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February 27 2016

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February 27 20162016-02-27 +1 copiesA crowded hall with a pale tiled floor and white walls where many devotees, mostly women and men dressed in white with gold-bordered white saris and white shirts, sit on the floor eating from leaf or plate meals. Some attendees walk through carrying plates and leaf bowls of food, serving as part of a meal line. A woman in the foreground wears a red blouse and a flower garland in her braid, and a girl in a pink dress sits among the adults. Water bottles and small bags lie on the floor, and attendees wear name badges. Some women hold leaf plates aloft while walking between the rows of seated people.2014-08-24 +1 copiesDevotees sit on the floor of a hall eating a communal meal from banana-leaf-style plates on striped woven mats, a scene of annadan-style seating. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis; one man in the foreground has a green garland around his neck. A man in an orange-and-white garment sits among them, and a woman in a white sari with gold border walks past at left. Metal crowd barriers with plastic posts divide the seating rows. Small paper cups and a green water bottle sit near the diners.2015-11-21 +1 copiesA large photograph of a seated congregation filling a hall with cream walls, a balcony and tall windows. Hundreds of men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged on the floor, many wearing rudraksha malas and red-and-white ceremonial cords. Several in the front rows hold small metal plates with flower petals and offerings. Some men wear pale vests or bright shirts among the white rows, and the nearest figures are close enough to show their hands and cords clearly. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person, and no throne or presiding figure is visible in this view.2006-07-30A large seated gathering of men in white shirts and white dhotis sits cross-legged on red floor mats inside a tent hall. Each person has a white paper plate with food and a small water bottle nearby, and several people wear white lanyard badges. Rows of attendees stretch across the frame, with blue and purple banners and framed pictures on a side wall behind them. Many participants have their hands folded or are eating from the plates.2006-12-17Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +2 copiesAnnadhan in 20132013-01-01 +2 copiesA photograph of a ceremonial meal in a plain whitewashed hall with a tiled floor. Rows of people sit cross-legged on orange and purple mats, mostly men in white dhoti-style clothing with saffron and gold borders and some with white shirts. Women in white sarees with yellow, green and gold borders sit in a row on the left. Before them are green banana leaves set with small portions of food and steel cups of water. Several people in white garments stand in the background carrying vessels and steel pots, serving the seated group. A white-haired and shaven-headed man with a tilak sits at right. A white ceiling fan and a metal sink fixture are visible at the top right.2010-10-12November 01 20142014-11-01July 17 20112011-07-17 +2 copiesA photograph of a large seated audience inside a hall, mostly men dressed in white shirts and white dhotis, sitting cross-legged on the floor on mats and yellow cloth. Many wear white lanyard-style badges and some have white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads. A rudraksha mala is visible on one younger man in the front row. Framed colourful paintings hang on the wall behind them, and a red-lit alcove appears at the upper right. No speaker or throne is clearly visible in this frame; the audience appears attentive, seated in meditative rows during a discourse or satsang.2016-04-10January 31 20162016-01-31