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February 28 2009

A photograph of a free meal service at an ashram food counter under a corrugated roof with red-painted beams. Volunteers in white hairnets and white caps serve food from steel trays onto plates held by women in white and gold sarees and a girl in a cream and orange outfit. A woman in an orange blouse and cream saree on the left holds out a steel plate of rice and curry. Trays of yellow curry sit on the counter, and a green-netted fence and foliage show through the open side. The image is an annadan scene, with food being given to devotees and visitors.

August 24 2014

A crowded outdoor food distribution under a large maroon and brown canopy supported by bamboo poles. Men in white shirts and trousers, some with white or red ID badges, stand at the front serving food in clear plastic containers, while a man at lower right bends over a steel tray. Women in saris and salwar, some wearing orange, red and pink saris and white shawls, wait with plates and containers in the dense crowd. Steel serving vessels and food packets line the table at lower right. Buildings and parked vehicles are visible behind the tent.

Annadhan in 2007

January 31 2016

A photograph of a large outdoor annadan meal service under a tent with yellow, blue and red draped fabric. A long queue of mostly white-clad devotees, many women in white saris and men in white shirts and dhotis, holds round leaf plates and paper cups while serving counters with steel trays of food line the centre. Volunteers in white, one in a white shirt with an ID badge, ladle food onto plates. A woman in an orange sari stands at the right edge. Several people wear lanyard badges.

Outdoor food service at a festival meal line under an orange and yellow marigold-decorated canopy with red and pink drapes. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas and lanyards, stand behind steel pots of rice and yellow food, serving with ladles onto banana-leaf or leaf plates. Women in cream and white saris with gold borders are receiving food and seated at long blue-topped wooden benches. A man in plain white clothes holds a leaf plate at the right edge. Several people are visible, and the scene shows annadan style communal serving.

October 12 2006

A large outdoor annadan meal under a canopy of red, yellow and blue draped tents with yellow fringe. Many devotees, mostly women in white and cream saris with gold borders, queue at long steel serving tables holding plates of food. A woman in the foreground on the left wears a black and white patterned top and holds a plate and a paper cup. A woman in the front centre wears a white sari with a vertical tilak mark on her forehead and a gold nose stud. Servers in white shirts and head caps stand behind the serving counters on the right, ladling food. Plates of red-tinged food and steel bowls sit on the tables. Roughly several dozen people are visible.

A photograph of a thatched-roof shelter where people are serving and eating food. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with gold border and thin-rimmed glasses holds a steel plate of rice and fried snacks, wearing a rudraksha-style bead mala and a green-and-gold rosette badge on her chest. Beside her, a woman in a pink sari with a green rosette and a lighter-coloured garment with a tilak mark stands near the roof. At left, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti drinks from a steel tumbler. Another woman in a white blouse and white sari with a bead necklace stands in the background among trees, and more people are partly visible at the edges.

A photograph of a community food distribution under a tent with red, yellow and gold draped fabric. Women in saris, one in a teal and yellow sari with a beaded necklace, serve rice from large steel pots and stainless steel trays. A man in a white shirt stands behind the serving line handing out food, and a girl in pink in the right foreground watches. Other people in white and pastel clothing stand in the background under the tent, with palm trees visible beyond the awning.