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Annadhan in 20122012-01-01A photograph of a long communal meal line inside an orange-walled hall with a covered veranda. Men, women and children stand and sit in a queue; a seated man in a white shirt eats from a steel plate of yellow rice at a white table, while others along the table hold plates and blue plastic chairs are arranged in front. A woman in a dark green striped sari stands in the foreground and a girl in a red blouse and white skirt stands nearby. Posters with faded portraits hang on the orange wall. No identifiable a person is visible.2012-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20122012-09-15A long covered dining hall with orange walls and red pillars, where people sit at grey metal tables eating meals from steel plates. In the foreground, an elderly bare-chested sadhu with long white hair and a white beard wears a rudraksha mala and an orange cloth, eating rice from a plate on a blue plastic chair. Beside him a man in a striped shirt and glasses eats, and others eat along the row. A server in a pink-striped shirt carries a tray with food. Water bottles and steel tumblers sit on the tables, and the printed notice boards on the left are visible. Several people are visible eating meals.2012-09-15September 28 20122012-09-28 +1 copiesA row of older men sits at long steel tables in a plain white-walled hall, eating meals from steel plates with metal cups and water bottles nearby. Several wear white dhotis and some have saffron or orange cloth draped over their shoulders or heads, including one with an orange turban. Barred windows line the walls and orange and patterned cloth hangings decorate the ceiling. No one is identified as a person and no such candidate is visible.2011-09-25A photograph of an outdoor covered food line at an ashram-style building with red-painted pillars and an orange wall. A bald man in saffron-orange robes with a shawl stands at center, serving rice and curry from a steel plate held by a woman in a white sari at the front. Men in white shirts and dhotis and a bearded elder in white crowd the line, holding steel plates, while a young girl with braids in an orange top and an older woman in an orange sari wait nearby. Greenery and a large boulder are visible beyond the roof. Such scenes depict annadan, a community meal distribution.2012-10-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20122012-01-01 +1 copiesA long plain dining hall with a grey concrete wall and a metal roof with ceiling fans. Elderly men in orange and white clothes sit on blue plastic chairs at a long steel table, each with a metal plate of food. A man in a white dhoti and shirt walks along the aisle in the foreground, another man in white stands at left, and a man in a checked shirt looks on. Colourful fabric hangings with tassels hang from the ceiling, and a banner with a photo of a saffron-robed figure hangs in the back. A plastic water bottle sits on the table in front.2011-09-09September 09 20072007-09-09A crowd of devotees queues outdoors for annadan, a free meal, at what appears to be an ashram or temple grounds with a low orange building and a green corrugated roof behind young palm trees. Many people hold steel plates of rice and curry. In the foreground a woman in a teal salwar kameez and gold bangles carries a plate, beside a woman in a blue sari and a woman in a yellow sari with gold jewellery. An older woman in a teal and white outfit walks forward carrying food, and a man in a white shirt holds a plate. A young boy in a grey shirt stands near metal barrier railings. Behind them a woman in a pink sari and an older woman in an orange-brown sari also carry plates. Many more people in saris, shirts and dhotis fill the background.2012-11-27September 26 20112011-09-26