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A busy communal meal service in a whitewashed hall. Women in white aprons and clear plastic gloves serve food from large stainless steel pots on a counter, ladling rice, a milky dish and orange vegetable curry onto plates. Devotees queue along the counter holding steel plates of rice, puri and orange curry. A woman in a pink salwar kameez with a salmon dupatta and a man in white with an ID badge stand in line, and an elderly woman in glasses holds a plate. A woman in a red and pink kurta and another in a blue top look on. A woman in an orange sari sits at the far right edge. Small paper cups are stacked beside the pots and red ventilation blocks sit high on the wall.

A food service line in a decorated hall with white draped ceiling and terracotta lattice windows. Women in white garments with orange shawls serve rice, curry and a creamy dish from steel pots on a floral-patterned cloth-covered table. A woman in an orange and yellow shawl holds a steel plate of rice and curry, and a woman in a pink sari stands beside her. A man in a white t-shirt with an event badge and other attendees stand in the background. A painted decorative pillar with an elephant motif is visible at right. Several people appear in the frame, with some partially visible.

A photograph of a community meal service in a hall with an arched metal roof and white walls, with red curtains at the windows. In the foreground a smiling woman in white clothes with a red bindi, rudraksha mala, and a volunteer badge serves food from steel chafing dishes with plastic gloves, using a ladle. Beside her, a young woman in a white t-shirt with a rudraksha mala serves from the line. On the left, a man in a white kurta and a light blue collar stands at the serving counter, holding a steel plate. Behind them, other people in white and casual clothes queue along the buffet, with yellow potato dishes, a brown curry and steel bowls. A small orange flag hangs in the background.

A photograph of devotees serving a communal meal in an ashram dining hall. Several men and women in white kurta-style clothes and white shirts line a long table draped in a floral cloth, ladling dal, curry and white sauce from steel pots into steel plates. One man in the foreground holds a steel thali with dal, rice, bread and sliced raw vegetables. Red curtains hang at the window behind. A man in white with glasses and a rudraksha mala stands at the right. No one is identifiable as a person in this scene.

August 21 2009

A photograph of a communal meal service in a hall with white walls and a tiled counter. Several women in white and orange clothing serve food from large steel pots using ladles and tongs, filling metal plates with rice and vegetable dishes. A woman in the foreground wearing a striped top, glasses, gold bangles and a dark beaded necklace holds a plate of rice. Other women wear white saris and salwar kameez in pink, green and white, some with beaded necklaces. Gloves are worn by the servers. A few people stand near a doorway at the left background. No a person candidate is visible.

A serving line for a meal in a tiled kitchen-like hall. Several men in white kurta-style shirts wearing plastic gloves ladle dal and rice from steel pots onto steel plates held out by a woman in a white t-shirt with orange lettering and a rudraksha mala around her neck. A steel pot of yellow dal sits in the foreground on a floral-patterned cloth, with another pot of rice behind. Other attendees in white and a woman in a sari stand along the line. The scene reflects an annadan-style communal meal service.