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April 15 - 17 2022 Chithirai Pournami, Tiruvannamalai2022-04-17 +2 copiesNight photograph of a crowded food distribution line under a covered yellow-railed walkway, with a timestamp reading Apr 16, 2022 9:05:16 PM. Several volunteers wearing white hairnets and white dhoti-style cloth stand behind steel serving trays, one woman in a mustard-yellow blouse and white sari with a long braid, and a man in a white shirt with a blue-striped white dhoti. Devotees and attendees press forward along the rail, some with raised hands. Strings of lights and yellow flower garlands hang on the pillar at left, and a brass kalasha-like pot sits on the right edge. Visible people number roughly thirty to forty, so the count is 21-100.2022-04-05KAILASA India Na Na Na on 4/5/20222022-04-05Photo 82842562022-04-05Photo 82899082022-04-05April 15 - 17 2022 Chithirai Pournami, Tiruvannamalai2022-04-17 +4 copiesApril 15 - 17 2022 Chithirai Pournami, Tiruvannamalai2022-04-17 +4 copiesApril 15 - 17 2022 Chithirai Pournami, Tiruvannamalai2022-04-17A night-time annadan food line at an open-sided shed with a corrugated metal roof. A server in a gold-bordered sari stands behind a stainless steel serving counter ladling rice into plates from steel trays. Men and youths crowd the line holding out plates, including a man in a blue shirt, a man in a white shirt, and a young man in a yellow t-shirt with a water bottle. A boy in a green t-shirt and blue head cloth stands at the front. Bright lights illuminate the scene.2017-05-10Night photograph of an outdoor annadanam meal line at a temple-style compound with a bright floodlight and orange-walled building behind. Crowds of devotees move between rows of steel plates and serving tables on the left, where volunteers in white shirts ladle food from stainless steel containers. Women wear colourful saris, including red, yellow and orange, and men wear white shirts and dhotis. A bamboo barricade channels the queue through the centre, and a coloured canopy of red, green, purple and blue cloth shades the top of the frame. An elderly person in a yellow top sits at a table in the lower right foreground.2012-01-08Night-time food distribution at an outdoor annadan-style serving line under bright lights. A man in a white hairnet and white shirt stands behind a large stainless steel pot of cooked food. Devotees crowd the counter: a man in a white shirt holds out a plate, a woman in a maroon sari and gold necklace reaches forward, and a girl in a dark red top stands nearby. Men in white shirts and a man in a red-and-black checked shirt hold steel plates. Tent fabric and a light-coloured building with lights appear behind the crowd.2012-04-06A night-time outdoor food distribution line under a string of lights and tall trees. Many people stand in a long queue behind wooden posts and a metal barrier, holding steel plates and leaf plates. Women in saris, including one in a light green sari and another in a brown patterned sari, and men in white shirts and white dhotis wait while serving tables are set along the right side. A striped tent canopy stands at the left. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2011-12-20