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January 31 20162016-01-31A 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.2016-01-31A 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 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.2016-01-31Outdoor food service under a tent with orange and multicoloured bunting overhead. Women in white and gold-bordered saris and a woman in a white lace-patterned churidar with a white dupatta and name badge serve food from large steel pots onto steel plates. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis stand in the line, and other people move through the crowded covered area.2009-01-24January 02 20162016-01-02January 31 20162016-01-31A long open-sided tent with a red and orange patterned canopy and striped side valances shelters a serving line for a communal meal. Devotees in white clothes stand shoulder to shoulder along metal serving vessels and leaf plates, with men in white shirts and women in white saris bordered in gold. A woman in the foreground wears a dark rudraksha-style mala and gold bangles, holding a plate. Several people hold clay or brass plates of food, and other devotees and onlookers stand beyond the line under the tent.2009-07-26A large crowd of devotees queues under a dark canopy at an outdoor food serving area, collecting meals from a long green-topped counter. Many women wear saris and salwar kameez in mixed colours, some with lanyards and ID badges; men in white shirts and dhotis stand among them. Several hold steel plates or plastic trays of food, and a stainless-steel vessel sits on the counter. Palm trees and a white building are visible beyond the tent. The scene looks like an annadan or community meal line; the crowd is too dense to count precisely.2009-11-28May 10 20172017-05-10November 25 20062006-11-25November 27 20122012-11-27