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A covered veranda at an ashram with a stainless steel serving table in the foreground. A bearded man in white kurta and white dhoti stands at the table, serving from a steel pot while a man in a white t-shirt and navy trousers with a lanyard stands nearby holding papers. Seated on the left, men in white dhotis and lanyards sit on a bench; one older man drinks from a glass. Steel bowls and containers sit on the table. Red-tiled roof and pillars frame the scene.

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A photograph of a communal meal service in a plain white-walled hall with a barred window. Men in white shirts and dhotis serve food from a large steel pot onto steel plates on a long stainless-steel counter. A bearded man with a long white beard and a rudraksha mala stands in the centre holding a plate, next to a smiling young man in white. A man in spectacles and white clothes with a dark rudraksha mala holds a plate of food at right, beside a woman in an orange sari. Steel bowls of vegetables and rice sit on the counter, and another man bends over a large basin at left. Several people are visible in the background.2010-07-11September 01 20092009-09-01January 09 20102010-01-09Men in white shirts and white trousers serve a meal at an outdoor table beside a white-painted building in bright sunlight. Several servers wear rudraksha malas and name badges; one serves rice and curry onto a steel plate held by a bald man in a white striped shirt, while others ladle food from steel vessels. A man in a checked orange-and-cream shirt with a rudraksha mala and badge stands at right, and a woman in white is visible in the background, with more people behind the table.2005-11-30December 29 20082008-12-29October 27 20122012-10-27December 14 20062006-12-14December 29 20082008-12-29October 07 20062006-10-07June 18 20092009-06-18December 29 20082008-12-29A photograph inside an open-sided tent-like pavilion with an orange canvas roof, showing saffron-robed sannyasis seated at metal tables eating a meal from steel plates. One man with a full beard sits at the centre holding a white cup, and another with long hair in an orange robe eats from a plate at right. Two women in white saris with orange borders stand and serve nearby, one in a yellow shawl. Behind them are a wooden shelf with small items, an orange curtain and a framed picture on the white wall. The meal is an annadan-style feast for the monastics.2008-12-25