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Annadhan in 20142014-01-01June 24 20122012-06-24May 27 20122012-05-27 +2 copiesA crowded indoor hall full of people in white ritual clothes, many holding round leaf plates with yellow food, apparently receiving or distributing a meal. In the foreground a man with a grey moustache and white shirt wears an orange and blue shawl and a red forehead mark, while a woman in a mustard shawl stands beside him. Other men in white shirts and dhotis hold plates, and a bare-armed man at right holds a plate overhead. Plain concrete walls and a pink curtain are visible at the back, with a distant figure at top right who is too small to assess. No clear depiction of a person is identifiable in this view.2010-01-01Several men and a woman in a dim, narrow indoor passage carry or hold round stainless steel plates of white cooked rice with a little yellow curry or vegetable. In the foreground a young man in a pale mint-green collared shirt bends forward, holding a plate in both hands. Behind him a man in a pale checked shirt and a man in a blue-and-white plaid shirt stand, and an older woman in a mustard-yellow sari with a green blouse holds a plate on the right. A white wall lines the left side. The scene suggests food distribution such as annadan, with no a person figure visible.2012-05-25 +2 copiesSeptember 20 20122012-09-20August 24 20142014-08-24 +1 copiesA large dining hall with bright yellow walls, white pillars and ceiling fans, filled with many devotees in white and cream clothing. Several people carry metal plates of food, and rows of people sit eating at long tables while others walk between them serving. Women wear sarees and gold necklaces, and men wear white shirts and veshtis, some with lanyards. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the scene, and the crowd appears to be an annadan style meal service.2012-09-20A photograph of a crowd queueing for a meal, with many people holding flat disposable plates of food. In the foreground a man in a peach turban and white shirt stands with a plate of yellow food, looking toward the camera. Beside him an elderly woman with white hair and a red bindi wears a white sari and holds a plate. Other devotees in white clothes, some wearing necklaces and bangles, eat or wait in line in a plain hall with partitions behind them. Lanyards with badges are visible on several people, and a light blue bag hangs at the front. The scene suggests a communal food distribution, annadan style, at an ashram event.2014-08-24 +1 copiesSeptember 09 20112011-09-09A crowded indoor meal line of devotees receiving food on steel plates. In the foreground a man in a white shirt holds a plate of rice and curry, and beside him a woman in a white sari with a gold border and blue lanyard badge holds a plate. To the right a woman in a grey sari with gold bangles and a woman in a red top with a long braid hold plates. At left a large steel vessel of cooked rice is being served by a person in white. Many others crowd behind, some in white dhoti and shirt, one in a black shirt with a rudraksha-style mala. Steel bowls and rice fill the frame.2006-12-23May 10 20172017-05-10