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December 11 2011

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December 11 20112011-12-11 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20112011-01-01December 11 20112011-12-11A large hall with a white tented ceiling and hanging decorative tassels in red, yellow and blue. Rows of seated devotees sit on the floor on orange-and-white mats before banana-leaf plates with food and small cups. Most men wear white dhotis and some are bare-chested with sacred threads; several women wear orange saris and yellow shawls. Many have hands pressed together in anjali or are seated in quiet prayer. At the far end a gold ornate throne with an orange cushion and a framed portrait stand near a stage with a painted backdrop. A gold-framed armchair sits at the right. Some people stand near the throne area, and a sound speaker is mounted on the upper right.2010-11-12June 22 20092009-06-22November 12 20102010-11-12April 04 20162016-04-04 +1 copiesA long hall with a polished white floor where rows of seated devotees sit on mats before banana leaves set with food. A man in a white t-shirt, navy striped track pants and a white hairnet leans forward, serving from a steel vessel onto the leaves. Most seated women wear white or cream clothes, some with orange-bordered saris and beaded necklaces. Colourful paper streamers hang from the ceiling, and a framed portrait hangs on the wall. Small paper cups sit beside each leaf. This appears to be a community meal line.2011-12-11Many seated men and women eat a communal meal from green banana-leaf plates laid along a long white cloth on a polished floor. Most wear white kurta-style clothing and red-orange shawls or wraps, and some have shaved heads or hair tied back. Water bottles and small paper cups stand between the plates. Behind them, women in white and orange saris and attendants in white stand and sit in a hall with wooden doors and cushioned seating.2016-02-24November 12 20102010-11-12June 19 20132013-06-19Devotees sit in two long rows on a polished white marble floor, eating a communal meal from green banana-leaf plates arranged with rice, vegetables and sweets, with small paper cups of water beside each leaf. Men in white dhotis and red angavastras and women in white and pink saris, one in a white kurta with red block-print, sit cross-legged or kneel. A monk in orange robes walks past a table draped in orange cloth with framed photographs on it. Orange and red banners hang from the ceiling, and a few attendants in white move about in the background. Nobody in the scene can be confidently identified as a person from appearance alone.2013-11-21