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Outdoor food distribution under a colourful patterned canopy with diamond and star motifs in orange, teal and black. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with an orange-brown blouse and gold earrings serves rice from a large stainless steel vessel using a ladle. Beside her another woman in a white sari with a dark beaded necklace wears a gloved hand and serves from a second steel pot. On the right a young man in an orange shirt holds out a green leaf plate, and a man in a white shirt holds a paper plate. Behind them more people in white and red clothing queue along the line under trees.

Outdoor food service line at an event, with volunteers serving rice and curry onto banana-leaf plates from large steel pots. A woman on the left in a white sari with a gold border and dark beaded necklace wears clear plastic gloves and serves rice from a pot. Behind her a volunteer in white also serves from steel containers. On the right a man in a white shirt with glasses holds a paper plate with rice on a banana leaf and takes food with a spoon. Other people, some in white and some in coloured saris, stand in the background beneath trees.

February 14 2009 -Kalpataru Convention at Chennai Tamilnadu

Outdoor serving line beside a palm tree and a simple white building. A woman in a white sari with orange-red border and a red bindi serves food with a ladle from a steel pot. A young woman in white attire with a name badge stands at left, wearing gloves and holding a ladle over a steel plate of rice, a green curry, a cooked grain dish and a flatbread. Another young woman in white with a dark beaded necklace stands behind, and a man in a pale checked shirt at right holds a plate and reaches toward the food. Steel pots and vessels sit on a metal counter.

Outdoor food service under a palm tree at a rural compound. A woman in a white sari with an orange-red border and a red bindi serves rice and curry from a steel pot with a large ladle onto a steel plate held by a young man in a white shirt and a wristwatch. A young woman in white attire wearing a gloved hand and a name badge serves from another pot on the left, while other young women in white saris stand behind, with a single-storey whitewashed building in the background.

A photograph of an outdoor communal meal service under a palm-shaded shelter with corrugated sheet walls. Men in white shirts wearing rubber gloves ladle rice and sauce from steel vessels onto steel plates along a long wooden serving table. A woman in a white sari with a red border stands at the table, and a man in white with a kumkum mark at the wrist serves beside her. Several people in white shirts and dhotis or white clothing line up holding plates, and older women in saris stand at the right. Banners and posters hang on the far wall behind the stalls, and a few gas cylinders sit at the left. The scene suggests an annadan food distribution at a festival site.

Outdoor food service at an ashram event. A row of devotees in white clothes serve food from steel vessels on a long table, ladling yellow rice into leaf plates held by women in cream and pale blue saris. A man in white on the left wears a lanyard badge, and a girl in a red-and-white uniform stands at the table. Red and orange draped cloth hangs behind the stall, with trees and a building in the background.

Outdoor food service under a tent with orange and multicoloured bunting overhead. Women in white and gold-bordered saris and a woman in a white lace-patterned churidar with a white dupatta and name badge serve food from large steel pots onto steel plates. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis stand in the line, and other people move through the crowded covered area.

A food service line under a white tent with strings of prayer flags overhead. A woman in a cream sari with gold border leans over a large steel bowl, serving from it. Beside her a man in a white shirt with a lanyard wears clear plastic gloves while ladling food into steel vessels on a stainless steel counter. Men in white kurtas stand at the right, holding plates and lined up to receive food. Steel pots and bowls fill the counter, and a pale green or white flatbread sits on plates. The scene reads as an annadan meal service.

A food service scene at an outdoor serving area. Several volunteers stand behind steel vessels filled with cooked rice and serve portions onto steel plates held by people at the lower left and bottom. A man in a white shirt with an ID badge and a woman in a plain white sari with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace serve from pots. A woman in a white-and-green sari with a white tilak on her forehead and an ID badge serves from a second pot on the right. A man in a yellow shirt stands at left, and figures in white clothing are visible in the background. A purple cloth hangs at the right edge.

A busy communal meal service in a whitewashed hall. Women in white aprons and clear plastic gloves serve food from large stainless steel pots on a counter, ladling rice, a milky dish and orange vegetable curry onto plates. Devotees queue along the counter holding steel plates of rice, puri and orange curry. A woman in a pink salwar kameez with a salmon dupatta and a man in white with an ID badge stand in line, and an elderly woman in glasses holds a plate. A woman in a red and pink kurta and another in a blue top look on. A woman in an orange sari sits at the far right edge. Small paper cups are stacked beside the pots and red ventilation blocks sit high on the wall.

November 27 2012