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Night photo of a crowded ashram food-serving scene. In the foreground at left, a person with long, swept-back pale hair and white clothing stands near a man with a white vertical tilak on his forehead. Behind them, a woman in a pink-and-purple sari with a headscarf and orange beaded necklace stands beside a shaven-headed boy in white holding a steel plate. A man in a white kurta with rudraksha mala and a woman in white stand nearby. Steel vessels and a large pot of food sit on a table, and a glowing orange light streak crosses the top of the frame.

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February 16 20072007-02-16A photograph of a crowded communal meal service at night under bright overhead tube lights. Volunteers in white clothes serve food from large steel pots and trays onto steel plates held by devotees; rice and flatbreads are visible on the plates. Many people in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris including a pink sari with a rudraksha mala, and a woman in a white head covering stand along a long serving line. A man in the foreground reaches out with a plate of rice and bread while a woman in a red top and white sari with an orange shawl stirs a pot. No a person candidate is clearly visible; the scene shows food distribution.2006-12-23July 17 20082008-07-17A night-time communal meal line under a open-sided tent with striped red, yellow and white drapes and strings of lights overhead. A woman in a white sari with a long braid stands at the front ladling food from a large steel pot, and another woman in white ladles from a second pot beside her. Devotees queue with steel plates; a young man in a black shirt and rudraksha-style beaded necklace holds a plate of rice, and a man in a grey shirt stands at right. Several women wear saris in white, orange and green, and a row of steel vessels sits on a table at left.2006-12-23June 26 20122012-06-26 +2 copiesA night-time communal food service under a colourful tarp canopy, with steel pots of rice and steel plates. A woman in white with a white shawl and a lanyard serves from a large pot. Beside her, a man in white with a head covering and gloves serves food, and a woman in a teal sari stands in the line. In the foreground a man in a white sleeveless vest and dhoti-style lungi, with a red tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha-style mala, holds out a steel plate. Nearby, people in white and a man with a lanyard wait and help. Visible people number roughly six to eight, serving annadan-style meal distribution.2012-04-06December 14 20072007-12-14January 08 20122012-01-08A photograph at night of a food distribution line. In the foreground an older woman with white hair, glasses and a salmon-coloured top with a patterned white sari-style skirt ladles cooked rice from a large steel pot onto plates. Behind her, another woman in a white sari stands at a second steel pot. A man in a white shirt and white knit cap holds a steel plate of rice. At right, a young man in a dark brown polo shirt wears a rudraksha mala and a vertical tilak, holding a plate. Further back, a woman in a red sari and others wait in line under dim lighting with a patterned cloth overhead.2006-12-23January 04 20102010-01-04 +1 copiesSeptember 09 20112011-09-09A photograph of a lunch serving line under a covered open-sided pavilion with an orange canopy and woven bamboo screens. Several young women in white tops with orange or beige sashes and dark-rimmed lanyards queue and receive food from steel plates, while a man in a white shirt and rudraksha mala in the right foreground serves from steel pots. Other volunteers in white shirts stand behind the counter, and a few more people line up in the background. Plates hold rice and yellow dal-style dishes. The atmosphere is a communal meal service at the Inner Healing training program.2006-10-07