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A kitchen service scene in a large steel-equipped cooking area with pink tiled walls and many steel vessels. A figure in an orange-saffron robe with an orange head wrap and rudraksha beads stands at a steel counter, reaching toward a girl in a pink and blue dress who is receiving food. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis carry steel plates of prasad and food. Women in white and cream saris and salwar, with long braided hair, stand in a line watching. A woman in a blue and white sari and another in pale orange are visible at right. The scene is one of food distribution, annadan style, in the ashram kitchen.

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A kitchen scene with stainless steel counters and large steel cooking pots. A woman in a saffron-orange sari and orange head wrap, wearing clear plastic gloves, handles food at a steel counter while smiling. Beside her, a man in white shirt and white trousers with a beaded necklace holds a steel bowl of cooked food toward a woman with a bun in a white sari with an orange border, who reaches out her hands. Other people, many in white and pastel saris, stand and sit around the room. A pink tiled wall and a notice are behind them.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A busy communal kitchen or dining hall where volunteers serve food from large steel pots and trays. A central figure in an orange-saffron robe with a matching orange head wrap stands at a steel serving counter, smiling and handing food to people. Around him, volunteers in white and orange-shawled white shirts stand in lines, and women in white, orange, grey and yellow saris with long braids serve or wait. Steel pots and a steel tray with orange-red kumkum-like marks sit on the counter. Tiled pink walls and a green-and-purple corner of a visitor's sari appear in the frame.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A kitchen serving line at an event hall, with steel vessels and cooking pots behind the counter. A smiling woman in an orange saffron sari with an orange head wrap serves food from a steel bowl to the people in front of her. Men and women in white clothes stand around the line, several wearing orange shawls and lanyards with ID badges. Women in white and pastel saris with long braids watch and wait. A pink tiled wall and a small notice are visible in the background.2006-12-15A crowded indoor kitchen or dining hall with pinkish tiled walls, a ceiling fan and large steel vessels along the back counter. Many people mill about, mostly women in white and cream saris with long braided hair, some wearing lanyards, plus men in white shirts and saffron scarves. A woman in a saffron robe with an orange head wrap stands centre-left among them, apparently serving or guiding. Stainless steel trays of food sit on a counter in the foreground. Several people carry steel plates.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15Indoor photo in a hall with pink-tiled walls, ceiling fans and barred windows. On the left, a man in an orange saffron robe and orange head wrap, with long dark hair and a beard, wears clear plastic gloves and hands out small white sweets from a plate; Swamiji (probable) by his long hair, orange head wrap and saffron robe. Beside him a man in white shirt and white trousers with a beaded necklace and an ID badge stands near. A man in a white shirt and trousers stands behind, and a woman in a pink salwar suit with a white dupatta reaches forward with cupped hands to receive the sweets. Two women in cream and grey sarees with ID badges, and a woman in a green saree, watch from the right, with more people behind them.2006-12-15A photograph of a busy institutional kitchen with steel vessels and large pots along the back counters, and pink tiled walls. A woman in an orange sari with a head covering stands at left, serving food from a steel tray, with a lean young man in an orange shawl and rudraksha beside her. Several men in white shirts and a man in a white kurta with an orange shawl stand near the center, and a man in white kurta and orange shawl holds a video camera at right. Women in saris, including one in yellow and one in purple, queue with steel plates and bowls, many with long braided hair.2006-12-15Indoor photograph of a crowd in a kitchen-like hall with tiled walls and steel pots. In the left foreground a smiling person in saffron-orange clothing with an orange turban, rudraksha beads and a wrap stands among devotees, handing something to a woman with a long plaited braid. Around them, men in white shirts and white dhotis wear orange shawls, and women in white and patterned saffron-and-blue saris with long braids stand in a semicircle.2006-12-15A photograph of a crowded indoor dining hall with pink tiled walls, a ceiling fan and fluorescent lights. A man in an orange turban and orange-saffron garment stands at a steel serving counter, smiling and handing food to a line of people. Nearby, men in white shirts and dhotis wear orange shawls, and women in white and lavender saris and braided hair stand holding steel plates. A cameraman with a video camera films at the right edge. Several people are visible, not an exact count of crowd size.2006-12-15