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Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 2013

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Six round leaf bowls filled with a yellow, creamy food. No people are visible; the bowls are arranged in a loose grid, with the food glossy and slightly sunken in the centre of each leaf cup.2013-02-07A close photograph of a bowl made from a dried leaf, filled with a pale yellow, granular food that looks like sweet pongal or kesari with flecks of orange and white. The leaf bowl rests on a dark grey stone surface with greenish stains and a patch of light in the lower left. No people are visible.2013-02-07February 07 20132013-02-07November 12 20102010-11-12Close-up photo of a hand pressing a pale yellow, grainy food mixture. A second hand in a clear plastic glove is visible at left, and another leaf sits at the right edge. No a person figure or ritual setting is visible; the scene is a food preparation close-up.2013-02-07A top-down photograph of an offering plate on a striped red, orange, yellow and blue woven cloth. A round polished metal plate holds five leaf bowls filled with cooked rice in different preparations: yellow turmeric-coloured rice at left, plain white rice in the other bowls, and one creamy pale-yellow portion at top. No people are visible. The arrangement looks like prasadam or food offered for annadan. The plate's engraved floral pattern is visible at its centre.2013-03-26Close-up photograph of a shallow copper or brass vessel filled with yellow grains. A silver or steel ladle with a rounded bowl hovers at the upper left, poised over the dish. A small purple-and-white logo appears in the top-left corner and a copyright line sits at the lower right.2016-07-02A large round stainless steel cooking vessel holds a mound of cooked yellow-orange food. A bare foot is visible at the upper left on the concrete floor, and stacked steel plates or lids sit behind the pot beside a red wall. Annadan-style community food preparation for a festival is suggested by the setting. No people's faces are visible and no identifiable person appears in the image.2012-11-27January 06 20122012-01-06Close-up photograph of two hands cupping a mound of pale yellow food. The background is a soft-focus warm reddish-brown tone. The hands are the only visible people; no faces are shown and no one else is clearly visible.2013-07-14December 15 20172017-12-15January 07 20122012-01-07