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April 17 20222022-04-17 +1 copiesAn outdoor annadanam food distribution under orange-painted open sheds with a green-roofed building behind. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with white head cloths, stand at wooden serving tables and ladle food onto leaf plates and cups. A crowd of devotees, including women in saris of pink, orange, teal and green, queues and waits to receive meals. Orange and red painted walls carry small decorative motifs, and brass-coloured containers sit on the tables. The scene is a free food serving at a temple-style site.2022-04-17April 10 20172017-04-10 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor annadanam food line under a long corrugated metal awning beside a building wall. Several women and some men in white clothes, some wearing white head caps, stand along steel serving counters and trays holding food. In the foreground, a woman with a long braid wears a white top, and another woman in an orange-and-white sari stands among them. Beyond the counters, a crowd of people in white and light clothing gathers under trees along a roadside, with a few motorbikes visible on the right.2022-04-17A photograph of an outdoor annadan meal under a striped and patterned canopy with red and green borders. Seated villagers eat at long metal-topped tables, many in white or pale clothing, with a woman in a white sari and a blue face mask in the right foreground. Steel vessels of food sit on a serving table, and several attendants in white clothes stand behind them near a red-walled building with a doorway and hanging garlands. Banana plants and a woven basket add to the courtyard setting.2021-04-14April 17 20222022-04-17February 05 20232023-02-05Night photo of a large covered food hall where a long queue of men and some women line up at a steel serving counter for a free meal. Servers in white caps and hairnets, with white aprons, ladle food from steel trays under a glass sneeze guard into steel plates and bowls held by devotees. Strings of multicoloured fairy lights and bright ceiling lamps light the open-sided hall, with a metal railing guiding the line on the left. Most people wear white dhotis, shirts, or sarees in pastel tones, and some have shaved heads and white garments. This appears to be an annadan or prasadam meal service.July 26 20092009-07-26Photo 8277633 +2 copiesApril 06 20122012-04-06A long queue of women, girls, children and a few men stands under a red and white patterned canopy on bare sandy ground, waiting to receive food. Many carry round steel or brass plates and leaf plates. A woman in a rust-red sari and gold saree at left holds a plate and a plastic bag, while a girl in a mustard-yellow dress and a boy in a light shirt stand nearby. Several women wear blue, pink and patterned saris, and a woman in a blue top has flowers in her hair. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand toward the left edge. Tent poles and fabric drapes frame the scene in bright daylight.2009-02-23