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A 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.

A serving table covered in light blue cloth in a hall with white walls. A woman in a green and yellow saree on the left, wearing a plastic glove, ladles food from a steel bowl into small white paper bowls. In the centre, a woman in a blue saree stands at the table with pots and steel bowls. On the right, a woman in an orange and white patterned saree holds a white bowl and spoon. Behind them, people in white clothes sit and stand, and framed portraits hang on the far wall. Brass plates decorate the left wall.

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Annadhan in 2014

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Women seated on the floor of a hall eating a communal meal from banana leaves with small paper cups of drink in front of each leaf. A woman in an orange saree with a red border stands at left, bending to serve or offer food to the seated devotees. Seated women wear white and cream salwar kameez or sarees, a green and gold saree, and red and orange shawls. Behind them is a red curtain, a table with a white cloth and a framed portrait, and a stack of speakers and equipment. A seated woman at right wears a blue patterned top. Several women are visible, all seated or standing in the hall.

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Annadhan in 2012

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Annadhan in 2012

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A buffet serving line in a plain room with pale concrete-block walls. A young woman in the foreground wears a red and white sari with a red bindi and beaded necklace, wearing clear plastic gloves and serving rice from a steel tray with a ladle. Behind her, other women in red, orange and magenta saris and a man in a white shirt with glasses hold plates of food, while more people line up along the counter. Steel chafing dishes hold food.

October 14 2012

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Outdoor serving line at an ashram or temple courtyard with a terracotta-roofed building behind. Several women and a shaved-headed young man in white dhoti-style clothing with gold borders serve food from large steel pots and trays, using ladles and paper cups. A woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala and a woman in a pink sari with a beaded necklace stand at the serving counter, a man in white with a tilak mark on his forehead stands beside them, and a woman in white with a gold border wears a rudraksha mala and bangles. Disposable gloves and white napkins sit on the counter, and a bystander in grey is partly visible at the left edge.

November 15 2007

Indoor photograph of a community meal service in a bright room with curtained windows and a lit doorway at night. Several women in orange shawls, one in a pink kurta and one in a white chikan-style kurta, line a long table serving food from steel pots and trays: rice, dal and curried vegetables, with a bunch of bananas and an apple in view. A woman in a red top stands in the foreground holding a steel plate.