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Outdoor photo of a group preparing vegetables on a large round steel tray placed on a pink and white floral cloth. A man in an orange-brown ochre dhoti and shawl with gold border sits barefoot, slicing green beans with a knife, and a person is present with long swept-back hair and a gold necklace. Around him women in white head coverings and orange-red saris cut produce, and children in orange clothing sit and watch on a concrete step. Carrots and green beans lie on the tray.

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November 15 20132013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15Outdoor food-preparation scene in a community setting. A seated man in a rust-red dhoti with gold border and a thin orange shawl sits cross-legged on a concrete step, smiling, with a red tilak on his forehead; he has long dark hair and gold ornaments, so he is a person candidate, though the frame is partly cropped. Around him, devotees in red and orange robes and bare-chested men with shaved heads sit on the ground slicing green vegetables and carrots on large round steel trays. Behind them, a row of boys and girls in orange robes and rudraksha malas stands watching, several raising hands. Trees and a pole are in the background.2013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15A group of people in orange and saffron clothing gathered outdoors for a food preparation activity. A man in the centre, bare-chested with a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl and a gold necklace, bends forward and chops green vegetables on a large round steel tray. Beside him a woman wearing a white hairnet and rudraksha mala cuts vegetables, and another woman in a pink sari with a hairnet reaches into the tray. Several children and young boys in orange robes sit and stand behind them, watching. Chopped green beans and orange carrot pieces fill the tray, which rests on a floral cloth on a concrete platform, with a green tree behind.2013-11-15Outdoor photo of a group of ashram residents preparing vegetables. A central figure with shaved head wearing a reddish-brown dhoti with gold border and bare upper body sits on a raised stone platform, smiling, with bare feet, bangles and rudraksha-style beads visible. Around him, people in saffron-orange clothes and white head caps sit on the ground cutting okra and green beans on a large silver tray with a floral cloth. A raised hand gestures on the left. Behind them, many children and youths in saffron or orange tunics and rudraksha malas stand watching, some with arms crossed. Green foliage and a pole are in the background.2013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15A group of people in orange-saffron clothing prepare vegetables for communal cooking, seated around a large round steel tray on a pink floral cloth. A figure at the centre, bare-chested with a saffron dhoti, slices green chillies and okra with a knife, while women in orange sarees and white hair nets chop carrots, onions and other vegetables nearby. Several children in orange tunics and rudraksha malas stand and sit at the edge, watching. The setting appears outdoors beside a stone platform with greenery behind.2013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15Outdoor photo of a group preparing food on a large round steel tray set on a pink floral cloth. A bare-chested man with swept-back dark hair, wearing a rust-brown dhoti with a gold border, crouches over the tray chopping green vegetables with a knife. Nearby, a woman in a white hairnet and rust-orange robe with gold trim cuts vegetables, and orange carrots fill the tray's front. Around them, many young children in orange kurtas and black shirts sit and stand, some with shaved heads and rudraksha malas, watching and reaching toward a white pole. Trees and a clear sky are behind them.2013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15