rudraksha-style malas; some wear white head coverings. A woman in front left holds a plate of food, a woman in green and white at centre left eats, and a bespectacled woman with curly hair on the right eats from a steel plate with small bowls. Behind them, standing attendants in white serve food and carry trays of prasad, and a boy in a red garment on the left holds a plate. A red curtain hangs at the far left.2014-09-13January 29 20162016-01-29