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May 22 2006

Outdoor street scene at a roadside food counter with a concrete ledge and shuttered shops behind. A woman with long dark hair and an orange saffron wrap sits at right, smiling, and serves rice from a steel pot. Beside her, a man in a blue shirt with glasses and rudraksha mala watches, and a young man in a white t-shirt with rudraksha mala stands serving from steel containers. At left, a man with a shaved head and white clothes stands with a bald companion. Stacks of white paper plates are at right. Hindi lettering is painted on the wall and shutters, and a shirtless man wearing an orange shawl in the foreground holds a plate.

May 29 2006

A photograph of outdoor food service on a rooftop-style terrace in a hillside town, with steep green hills and multi-storey buildings behind. A man with long dark wavy hair, wearing an orange saffron wrap and a small red-orange tilak on his forehead, serves food from a steel pot using a ladle onto a white plate. Beside him an older man with grey hair, in a white shirt and orange shawl, serves from another pot. A light-skinned young man in a plain white t-shirt and glasses, wearing a brown rudraksha mala, holds out a white plate to receive food. Other saffron-clad devotees stand nearby, and metal cooking pots and steel containers sit on a table. The swami-like figure with long hair is not clearly identifiable as a person from appearance alone, so the candidate is marked unsure.

Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 2013

2013-01-01 +4 copies

Outdoor food-distribution stall under an orange and white striped tarp beside a roadside. A man in a cream kurta at left serves food from a metal tray into small steel bowls on a wooden table. A bare-chested sannyasi with long matted hair, a rudraksha mala, a white dhoti and a gold-coloured waistband stands at center, holding a leaf plate and serving food. Several young men in saffron-orange robes and orange cloths line the table, some holding leaf plates. A truck with a banner stands at right. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person by visible cues; the sannyasi's appearance is only partly distinctive.

Annadhan in 2006

2006-01-01 +1 copies

Outdoor photo at a crowded Kumbh Mela site in misty daylight. A man with long dark hair, in an orange saffron wrap and rudraksha mala, clasps hands with a man in a white shirt and dark trousers who holds a blue cloth. Around them, orange-robed sadhus with bald heads and rudraksha malas stand watching. A man in a beige jacket and orange cap also stands nearby. Behind them, banners, flags and tents line the open ground with other visitors.

A photo of a food service line at a large indoor hall. A man in an orange turban and orange shawl, with long dark swept-back hair and a long brown rudraksha mala, stands at right serving rice from a steel bucket with a ladle onto a steel tray held by an older person with white hair and glasses in the left foreground. Behind him, men in white shirts and dhotis, one wearing a rudraksha mala, handle steel pots and serving utensils. Pillars and a tiled wall are visible in the background.

A photograph of a crowd of devotees in orange and saffron clothing gathered outside a building with red-and-white striped pillars in a hill town. A man in the left foreground wears a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and stands beside a bald man in a white garment. Several devotees in orange shawls and orange caps hold white plates and paper bowls, apparently receiving food. A large white coach bus with a blue tarpaulin on its roof and mountains behind them fill the background. Many saffron-clad people stand in a busy line, with some older women in orange saris and glasses among them.

A food-service scene inside a white tent. Around him, a shaved-headed monk in a red-brown robe with rudraksha malas holds a food tray and a second bald monk in saffron stands at right. Women in white saris with red shawls and green lanyards stand at steel serving trays of rice and curry at a long table with brass-rimmed serving stands and a metal pot. Several people are visible, including partially visible figures at the edges.

A crowded outdoor food distribution at a pilgrim camp under a thatched roof. A man in orange saffron robes at left, with short-cropped hair, is handing food to the crowd, and a bald companion in orange stands beside him. A woman in a purple headscarf reaches forward holding a leaf-wrapped food item, and a bearded man in white robes with a striped maroon shawl holds a bowl of fried food. Men in jackets and caps press in around them, and a steel basin sits in the foreground. A white temple tower is visible in the background.

2013-02-06 +2 copies