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December 25 20082008-12-25A photo from a community meal hall with a long steel table where seated men in white shirts and dhotis eat from metal plates. A man in a white shirt holds a steel bowl and serves food. Beside him stands a long-haired figure in a saffron-orange robe with an orange turban and a beaded rudraksha-style mala, handing food to a seated diner. Several other men in white and orange stand in the background, and a dim hall with pillars and a distant table of items is visible. Appearance cues are present but not conclusive, so the identity of the robed figure is uncertain.2006-12-15A covered open-sided dining hall where devotees sit at white plastic chairs and steel tables eating from steel plates. A tall figure in orange robes with a maroon shawl stands at left, bald-headed, serving food from a large steel pot, with a wrapped dish nearby. Other people in orange robes move among the tables, and many diners wear white clothes with rudraksha malas. Thatched palm-roofed structure at left, orange and yellow curtains behind.2008-12-25September 09 20112011-09-09Annadhan in 20062006-01-01 +3 copiesIndoor communal kitchen serving food at a steel counter. A man in an orange turban and orange robe, with long swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha mala, wears clear gloves and uses a ladle to serve yellow food onto steel plates held out by people in the line. A steel bucket sits on the counter beside him. A man in a white shirt with a pendant necklace stands behind him, a woman in a white salwar with a long braid holds a plate, and a woman in an orange sari stands at the right edge. Tiled walls, fluorescent lights and a wall-mounted insect trap are visible, with more people in the background.2006-12-16A photograph of a communal meal being served in an open-sided hall with a tiled roof and orange curtains. In the foreground, a young woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl ladles rice from a steel pot onto a stainless steel counter. Beside her, a man in orange robes and a yellow-beaded garland holds a steel pot, while a bearded sannyasi in orange robes stands at the back. Men in white kurta-style clothes with orange shawls sit at the counter or stand in line, and steel plates, flatbread and paper cups are set out. White plastic chairs line the right side of the hall, where more seated people eat.2008-12-25December 25 20082008-12-25Annadhan in 20082009-01-01 +2 copiesJuly 11 20152015-07-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a covered outdoor dining hall with a tent-like orange canopy and open sides. Many people sit at long rows of tables eating from metal thalis of food, with bananas and cups visible. Several people in saffron-orange robes serve food and move between the tables, while others in white clothing sit and eat. A standing figure in orange robes and beaded necklaces stands near an orange-draped table and curtains. The scene is an annadan-style communal feast at a person event.2008-12-25A serving line in a tent decorated with orange, green and purple bunting. A woman in a yellow-orange saree and rudraksha mala serves from a steel pot, while women in blue hairnets and gloves ladle food. A man in white with rudraksha mala and orange lanyard holds a plate of rice, greens and flatbread at right, with a younger man in white beside him. Steel pots of thin liquid sit on the white-clothed table. Several other people stand in the background.2012-10-10