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Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA dining hall where volunteers serve a community meal from steel trays. A woman in a rust-red sari and a long rudraksha mala serves rice and dal from a steel pot, wearing clear gloves. A smiling man in a white kurta with a tilak holds a tray and receives food. Other people queue behind them, including a woman in a beige shawl with long locks. Dishes include yellow dal, rice, mung beans and vegetables. A framed portrait of a person in red garments with a rudraksha mala hangs on the wall, and hanging colourful decorations are visible overhead. Several people are visible in the frame.2017-12-16July 09 20132013-07-09 +1 copiesDecember 18 20162016-12-18A photograph of a communal meal service in a long, arched hall with white walls and red curtains. A smiling woman with shoulder-length blonde hair wears a white tunic and a long dark bead necklace, holding a steel plate of food. Beside her, a woman in white with glasses serves from steel pots on a patterned tablecloth. Several men and women in white clothing and rudraksha-style beads line the counter, and a bearded man in a yellow-green shirt with grey hair in a bun, wearing a blue beaded necklace, holds out a plate. Serving spoons, bowls of curry and steel pots fill the counter.2009-11-19July 06 20132013-07-06 +1 copiesA serving line at a dining table in an ashram hall. A woman in a pink kurta with a green-and-white dupatta wears clear gloves and serves food from a steel tray of rice with a spoon onto a paper plate. Beside her, a person in an orange robe with a long rudraksha mala serves from a second tray. Men in white clothes, some wearing rudraksha malas, stand in line holding paper plates and cups. Background shows framed pictures on the walls and other devotees waiting.2011-11-30A photograph of a food-serving line at an outdoor evening event under a red and white striped tent with bunting. A young sannyasi in an orange-red robe and orange shawl stands at left, smiling, with a steel vessel in front of him. A man in white shirt and white dhoti with glasses and a yellow lanyard holds a serving plate, and a smiling woman in a white sari with a dark beaded necklace holds a plate of rice. Other men in white clothing and a woman in a sari with glasses stand around the counter. A printed portrait banner hangs in the background. No candidate for the named teacher is clearly identifiable by appearance.2009-02-28May 09 20142014-05-09A woman with shoulder-length blonde hair in a brown and cream patterned tunic holds a wooden plate of rice, papadum, and curry with a small paper cup, and wears a red lanyard with a rudraksha-style mala and an ID badge. Behind her, women in white garments and a woman in an orange sari with a tan shawl queue at a food serving area under white canopy fabric with colourful striped pillars. Ceiling lights and a red-framed window are visible in a bright hall.2011-07-20 +1 copiesA crowded indoor serving line where people hold white styrofoam bowls at a counter. In the foreground, a person in an orange shawl and orange sleeves holds a metal bowl and serves food into the bowls. A smiling woman with glasses and a long rudraksha-style bead mala over a pink turtleneck reaches forward to receive food. Other attendees in red, black, and patterned clothing stand behind the counter, and a man in a red top smiles in the background. The setting looks like an ashram-style communal meal, annadan-style food service.2006-05-05 +1 copiesAnnadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copies