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June 22 2009

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September 23 20062006-09-23May 10 20142014-05-10 +1 copiesAn annadaan meal session in a covered open-air hall with a corrugated roof and red pillars, decorated with hanging yellow and green leaf strands. Long metal tables are set with banana leaves, steel tumblers and yellow sweets. A woman in a red-orange sari with a rudraksha mala stands centrally, gesturing toward seated diners in white and cream clothes with flower garlands. A man in white dhoti with an orange shawl stands at left, and a robed figure in orange clothing stands at right. Other seated attendees and a man in white t-shirt and checked pants are visible.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesJune 22 20092009-06-22January 23 20172017-01-23A long dining hall where many devotees sit on benches at white-covered tables, eating from green banana-leaf plates with flatbreads. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers walks down the centre aisle carrying a steel pot and serving food. Several people wear white clothes with yellow or gold neck cords, a woman in orange sits on the left, and a few stand at a serving counter on the right. Plain cream walls and fluorescent lights frame the room, and a small blue-and-white logo appears in the upper left corner.2010-01-07June 17 20072007-06-17 +1 copiesJune 22 20092009-06-22A long row of seated devotees eats a communal meal from banana leaves laid along the floor of a hall. Several plates hold rice, fried snacks, flatbreads and sweets, with plastic water bottles placed between the leaves. In the foreground a person in a white shirt and clear gloves serves rice from a large steel bowl. Seated figures in white dhotis, one with a vertical white tilak on the forehead and a topknot, lean forward over their leaves, and one wears a red and gold border. Figures in the background wear white. The scene resembles annadan community dining at an ashram.2009-12-30Annadhan in 20112011-01-01 +1 copies