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July 28 2006

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August 08 2009 - Kalpataru, Cuddalore India2009-08-08August 02 20092009-08-02February 15 20092009-02-15Outdoor food-serving area under a colourful striped canopy in red, yellow, green, blue and purple, with trees and a palm-thatched shelter behind. A long-haired person in a bright saffron-orange wrap stands centre-right facing left, bare-shouldered, with a distinctive long swept-back hair and orange garment cues. Around them, many people in white dhotis, white shirts and white sarees move among tables; a server in a cream shirt and white dhoti hands out food, with piles of fried snacks on a tray at left. A man in a blue shirt holds a plate. A cardboard box sits on the ground beside the orange-clad figure. Cues are distinctive but identity remains uncertain from appearance alone.2006-07-28A 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.2009-08-02A large open-sided tent with dark canvas roof and strings of red, green and white bunting, filled with many people in white and cream clothing. In the foreground a man with grey hair in a white shirt and a boy in white stand near steel plates, while a woman in an orange sari carries a plate. Crowds of people line the tent serving or receiving food at a feeding event.2009-08-08A photograph of an outdoor annadan meal service under a large canopy of red patterned cloth edged with strips of colourful fabric in green, blue, purple and red. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts serve food from large steel pots at a metal table, one wearing a white hairnet and another with an orange-and-white cloth at his neck. Devotees in white and checked shirts stand holding metal plates and cups, and a seated young man in a plaid shirt eats from a steel plate. Trees and a low orange building are visible beyond the canopy. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person.2012-01-08A dense crowd of devotees gathered under a long red and white patterned canopy strung with colourful bunting and tied to bamboo poles. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis, and several carry small brass or steel plates with offerings. A woman in the foreground wears a dark red blouse and a white garland in her hair, and another woman in a pink sari stands at left. The people stand shoulder to shoulder in a queue moving through the tent, with an open field and trees visible beyond the canopy.2009-07-26July 28 20062006-07-28January 02 20122012-01-02February 15 20092009-02-15A large crowd of people fills a long open tent with a patterned red-and-maroon canopy supported by bamboo poles. Many men and women in white shirts, white kurtas and white sarees move among each other, some carrying steel vessels and buckets. In the foreground a man in a white t-shirt printed with a portrait photo of a woman carries a steel plate. A woman in a maroon saree with gold border stands at centre, and a man in a pale checked shirt is at the right edge. A small screen at upper right shows a woman's face. Buildings are visible beyond the open tent sides.2009-08-02