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A young man in a white t-shirt and an orange-red shawl with dark lettering stands centre-frame holding a stainless steel plate of food with both hands, with an orange lanyard and ID badge around his neck. Behind him, several people in white clothes and orange lanyards serve food from steel trays at a counter; one woman in the background holds a tray overhead.

A man in a white t-shirt stands in a pink-walled hall holding a steel tray with green banana leaves. He wears a red and blue beaded necklace and a rudraksha bracelet on his upper arm, and smiles toward the camera. Behind him, other people in white and red clothing move in the background near an orange doorway.

A photograph of a serving line where a bald man with a red tilak on his forehead wears a white kurta, an orange-red shawl, and an orange lanyard with a white badge, holding a white plate with a flatbread or pancake. Beside him an older man in a white cap and orange jacket with gold bangles reaches toward the food. On the right a man in a striped shirt with an orange tilak watches the line. Other people stand in the background near tables and a wall banner.

A photograph in a bright hall with cream walls, red curtains and framed religious pictures. Two men stand close together smiling at the camera. The man on the left wears a white kurta with a red tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala, and an orange lanyard; he holds a steel plate of food. The younger man on the right wears a white t-shirt, an orange lanyard with an ID badge, and holds a second steel plate of food. Behind them an older man in white and another person in white stand near a food serving counter.

A photograph of devotees serving themselves a meal at a buffet line in a bright, pale-walled hall. A woman with a long brown ponytail in a white kurta and a red sash leans over steel chafing trays, holding a tray with food. Beside her, a bald man in white clothes and a red sash serves from another tray, and a man in white with an orange lanyard holds a plate with vegetables and a red cup. Other people in white clothing and red sashes stand nearby, some holding red mugs.

2013-03-29 +1 copies

A food service line at an ashram event where volunteers serve meals from steel trays at a buffet of brass-framed serving stands. A young man in a white shirt with an orange wrist thread holds a plate of rice and stands at the counter. A woman volunteer in a white t-shirt with a red lanyard watches, and in the foreground a man in a white hairnet and a red-and-white cloth draped over his shoulder serves food with a ladle. A woman in a yellow top stands at the right edge. Steel containers of curry and rice sit on the counter. No a person candidate is visible.

A photograph of volunteers serving food at a long brass serving counter in a bright hall with a wooden ceiling and fans. In the foreground a young man in a white kurta with gold dragon embroidery and a dark rudraksha mala stands at the counter, placing food onto white plates. Behind him a second man in white with a red-orange shawl serves from a brass chafing dish, and another man in white stands at the left edge. A white cloth is held in the foreground. Three people are visible.

2015-07-01 +1 copies

A communal annadan serving line in a bright indoor hall. A bald man in orange saffron robes with long rudraksha malas stands at left holding a steel plate of food. Beside him, two young men in white dhotis with saffron borders and rudraksha malas hold steel plates; the one in the centre has a sandalwood or kumkum mark on his forehead. Women in white saris and hairnets serve from copper and steel vessels on a long table, with brass arched railings and pink flowers in the foreground.

Annadhan in 2013

2013-01-01 +1 copies

Annadhan in 2013

2013-01-01 +1 copies

October 23 2012

Devotees seated cross-legged on the floor of a hall with a red cloth mat, eating a shared meal from stainless steel thalis. In the foreground a young man with shoulder-length light brown hair, wearing a white kurta and a thin dark pendant necklace and wooden bead bracelet, picks rice and vegetable dishes from his tray. Behind him two men in white kurtas and red sashes eat from their own trays, and another man in white sits at the right edge. The setting suggests an annadan-style communal meal in an ashram hall.