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A seated group of devotees eats from metal thalis on a red mat during a ritual meal. Most wear white or cream dhotis and sarees with gold borders, and many wear rudraksha malas. A woman in a green-and-white saree and a man in a white shirt eat with their hands; a woman in a white saree with gold border eats from a bowl. A man in a maroon shirt with a tilak sits in the foreground. Behind them, decorated deity murtis in yellow and gold cloth stand on a table with floral offerings, and children sit among the crowd. Roughly a dozen or more people are visible.

July 22 2013

A large hall where many men in white shirts and white dhotis sit cross-legged in rows on the floor eating a communal meal from green banana-leaf plates, with small steel cups of water placed along the leaves. Volunteers in white clothing walk between the rows serving food, and one server wears a white sari with a gold border and carries a plate. A man in a white shirt with an orange cloth draped over his shoulder and carrying a notebook stands at the centre. Other people, including a woman in a green sari with an orange border seated at right, are seated on striped mats. Pillars with orange and yellow banners frame the hall, and a few people stand near the back in the background. This appears to be an annadan style communal meal.

A long row of seated devotees eats a communal meal from green banana leaves laid on white cloth across a red floor in a large hall. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with rudraksha malas, reach to pick up food. A man in an orange jacket and a white hairnet, standing at right, serves rice from a steel bowl. Behind them more seated people, white draped chairs and a white-draped table with lamps are visible. The page indicates an annadan-style feast; the main visible action is communal serving and eating.

2016-12-21 +1 copies

A photograph of an annadan-style meal service in a hall with lilac-patterned wall panels. In the foreground, women in rust-red and orange shawls sit on the floor before rows of banana leaves laden with food, with small cups and water bottles placed along the leaves. Along the centre of the image, devotees in white clothes with red-and-white shawls walk barefoot in a line down the hall; a man in the middle wears a white kurta with a red shawl and an orange-lanyard badge, and an older woman in a cream sari with orange border stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. At the right edge, a saffron-robed person stands near the wall. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance.

2015-05-23 +1 copies

A photograph of devotees seated cross-legged on red mats in a marble hall, eating a meal served on white paper plates from low wooden tables with banana-leaf style plates. Foreground: a woman with short dark hair and glasses wearing white with a red shawl and a rudraksha mala; beside her a woman in white with a red shawl holding a plate of rice; at right a man with glasses and a moustache in white with a red shawl. Behind them other devotees in white and red shawls continue eating, and a man in saffron at far right sits among them. Several people stand in the background, including children in pastel clothes.

2014-07-26 +1 copies

Devotees sit cross-legged on a polished marble floor eating a meal from metal thali trays during a break. Several people wear all-white clothing: a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, a shaven-headed young woman in a white t-shirt and white pants with a rudraksha mala and an event badge, a woman in a white sari with gold bangles, and younger women in white. Steel barriers with chains run behind them. A water bottle sits in the foreground, and a plastic cup of water stands on the floor.

2014-10-11 +1 copies

A covered open-sided hall with corrugated metal walls and red-orange roof beams, where many men in white shirts and white dhotis sit cross-legged on a concrete floor eating from metal plates. Several standing attendants in white shirts and dhotis move among them, one holding a white cloth. Large plastic water jugs and steel containers sit on a table at left, and a child stands near the entrance by bougainvillea. This appears to be a communal meal serving line, with no identifiable figure presented as a person.

A large hall with pink walls and red curtains in front of rows of windows, with framed portraits hanging on the walls. Many people sit cross-legged on mats in rows, facing the same direction, performing a pada-puja style ritual with small oil lamps (diyas) lit in front of them. Brass plates hold offerings and small brass vessels sit on the mats. In the foreground a bare-chested man with a shaved head wears a white dhoti and a red-bordered white shawl, holding a lit lamp in his hands. Next to him an older man in white clothing and a white shawl also holds a lamp. A man in an orange robe sits at the left edge, and children and young people watch from the right side. A projector screen is visible at the far left.

A large seated group of devotees sits on red mats in a hall during a communal meal. Many are dressed in white, some wear rudraksha malas, and a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a mala sits centre-left. Banana leaves are laid out in rows on white cloth, each holding small rice-based portions, and people in the foreground eat with their hands while others serve from a blue plate. Behind them, a decorated stage with gold and red drapery and a small deity murti or shrine is visible, along with tables and white draping.