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February 08 2013

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Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01February 08 20132013-02-08 +1 copiesFebruary 11 20132013-02-11 +1 copiesFebruary 09 20132013-02-09 +1 copiesA photograph of an annadan food service under a corrugated metal roof with red beams and a mesh-screened side wall. Women in white hairnets and plastic gloves, one in a white sari with a lilac border, serve rice from steel vessels onto steel plates held by a line of people. A man in a peach shirt and a man in an orange turban stand at the front of the queue, and a woman in a purple blouse and orange-patterned sari stands nearby. Behind the counter a colourful cloth hangs on the wall. No a person candidate is visible in the scene.2017-02-06Volunteers pack food in a large outdoor annadan line under a striped canopy. Women in white and cream saris and hairnets stand at a steel vessel of yellow rice, using gloves to portion it into aluminium foil packets, while a man in a navy top and grey trousers works at a table nearby. Stacked cartons and water containers sit behind them, with a small propane cylinder and stove on the right. The scene is a practical food-distribution service rather than a formal ceremony.2012-01-04A communal kitchen serving line in a tent with a colourful bunting strip overhead. Three women in white or saffron-trimmed clothes and disposable hair nets stand behind steel pots. The woman at left in a white sari with a dark rudraksha-style mala stirs a pan of yellow food. The central woman in a maroon blouse and yellow-and-red sari, wearing a blue volunteer lanyard badge, presses flatbread in a pot. At right, a smiling man in a white dhoti and shawl, with a mala and a blue lanyard, ladles a creamy liquid into a cup. A cameraman in green stands in the background, and seated diners are visible at right. Steel pots of curry and bowls of food fill the foreground.2012-10-13January 06 20122012-01-06March 11 20172017-03-11September 21 20162016-09-21Volunteers serve free meals (annadan) from a stainless steel food counter under a corrugated roof at the ashram. A man in white shirt and white dhoti, wearing spectacles and a rudraksha-style necklace, holds out a paper plate of rice while a woman in orange blouse and white sari, with a red-orange beaded mala, dishes food from a tray. A woman in white sari wears a hairnet and gloves, and a bare-chested man in white dhoti and white shawl with rudraksha beads serves from the far side. Rows of pale-clad devotees stand behind the counter.2017-05-10A photograph of a food-packing session at an outdoor annadan operation. Several women wearing green and white hair nets and plastic gloves sit at a large steel pot and bowl, packing food into clear plastic bags. A woman in a white sari with a red border stands at left, and a woman in a pink salwar kameez is at center. Other volunteers in white and orange clothing work and wait in the background under a blue tarpaulin, with stacked steel plates and containers nearby.2012-01-04