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A photograph of a food-serving line in a yellow-walled room. In the foreground, a young man in orange robes and rudraksha beads holds a steel plate, and beside him a man in an orange wrap with a leopard-print cloth and white tilak on his forehead and arm pours rice from a large steel pot into plates. Behind them, another orange-robed man ladles food and a man in a white shirt and blue hairnet serves from pots on a steel counter. On the right, an elderly white-bearded man in a white shirt holds out a steel plate of rice to be filled. Stainless steel vessels, pots and plates of cooked rice fill the counter.

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September 09 20112011-09-09A photograph of an annadan food-serving line in a plain, unfinished hall with grey concrete walls and a corrugated metal roof. A bald man in a white dhoti and a purple sacred thread stands at the left, ladling food from a steel pot. Beside him an older man in white serves rice from a steel bowl. Behind them a man with a pink-and-white flower garland and a man in white with a rudraksha mala watch. On the right, an elderly bearded man with grey hair and white forehead marks, wearing an orange saffron cloth, holds a steel plate of rice and curry. A colourful woven hanging is on the right wall. Several people are visible in the background, including a woman in white. Steel pots and stacked plates fill the counter.2011-09-09A photograph of a serving line in a plain, unfinished concrete-walled room with a window and a hanging woven cloth at upper right. Several men in saffron and white ritual clothes serve food from steel pots and trays onto plates. A bald man in white with a rudraksha mala stands at left, and a man in saffron with a pink and yellow flower garland stands centre, serving rice with a ladle. An older bearded sannyasi in saffron with long grey hair holds out a steel plate to receive food at right, while other saffron-robed men wait behind him. Steel pots of rice and dal sit on the stainless counter.2011-09-09September 09 20112011-09-09A photograph of a food-serving scene in a plain grey-walled room. On the right, an elderly white-bearded man with a bare chest and red-brown rudraksha malas over his shoulders ladles food from a steel pot into a steel plate. Beside him, a bald man with glasses wears white dhoti-style clothing and a rudraksha mala, and another bald man in white stands behind him. On the left, a man in an orange cloth and a woman in a pink flower garland and dark hair stand near steel pots of white rice-like food. A man in white clothes is also serving from a steel vessel in the foreground. Additional people stand in the background, including a woman in a white top. No readable text appears in the scene.2011-09-09Photo of a food distribution line under a thatched roof. On the left, a bald man in saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and white forehead markings uses a ladle to serve yellow rice from a steel pot. On the right, an elderly bearded sadhu with long white hair, white ash markings and an orange cloth holds out a plate of yellow rice. Behind them, people in white clothes stand beside steel vessels of food, with a tin-lined kettle and plates visible.2011-05-27Photo of a food-serving line in a hall with yellow-orange walls and ceiling fans. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an ornate gold necklace of large beads, rudraksha mala and orange-saffron robe, stands at the serving counter; this figure matches Swamiji (probable) by long hair, ornate gold necklace and saffron clothing. Beside him a shaved-headed attendant in orange robe and rudraksha mala serves rice. Servers in blue hairnets and white clothes ladle rice and curry from steel pots onto steel plates held by women in orange and red saris.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.2012-09-20A photograph of an annadan free-meal service at a serving counter under a corrugated roof beside an orange wall. Two young sannyasis in saffron-orange robes, rudraksha malas and bead bracelets, wearing hairnets, spoon food from steel trays into plates. Devotees queue: a man in a light blue striped shirt holds a plate of rice, another man in a white shirt serves from the far side, and a man in a white dhoti with a gold border stands at right. Stainless steel warmers hold rice, sambar-style dishes and vegetables.2017-03-11 +1 copiesSeptember 20 20122012-09-20A photograph inside a bare, plastered hall where people serve food from a stainless steel counter. A central figure in saffron-orange robes wears a long marigold and orange flower garland and holds a serving ladle over a steel pot. Around him, several men in orange sannyasi cloth and white dhoti-and-shawl attire stand or serve, one bald man in white holds a ladle over a metal bucket, and a man in a white dhoti stacks steel plates. A small window glows behind them. The scene looks like a communal meal service. Appearance-based candidate for a person is present in the saffron robes and flower garland, but the face and build are not clear enough to confirm identity, so the status is unsure.2011-09-09Indoor photo of a food-serving line in an unfinished concrete hall with blue-and-orange patterned hangings. Saffron-robed sadhus stand at steel counters, one with curly hair and a white forehead mark ladling food from a large steel pot onto steel plates. An older man in a cream shawl and white beard stands beside them. On the right, a smiling man wears a large pink flower garland and an orange shawl with gold-bead necklaces. Behind, white-clad men in dhotis with bare upper bodies and tripundra marks help serve, and women in white saris are visible in the background. Orange-yellow food.2011-09-09