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A food service line inside a pink-walled hall with glass display cabinets holding brass and gold ritual objects. Several women serve food from large steel pots and trays onto stacks of small steel bowls on a colourful patterned cloth. A woman in a grey cardigan and white dhoti wears plastic gloves and ladles from a pot. A woman in an orange-bordered sari and cream shawl holds a steel plate. A woman in a white top with a grey-streaked ponytail stands beside them. A man in white kurta and yellow shawl stands at the back by a gold-framed display. Annadan style meal distribution.

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A food-serving line in a bright hall with pink walls and a polished white floor. In the foreground, a woman in a grey cardigan and white sari stands behind a steel pot of pale liquid, ladling into small steel bowls stacked on a patterned cloth. Beside her, a woman in a cream sari with an orange shawl holds a steel plate of food. A woman in a white top with a ponytail is also serving, and a man in white on the left watches the line. In the background, people in orange and white clothes and a golden-framed throne-like seat appear near glass display cabinets. The scene looks like communal meal distribution.2010-12-27A serving line at an indoor hall during an evening meal distribution. A woman in a grey cardigan and white sari with a yellow border ladles food from a large steel pot into small steel bowls laid out on a table with a colourful patterned cloth. A man in white kurta with an orange-red shawl holds a steel plate and bowl. A woman in a tan sari stands behind them, and a partly visible person in an orange robe is at the right edge. Steel plates and stacked bowls cover the table, and cabinets and a hanging orange cloth appear along the back wall.2010-12-27A 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.2010-02-21A photo of an annadan style communal meal in a plain white hall with yellow curtains and ceiling fans. A man in an orange shirt with a rudraksha-style cord stands at left, serving from a long steel counter filled with metal pans and bowls. Several people in white clothes, including a man in a white shirt and a woman in white with a pink dupatta, wait in line holding steel plates to receive food. Others sit at tables at the back.2009-07-23A 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.2010-02-21December 10 20092009-12-10February 26 20132013-02-26 +2 copiesA serving line in a bright white hall with red curtains and yellow drapes serves food from steel containers into a large black pot-style warmer. A woman in a white top with an orange-red shawl and gold bangle holds a ladle while reaching toward a steel bowl. Beside her, a young man in a saffron-orange robe, and men and women in white and grey clothing, handle serving spoons and bowls. At the far right, a man in a light patterned shirt with a beaded necklace watches, with a plate of yellow food in the foreground. Several seated diners are visible in the background.2009-06-09December 16 20172017-12-16A photo of an ashram dining hall where volunteers serve a communal meal from steel pots onto plates on a long buffet table covered with a floral cloth. In the foreground a man in a white kurta wears a red and white beaded necklace and rudraksha-style mala and serves food with a ladle. Beside him an elderly man in a cream sweater and grey trousers and a woman in a pink shawl and glasses also serve. Long tables with floral cloths and seated diners fill the background under ceiling fans and white walls.2009-12-17A buffet serving line of food in steel chafing dishes, with volunteers in white hairnets serving rice and curries to participants. A woman in white with a red shawl and a man in a red and white checked shawl serve from the line, while a boy in a white shirt and red sash and a teenager in white with an orange sash hold plates. A man in the foreground wears a hairnet and white shirt with a red lanyard. In the background a person in saffron and red robes stands near a ceremonial area, and others in white and purple move through a hall with white chairs. Several people are visible in the distance, some wearing red sashes, in a marble-floored banquet hall.2016-07-05A buffet serving line in a hall with red curtains and framed portraits on the wall. A young woman in a white top with a black mala and red thread, wearing gloves, serves rice from a steel chafing dish, while a yellow dal sits in a second dish in front. An older woman in an orange sari with a white floral border holds a plate and talks with a volunteer in white. A man in a white kurta and orange cap stands beside them, and another woman in a white outfit and a woman in an orange sari are visible in the background.2013-07-01 +1 copies