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A photograph of a crowded indoor food-service line in a hall with pillars and barred windows. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and shirt holds a steel plate, while another man in white dhoti stands beside him holding a plate and wearing glasses. To the right, young men in white shirts serve from large stainless steel vessels on a white-covered table, with food residue on the cloth. Several figures in orange and saffron robes stand in the background among others in white. The image is motion-blurred.

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A photograph of a serving line during a meal at an indoor hall. On the left, a smiling man with long dark hair, an orange turban and an orange robe with rudraksha beads serves rice from a steel bucket using clear plastic gloves. Beside him, an older man in a white kurta with a saffron-and-red cord around his neck, also gloved, serves from a steel pan. Two men in white shirts on the right hold steel plates of food and smile; a partly visible man in white is in the foreground. Scattered rice grains lie on the dark counter. Other people stand in the background.2006-12-15Indoor hall photo of a Maheshwara Puja food offering. Foreground: a woman in orange sannyasi robes with a dark rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark holds food in her hands. Beside her, women in orange saris and rudraksha malas hold food offerings. Behind, others in maroon and orange robes stand and sit near banana-leaf plates of food on a white table with water bottles. Wall posters and red drapes line the hall, and a man in white sits at left with hands folded.2016-02-23A photograph of a food serving line indoors. A figure in an orange turban and orange robe with a beaded trim, wearing clear plastic gloves, serves rice from a large steel pot using a ladle. Behind him, a man in a white shirt and cloth stands near steel vessels. At right, a bearded man in white with a red tilak on his forehead holds out a steel plate of cooked rice, and beside him a man in glasses and a striped shirt holds a steel plate. A woven basket sits at lower left. The orange-clad server's appearance with turban, long hair and orange robe is consistent with the page's reference to a person, so this is a probable match; he is serving food as an annadan activity.2006-12-15 +1 copiesPhotograph of a large crowded dining hall during a meal service, with many people in white clothes queued and seated at long tables. A man in the centre carries a steel tray of food, and attendants serve plates from steel containers. In the foreground a bald-headed sannyasi-style figure with long dark hair wears an orange wrap draped over the shoulders and back, facing away from the camera toward the server. Several men wear white kurtas and white dhotis; some wear orange shawls.2006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15A photograph of a serving line in a large indoor hall where men in white shirts and white trousers serve food onto steel plates from stainless steel trays. Several servers wear orange lanyards and some have rudraksha malas around their necks. One server in the foreground holds a plate of rice, yellow dal and green vegetables, while others use tongs and spoons to serve from the trays. A steel bucket with a yellow handle sits in front of the counter, and people wait in line behind, some in white and others in casual clothes. This appears to be a communal meal service, with servers wearing disposable plastic gloves.2009-08-13December 15 20062006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15December 15 20062006-12-15 +1 copiesDecember 14 20062006-12-14December 14 20072007-12-14September 09 20112011-09-09