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A large crowd of devotees stands in a long line inside a bare-walled hall, many holding round leaf plates while volunteers in white clothes serve yellow rice from large steel vessels. Several servers wear white with rudraksha malas and lanyards, and a woman in a white sari with a bare arm works at the right. On the right wall, a framed portrait garlanded with marigolds hangs above a table draped in blue and orange cloth with brass vessels. No figure in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.

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February 14 20102010-02-14A photograph of a covered outdoor hall where a large crowd queues for a communal meal, a sit-down food service. Serving staff in white caps and checked shirts ladle rice from large copper vessels onto steel plates held out by people in saris, kurtas and white dress. Many diners wear white, with red and orange saris and a red shawl visible. Long white-covered tables and white plastic chairs line the floor, and a metal bucket sits in the lower right corner. Concrete pillars and a metal railing frame the open space, with more people and luggage bags in the background. No individual can be confidently identified as a person.2010-02-04September 20 20122012-09-20A large yellow-walled hall with white pillars is crowded with devotees queuing and carrying steel plates of food for a meal service. Most people wear white clothing, including white saris and white shirts, with many women in white saris with coloured borders. Several women hold brass plates with rice or curry, and a man in a white shirt with a lanyard and a rudraksha-style mala walks through the crowd. A young girl in pink eats from her plate, and a small boy in a white shirt stands nearby.2012-09-20A large photograph of a crowded indoor hall with a metal roof and tall pillars, where hundreds of people stand and sit eating from green-rimmed plates of rice and curry. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, while women wear sarees and salwar kameez in bright colours. Many are holding plates and steel bowls, and a few are seated at plastic chairs near the front.2010-02-14A large indoor hall with bare concrete walls and a white draped ceiling fabric hangs overhead. Hundreds of people are seated on the floor and on white and blue plastic chairs, eating from metal plates in a community meal. Many women wear saris in red, green, orange and blue, while many men wear white dhotis and white shirts. Several children sit in the foreground eating from plates. A red curtain hangs at the far end of the hall, and a stack of white sacks lies along the right side. The image shows an annadan style communal meal in progress.2010-01-01A large crowded dining hall at an ashram serves annadan meal. Many devotees, mostly women in white and cream saris and some in red or maroon, hold out round paper plates to be filled at a long glass serving counter. Men in white kurtas and pale shirts stand among them, some wearing white hairnets as food servers. Stacks of white disposable plates sit on the counter, and yellow and blue banners hang from the tented ceiling. Several people are in the frame, with more visible in the background.2014-08-24 +1 copiesA large dining hall with bright yellow walls, white pillars and ceiling fans, filled with many devotees in white and cream clothing. Several people carry metal plates of food, and rows of people sit eating at long tables while others walk between them serving. Women wear sarees and gold necklaces, and men wear white shirts and veshtis, some with lanyards. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the scene, and the crowd appears to be an annadan style meal service.2012-09-20February 14 20102010-02-14September 20 20122012-09-20A food service line inside a large hall with a blue cloth backdrop and pillars. Young men in beige shirts stand behind steel pots and ladle food onto green plates held out by people in white. Attendees in white kurtas and dhotis and women in sarees and salwar stand in line, and a man in a white shirt at right holds a plate. Plastic spoons sit on a tray on the table in front. The scene shows meal distribution, annadan, at a gathering.2010-02-14A crowded indoor hall full of people in white ritual clothes, many holding round leaf plates with yellow food, apparently receiving or distributing a meal. In the foreground a man with a grey moustache and white shirt wears an orange and blue shawl and a red forehead mark, while a woman in a mustard shawl stands beside him. Other men in white shirts and dhotis hold plates, and a bare-armed man at right holds a plate overhead. Plain concrete walls and a pink curtain are visible at the back, with a distant figure at top right who is too small to assess. No clear depiction of a person is identifiable in this view.2010-01-01