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A photograph of a communal kitchen serving line in a peach-walled hall. Several volunteers in white hairnets and plastic gloves stand behind steel trays of sliced carrots, green beans, onions and tomatoes, serving food with ladles. A man in a white shirt with a red lanyard and a shaved head with a topknot stands at the left of the line, serving vegetables onto a plate. Beside him, a man in a red polo shirt and a woman in a maroon sari with a hairnet work the counter, and a woman in a red and cream sari stands at the far left holding a plate. Steel pots and serving bowls sit along the counter, with a basket of paper plates at the left edge.

2011-07-17 +2 copies

A serving line in a bright hall with peach walls and ceiling fans. A smiling woman in white kurta with rudraksha mala holds a steel plate while a man in red-and-gold dhoti and bare chest, with a dark rudraksha mala, ladles food from a steel pot onto it. Beside them a woman in brown patterned kurta and a man in blue polo with a volunteer badge serve from pots on a floral tablecloth. A man in a white apron and hairnet works behind them, and a monk in saffron robe with a camera stands at right. Other people and tables are visible in the background. This appears to be an annadan or prasad serving.

2011-07-04 +1 copies

Photograph of an annadan-style communal meal service in a bright indoor hall. In the foreground, a server in gloves uses a long ladle to serve food from a steel tray into a plate held by an older man in a white shirt on the left. Several people in white or gloves line the serving counter; a woman in a white hairnet and a worker in a pink top stand nearby. A man in a white t-shirt stands at left, and behind the counter people in white and a figure in a red top move around the room. Steel serving trays hold rice-like food and yellow curry. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.

2013-09-28 +1 copies

July 05 2016

A buffet-style meal service in a bright hall with pale pink walls. Several volunteers in white clothing and orange lanyards serve food from steel chafing dishes. A man in a grey vest and white shirt wears a white hairnet and serves rice and curry onto a tray. A woman in a red and cream sari stands beside him. Another volunteer in a white hairnet serves from the far side. A woman with long hair and a red head wrap holds a plate of vegetables and tomato. A large steel bowl of white curd sits in the foreground beside stacked trays, and a framed portrait hangs on the wall behind the serving line. No figure is clearly identified as a person.

2013-07-07 +1 copies

A buffet serving line of steel pots with a yellow rice dish on a patterned cloth, in a pink-walled hall with a golden cobra-hood canopy at left. A man in a white shirt and blue lanyard holds a serving spoon and wears plastic gloves, while an older woman in a green checked top and blue hairnet ladles food beside him. A young man in white clothing with a shawl and a man in a white shirt stand in the background, and a man in a white shirt near the door at left attends the line. The scene reflects an ashram annadan meal service.

2011-11-26 +1 copies

A buffet line of volunteers in white disposable hairnets and red-and-white shawls serves food from steel chafing dishes along a long table under gold-framed sneeze guards. Volunteers wear white garments with gold trim and hold serving spoons. Guests on the left, some with grey hair, hold white plastic plates filled with rice, sweets and vegetables. Behind the table is a draped grey curtain. The setting is a communal meal, annadan style. No a person candidate is visible.

2015-10-26 +1 copies

July 23 2009

A photograph of volunteers serving food in a dining hall. A young man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala and disposable gloves ladles food from steel pots on a serving counter. Beside him a woman in a white sari with an orange border wears gloves and serves. In the background another volunteer in white with an orange shawl-style cloth serves, and a woman in white with a flower in her hair holds a steel plate. On the right an older woman with grey hair, white clothing and a red rudraksha mala holds a steel plate. A yellow checked curtain hangs behind them and steel containers and a green basket sit on the counter.

A serving line in a hall where devotees in white clothing serve a meal from glass-fronted steel chafing dishes on long tables. A man on the left in white kurta and a red-and-white shawl holds a plate and reaches toward a dish of flatbreads. Women in white saris with red and gold borders wear white hairnets and handle serving tongs, one with a beaded necklace. A large framed painting of red-robed figures hangs on the wall above. Lines of other servers stand behind the counter, and the scene reads as annadan or communal meal service.

A photograph of a serving line at a food station with stainless steel pots and a white-draped table. A man in a white sports shirt with orange side stripes, a white hairnet and clear plastic gloves ladles food from a pot, wearing a dark beaded mala around his neck. A woman in a dark blue patterned kurta with a light blue dupatta stands at the counter holding a plate and receiving food. Another woman in red stands partly visible at the left edge, and a red curtain hangs in the background. The scene reflects an annadan or community meal serving. The man is a volunteer serving food; no identity is claimed.

December 20 2018