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A photograph of a buffet-style breakfast serving line in a bright white-walled hall. Several people in white clothes with red and orange lanyards serve food from large steel pots onto plates and small bowls. A man in a white t-shirt and grey trousers holds a plate of food at left, while a woman in a grey patterned kurta with a red lanyard uses a ladle at a steel pot in the foreground. Other servers stand behind them, and a red curtain hangs in a window. Several dishes are arranged on a floral tablecloth, including bowls of yellow dal-like food and pale sauce.

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A serving line at a dining hall, with stainless steel pots of food on a floral-patterned tablecloth. In the foreground, a man in a white t-shirt with a rudraksha mala and red lanyard badge holds a steel plate of food. Beside him, a woman in a white striped kurta with a yellow lanyard ladles food from a large pot of brown curry or dal, and another woman in white ladles from a pot behind her. Rows of small steel bowls of sweet or pudding-like food and a bowl of yellow custard sit along the table. Several other volunteers in white clothing and aprons work along the line in the background.2009-07-02A serving line in a plain white-walled hall where volunteers in white clothes with red lanyards serve food from large stainless steel pots onto metal plates. Several women and men in white stand behind a long table draped with a floral cloth, ladling dal and rice. In the foreground a young girl in a white polka-dot top reaches for a plate, and a woman in a yellow top holds a steel plate of salad and fried bread. An orange curtain hangs in the background window, and a purple logo appears at lower left. This appears to be an annadan meal service.2009-12-10A photograph of devotees serving a communal meal in an ashram dining hall. Several men and women in white kurta-style clothes and white shirts line a long table draped in a floral cloth, ladling dal, curry and white sauce from steel pots into steel plates. One man in the foreground holds a steel thali with dal, rice, bread and sliced raw vegetables. Red curtains hang at the window behind. A man in white with glasses and a rudraksha mala stands at the right. No one is identifiable as a person in this scene.2009-08-29A motion-blurred photograph of a communal meal line in a bright hall with white walls. In the foreground, a woman in white with glasses and an orange-green checked shawl holds a steel plate of rice and curry. Beside her, a man in white with a dark beaded mala and an ID badge on a lanyard serves from a plate, while a young woman in white with a yellow shawl with gold border ladles food from a steel pot on a serving counter. Many other people in white clothing stand in line behind them, with a purple dove logo visible on the wall. The scene suggests an annadan style serving of food.2008-10-12A busy communal meal service in a whitewashed hall. Women in white aprons and clear plastic gloves serve food from large stainless steel pots on a counter, ladling rice, a milky dish and orange vegetable curry onto plates. Devotees queue along the counter holding steel plates of rice, puri and orange curry. A woman in a pink salwar kameez with a salmon dupatta and a man in white with an ID badge stand in line, and an elderly woman in glasses holds a plate. A woman in a red and pink kurta and another in a blue top look on. A woman in an orange sari sits at the far right edge. Small paper cups are stacked beside the pots and red ventilation blocks sit high on the wall.2010-02-21June 21 20092009-06-21December 17 20092009-12-17August 29 20092009-08-29November 22 20112011-11-22 +1 copiesA food service line in a decorated hall with white draped ceiling and terracotta lattice windows. Women in white garments with orange shawls serve rice, curry and a creamy dish from steel pots on a floral-patterned cloth-covered table. A woman in an orange and yellow shawl holds a steel plate of rice and curry, and a woman in a pink sari stands beside her. A man in a white t-shirt with an event badge and other attendees stand in the background. A painted decorative pillar with an elephant motif is visible at right. Several people appear in the frame, with some partially visible.2010-02-21Annadhan in 20112011-01-01A serving line of stainless steel pots with lids on a red-draped table in a plain room with a white wall and open doorway. A woman in a white saree with an orange shawl, hair in a long braid, uses a ladle to serve food from a large pot. Another woman in a lavender patterned top with a dark shawl and blue lanyard stands behind the line. At right, a man in a white shirt with a blue lanyard holds out a steel plate while other hands reach toward the food.2011-07-31