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Outdoor street scene at a roadside food counter with a concrete ledge and shuttered shops behind. A woman with long dark hair and an orange saffron wrap sits at right, smiling, and serves rice from a steel pot. Beside her, a man in a blue shirt with glasses and rudraksha mala watches, and a young man in a white t-shirt with rudraksha mala stands serving from steel containers. At left, a man with a shaved head and white clothes stands with a bald companion. Stacks of white paper plates are at right. Hindi lettering is painted on the wall and shutters, and a shirtless man wearing an orange shawl in the foreground holds a plate.

May 22 2006

A photograph of an outdoor breakfast serving line near a white building with orange-trimmed roof, trees and hillside houses behind. In the foreground a young man with long swept-back dark hair and a bare chest wears an orange cloth wrap and holds a ladle over a large steel pot, serving food onto a white paper plate. Beside him an older man in white shirt and orange cloth serves from another pot. Behind, several people in orange shawls, one in an orange cap, hold plates of food. A man on the right in orange wrap, checked shirt and rudraksha mala holds a plate with a round bread and rice. The attendees stand in a shared serving line, with metal containers and plates arranged on a counter.

A photograph of an outdoor food distribution on a roadside ledge in front of a shuttered shop with peeling walls. A man in a white kurta with rudraksha mala serves rice from a steel pot. A bespectacled man in a blue polo shirt with a rudraksha mala serves from a second steel pot. A figure with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron shawl over bare shoulders and a red tilak, kneels at the right serving rice onto a plate. Two women and a child in the foreground receive the food, one in a pink top with a rudraksha mala. Stacked disposable plates sit at right beside a wall painted with the words 'KING OF'. Swamiji (probable) is visible in the saffron-clad server with long hair and a shawl, serving annadan.

May 29 2006

May 29 2006

A photograph of outdoor food service on a rooftop-style terrace in a hillside town, with steep green hills and multi-storey buildings behind. A man with long dark wavy hair, wearing an orange saffron wrap and a small red-orange tilak on his forehead, serves food from a steel pot using a ladle onto a white plate. Beside him an older man with grey hair, in a white shirt and orange shawl, serves from another pot. A light-skinned young man in a plain white t-shirt and glasses, wearing a brown rudraksha mala, holds out a white plate to receive food. Other saffron-clad devotees stand nearby, and metal cooking pots and steel containers sit on a table. The swami-like figure with long hair is not clearly identifiable as a person from appearance alone, so the candidate is marked unsure.

May 29 2006

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A photograph inside a thatched-roof pavilion where a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a white tripundra on his forehead, wearing a beaded necklace, stands beside a second man in orange robes and a gold-coloured necklace who holds a large steel bucket and pours liquid onto banana leaves set on a table. Seated in front of the table, a man with grey hair in a white shirt and a woman in a green patterned top receive the food. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts stand or move about, one holding a steel vessel, and a cloth-lined wall with printed signage is visible on the left.

Indoor food-serving scene in a hall with yellow-painted walls and ceiling fans. A long-haired man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold bead necklace and a red forehead mark, smiles while reaching toward a large steel pot of cooked white rice. Beside him, a bald man in orange robes wears a rudraksha mala and stands close to the steel serving counter. Behind them, volunteers in white clothes and blue hair nets serve food from steel pots, and a man in a white shirt holds a steel plate. Several other people stand nearby, and a cameraman films at the left edge.