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Night photograph of a crowded food distribution line in an outdoor temple-style courtyard lit by strings of coloured fairy lights and a bright floodlight. Volunteers in white dhotis and white head caps, some wearing white saris with gold borders, serve rice from steel trays under clear plastic sneeze guards at a long buffet counter. Devotees in shirts and lungis stand in a dense queue, a man in an orange shirt receives a plate, and a large golden chariot or ratha with decorative pennants stands in the background beside a lit tall structure. A small framed photo display is visible on the right wall. Annadan food offering.2023-09-28A crowded outdoor annadan meal line at dusk beneath strings of multicoloured fairy lights. Women in white head-caps and aprons serve food from steel trays behind a long glass sneeze-guard counter on the left. Many people queue along the right holding steel plates, including women in red, yellow and pink saris and a man in a lime-green polo shirt. Trees and a low wall frame the street, with a few saffron-clad figures further back.2023-08-31Night-time photo of a large open-air food distribution (annadan) beside a temple, under strings of multicoloured fairy lights and bright floodlights. Servers in white aprons and hairnets stand behind long steel serving counters with stainless steel trays and dishes. Devotees line up in a crowd holding metal plates, many men in white dhotis and shirts, women in sarees. A gilded temple gopuram or ratha-like structure appears at the left edge, with banners, framed photos and a decorated umbrella in the background. No a person candidate is clearly visible among those present.2023-09-28Jan 15 2023 sripuram2023-01-15Photo 82911892022-04-05 +4 copiesApril 12 20242024-04-12A food serving line at an annadhan meal. A woman in a white saree with a red and gold border and a red-brown beaded necklace wears a white hair net and plastic gloves, serving yellow rice from a steel tray into a bowl held by a man in a red, blue and white checked shirt holding a plastic carry bag. Other servers in white and a person in light blue stand behind a long wooden counter with steel chafing trays. Other people are partly visible at the right edge. No a person candidate is visible.2023-09-29A photograph of a food service counter. Several workers wearing clear plastic hair nets and gloves serve food with long ladles. On the left, a man in a pink shirt stands near the counter. In the center, a man in a striped shirt serves, and beside him a woman in an orange saree and bangles serves food. On the right, a woman in a red and orange saree holds a steel plate of rice and dal. Behind the counter, an ornately carved golden wooden pillar and a window with decorative red and white trim are visible.2023-01-15Photo 82884282022-04-05 +4 copiesA food serving line at an indoor event, with several women and men serving food from large stainless steel pots and pans. A woman on the left in a maroon blouse and gold-bordered sari with glasses and a rudraksha-style bead necklace ladles curry from a steel pot. Next to her, an older woman in white with a beaded mala stands at the line. A younger woman in a pink shawl and white garment and other people in white clothes hold steel plates with flatbread and rice. Gold-and-red drapery hangs on the walls behind them. The people in the foreground are serving and receiving annadaan-style meals.2006-12-27Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamNight photo of a large covered food hall where a long queue of men and some women line up at a steel serving counter for a free meal. Servers in white caps and hairnets, with white aprons, ladle food from steel trays under a glass sneeze guard into steel plates and bowls held by devotees. Strings of multicoloured fairy lights and bright ceiling lamps light the open-sided hall, with a metal railing guiding the line on the left. Most people wear white dhotis, shirts, or sarees in pastel tones, and some have shaved heads and white garments. This appears to be an annadan or prasadam meal service.