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A photo of a community food distribution under a white tent with red, green, yellow and orange bunting. In the foreground a man in a white shirt with white tilak and a rudraksha mala wears clear gloves and serves food from a large steel pot. Beside him an older man in white clothes with white tilak and a mala serves from a steel vessel, and another man in white ladles food onto plates. A man in white with a maroon cloth at his waist holds a steel plate, and a man in an olive-green shirt holds a plate of food at right. Several more people in white and in saris stand in the background, some with green head covers, lining the serving counter.

October 15 2012

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A photograph of an annadhan food-serving line under a white tent edged with red, orange and multicolored bunting. A man in a white shirt with a vertical tilak on his forehead and disposable gloves stands at a steel pot and serves food. Beside him an older man in white clothes and a rudraksha mala ladles food into steel vessels. Devotees in saris and shirts hold out steel plates to receive the meal, with more people in white waiting behind the line.

A photo of a buffet-style meal service under yellow and red striped canopies with yellow drapery. Volunteers in white head caps and aprons serve rice and curries from steel chafing trays along a long counter. In the foreground an elderly man with white hair and glasses, wearing a white shirt, holds a paper plate of food. Younger men in white shirts with name badges stand nearby, and more devotees line up behind the counter. The setting suggests a community food distribution (annadan) at a festival.

November 27 2012

A photograph of a serving line in a large indoor hall where men in white shirts and white trousers serve food onto steel plates from stainless steel trays. Several servers wear orange lanyards and some have rudraksha malas around their necks. One server in the foreground holds a plate of rice, yellow dal and green vegetables, while others use tongs and spoons to serve from the trays. A steel bucket with a yellow handle sits in front of the counter, and people wait in line behind, some in white and others in casual clothes. This appears to be a communal meal service, with servers wearing disposable plastic gloves.

A photograph of an annadan food distribution under a white tent with red, green and orange bunting. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with white vibhuti on their foreheads, stand behind a long metal counter ladling food from large steel pots into steel plates. In the foreground a man on the left with a white forehead mark holds a ladle over a steel pot, while a man in a white shirt on the right lifts a plate. A older man with a rudraksha mala and white forehead marking stands in the centre serving. Plates hold flatbread and a golden fried food. Several people are visible; the scene shows food service at a temple-style event.

April 06 2012

February 14 2009 -Kalpataru Convention at Chennai Tamilnadu

A photograph of a food distribution line under a pink-walled covered area with a hanging rope and a decorative tiled wall. A man with glasses and a grey moustache, wearing a white shirt and white dhoti with a beaded necklace, uses a ladle to serve yellow food onto a steel bowl held by a man in a light blue short-sleeved shirt. Behind them, another white-clad man ladles food from a steel pot and a line of people in white and striped shirts waits. A metal bucket and a wooden serving table are in the foreground, with a small child at the left edge.

A buffet serving line of devotees collecting food onto white plates at a steel chafing-dish counter. In the foreground, an older man with glasses wears a cream knit sweater over a white collared shirt and holds a plate with a small steel bowl and a flatbread. Behind him, a woman in a red fleece top with an orange scarf and a man in an orange shawl wait in line, and a server in a light shirt stands at the food trays serving curry and rice. On the right, a woman in an orange-brown sari with a vermilion forehead mark holds a plate. Steel trays hold yellow curry, rice and fried sweets, and bright orange shawls are visible among the devotees.

November 27 2012