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July 23 2010

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A photograph of a community meal service under a canopy hung with gold and red draped fabric and strings of marigold garlands. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with an orange border and rudraksha mala holds a steel plate of white rice and fried items, while a woman in a white sari with gold border ladles rice from a large steel bucket. Behind them other women and men in white and dark clothing stand at a serving counter with steel vessels. Tube lights are fixed on the draped poles.2006-12-27May 10 20172017-05-10Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesDecember 25 20082008-12-25August 13 20092009-08-13A photograph of a community meal service in a plain indoor hall. On the left, a young woman in white with an orange shawl and a red bindi serves food from a steel pot using tongs and a plastic glove. On the right, an older woman in a white blouse and a green and yellow striped sari holds out a steel plate to receive food, with a rudraksha mala visible at her neck. Behind them, a man in white and a woman in a pink top with a long braid stand near steel serving vessels and covered containers.2011-07-31A food service line inside a pink-walled hall with glass display cabinets holding brass and gold ritual objects. Several women serve food from large steel pots and trays onto stacks of small steel bowls on a colourful patterned cloth. A woman in a grey cardigan and white dhoti wears plastic gloves and ladles from a pot. A woman in an orange-bordered sari and cream shawl holds a steel plate. A woman in a white top with a grey-streaked ponytail stands beside them. A man in white kurta and yellow shawl stands at the back by a gold-framed display. Annadan style meal distribution.2010-12-27A food-serving line in a bright hall with pink walls and a polished white floor. In the foreground, a woman in a grey cardigan and white sari stands behind a steel pot of pale liquid, ladling into small steel bowls stacked on a patterned cloth. Beside her, a woman in a cream sari with an orange shawl holds a steel plate of food. A woman in a white top with a ponytail is also serving, and a man in white on the left watches the line. In the background, people in orange and white clothes and a golden-framed throne-like seat appear near glass display cabinets. The scene looks like communal meal distribution.2010-12-27Women in orange and white saris serve food from steel pots under a thatched bamboo roof at an ashram-style communal kitchen. The woman at centre wears an orange shawl over a white sari with gold border and holds a ladle over a plate of rice; the woman at right, in orange with glasses, holds a plate of white rice and curry. The woman at left wears an orange garland and white sari with orange border and stirs a pot of curry. Other people in white clothes stand in the background.2007-02-15A photograph of women serving food at a long steel prep table in a plain concrete-block room with an orange notice board behind them. On the left, a woman in white clothes with a bangle ladles from a large steel pot while an older woman in white with a blue border and rudraksha-style beaded necklace watches. In the centre, an older woman in white wearing an orange and yellow sari and glasses holds a foil-wrapped item. On the right, a young woman in a white kurta holds a white plate of food with foil packets, while a woman in a blue-bordered sari with glasses and a beaded necklace stands beside her, and another woman smiles in the background. Steel vessels and food packets sit on the table.2007-05-04February 26 20132013-02-26 +2 copiesDecember 20 20152015-12-20 +1 copies