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September 17 2006

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A photograph of a serving line under a tent at an ashram event. On the left, a boy in white shirt and white dhoti, with glasses and a rudraksha-style mala, stands beside two women in white saris with coloured borders; one holds a plate and another serves from a steel bowl of red petals or sweets on a wooden table. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at the table. To the right, a line of young men in plaid and striped shirts and trousers waits barefoot on a red carpet, holding plates or paper, beneath a striped tent canopy with pink and yellow sunflower-patterned backdrops and green matting beyond.2006-09-17A crowded outdoor food distribution under a large maroon and brown canopy supported by bamboo poles. Men in white shirts and trousers, some with white or red ID badges, stand at the front serving food in clear plastic containers, while a man at lower right bends over a steel tray. Women in saris and salwar, some wearing orange, red and pink saris and white shawls, wait with plates and containers in the dense crowd. Steel serving vessels and food packets line the table at lower right. Buildings and parked vehicles are visible behind the tent.2009-08-02November 30 20052005-11-30Outdoor food service at a festival meal line under an orange and yellow marigold-decorated canopy with red and pink drapes. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas and lanyards, stand behind steel pots of rice and yellow food, serving with ladles onto banana-leaf or leaf plates. Women in cream and white saris with gold borders are receiving food and seated at long blue-topped wooden benches. A man in plain white clothes holds a leaf plate at the right edge. Several people are visible, and the scene shows annadan style communal serving.2007-12-30A photograph of a communal meal line under a decorated tent with red, yellow and orange draped cloth and floral garlands overhead. A young woman in a pink and orange salwar kameez with a long braid serves food from a steel pot onto a plate. Behind her, women in blue, white and green saris serve rice and curry from steel vessels on a wooden table. In the foreground an older bald man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a steel plate of food and wears a rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead; he has an ID badge on his chest. A teenage boy in a red striped shirt stands beside him. Other people queue along the table, and a few people in white clothes stand in the background.2006-12-30December 29 20082008-12-29November 01 20152015-11-01Outdoor meal service under palm fronds beside a low concrete building with red-framed windows. Women in white saris and white blouses ladle rice from steel pots onto steel plates on a serving table. A woman in a white sari with an orange border stands centre, smiling, with a gold necklace. A boy in a yellow shirt holds a plate of rice, and boys in white shirts and trousers wait with plates, one holding a plate of rice. A woman in a blue sari stands at the left edge. Sandy ground and small plants surround the scene.2006-05-05August 02 20092009-08-02A 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.2016-01-31December 29 20082008-12-29October 07 20072007-10-07