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October 28 20062006-10-28October 28 20062006-10-28October 28 20062006-10-28Outdoor photo of a dense crowd of devotees gathered around a small ritual tray in Tamil Nadu. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt bends forward holding a brass plate of orange offerings, while a woman in a white sari with a green blouse and a man in white with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala stand beside him. Many people in white clothing and rudraksha malas, along with women in colourful saris and bindis, surround them. A man in white with a mala holds a video camera, and others raise cameras. Behind the crowd, more spectators in saris and shirts fill the frame.2006-10-28Outdoor photo of a group of women in a grassy yard beside a rough canopy of bamboo poles and cloth. Several women in white and cream saris and dresses hold folded green leaf-wrapped bundles and a steel plate, most wearing round rosette badges with orange and green centres pinned to their clothes. A woman in a blue sari and a woman in a yellow-and-orange sari stand in the middle, one in a green blouse on the right, and a young boy in a blue shirt is among them. An older man in a white dhoti with an orange headcloth sits on a blue plastic chair at the upper right. Beige plastic chairs and a brick wall line the background, with a pond visible above.2006-10-28December 31 20092009-12-31A photograph of a large outdoor annadan meal service under a tent with yellow, blue and red draped fabric. A long queue of mostly white-clad devotees, many women in white saris and men in white shirts and dhotis, holds round leaf plates and paper cups while serving counters with steel trays of food line the centre. Volunteers in white, one in a white shirt with an ID badge, ladle food onto plates. A woman in an orange sari stands at the right edge. Several people wear lanyard badges.2016-01-31A photograph of a thatched-roof shelter where people are serving and eating food. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with gold border and thin-rimmed glasses holds a steel plate of rice and fried snacks, wearing a rudraksha-style bead mala and a green-and-gold rosette badge on her chest. Beside her, a woman in a pink sari with a green rosette and a lighter-coloured garment with a tilak mark stands near the roof. At left, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti drinks from a steel tumbler. Another woman in a white blouse and white sari with a bead necklace stands in the background among trees, and more people are partly visible at the edges.2007-02-15A large outdoor gathering under red and yellow canopies with gold fringe, where many devotees dressed mostly in white sit on a red mat and eat from plates while others walk between rows. A woman in white with glasses stands at left, a man in a white dhoti carries a plate, and a woman in white with a green-sleeved blouse stands center right. Several seated people wear lanyard badges, and bags and bottles lie on the mat. Yellow draped tents and greenery frame the scene. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2016-01-31February 16 20072007-02-16Outdoor photograph of a seated group sharing a meal on bare earth. In the left foreground a woman with long dark hair wears an orange sari and sits on a folding chair, holding a plate of rice. Opposite her a woman in an orange sari with a red-trimmed garment and a hair bun leans forward to offer a plate of rice. Behind them a large audience of women in white, orange and pink clothing sits in a circle, many holding paper cups and plates of food. Trees, shrubs and a small structure appear in the background, and a man in an orange robe stands at upper right holding a plate. The scene resembles an annadan or communal meal.2011-12-06October 23 20062006-10-23