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Indoor food service at an ashram hall in the evening. A woman with long blonde hair, wearing a peach-coloured embroidered salwar kameez and a pearl necklace, holds a steel plate of bananas and fried snacks. Beside her, a woman in a white knit top and yellow shawl, with dark hair in a bun and clear plastic gloves, serves papad from a tray. Behind them, a man in white with a red shawl and other attendees stand near steel trays of food, bananas and papad. Several people in the background wear white and orange clothing.

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A dimly lit indoor hall where people serve food from a buffet line along a table covered with a colourful floral cloth. In the foreground a woman in a white knit top and yellow shawl, wearing clear plastic gloves, places chips into a steel bowl beside a tray of bananas. Behind her a woman in a patterned top and white shawl also wears gloves while serving from steel containers. A man in white dhoti and white kurta with a red shawl and rudraksha mala holds a steel plate near the food. Other people in white, yellow and orange garments stand in the background, and an orange-and-yellow hanging decorates the wall above.2010-12-27A dim hall where women serve food at a buffet. A woman on the left in a white kurta with an orange shawl and a tilak on her forehead holds a steel plate of rice, idli-like items and sauces. A woman in white with a yellow shawl and a black bead necklace in the center-right scoops from a steel bowl of pale food, while another woman in a white shawl wears disposable gloves at a steaming counter. Behind them, people in orange and red garments move around the room, and orange and multicolored hanging banners decorate the walls. On the right, a table with a floral cloth holds a bowl of fried snacks and steel plates. No a person candidate is visible.2010-12-27November 15 20072007-11-15September 09 20122012-09-09A photograph of a community annadaan meal service inside a plain hall with pale green-grey walls, a ceiling fan and tube lights. Volunteers serve food from steel trays and bowls onto steel plates held by diners. A smiling man on the left wears white clothing, glasses and a red lanyard, holding a steel plate of food. Beside him a woman in a white shawl and red lanyard serves from a tray. Women on the right wear clear plastic gloves, one in a red salwar and another in a green kurta with a red lanyard, ladling dal and curry. Steel containers of rice and curry line the serving counter. Sheer curtains and windows are visible behind.2009-06-25A serving line at a community meal in a decorated hall with white ceiling drapes and painted pillars. A woman in a red kurta with pink trim and a beaded necklace smiles while placing food onto a banana leaf held out by a server. Behind her, a man in white with a dark rudraksha-style mala serves from steel containers of dishes including orange carrot-like preparations. A woman in a floral blue sari chops cabbage at the front left, and several others in saris and white clothing queue and serve nearby. Nobody in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.2011-11-07Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesMay 23 20152015-05-23 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20122012-09-07A 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.2009-11-19A photograph of a communal kitchen serving line where women in white and orange clothing serve food. In the foreground, a woman with curly dark hair and glasses in a white sari with gold border and an orange shawl scoops from a steel pot. Beside her, a woman with light hair in a white sari with orange shawl and bangles wears clear gloves and serves from a large black pot. On the right, a woman with blonde hair tied back and a white flower in it, wearing a white sari with a gold-edged shawl and a rudraksha mala, holds a steel plate of orange food. Stacked steel plates, spoons and a metal serving tray sit on the counter, with a few more people and a man in white in the background.2009-06-01