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July 26 2009

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Photo 82918292006-01-01 +2 copiesApril 10 20172017-04-10 +1 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.2006-12-27April 10 20172017-04-10Annadhan in 20072007-01-29 +1 copiesA long queue of women, girls, children and a few men stands under a red and white patterned canopy on bare sandy ground, waiting to receive food. Many carry round steel or brass plates and leaf plates. A woman in a rust-red sari and gold saree at left holds a plate and a plastic bag, while a girl in a mustard-yellow dress and a boy in a light shirt stand nearby. Several women wear blue, pink and patterned saris, and a woman in a blue top has flowers in her hair. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand toward the left edge. Tent poles and fabric drapes frame the scene in bright daylight.2009-02-23A photograph of a food distribution line under a large canopy tent with an ornate orange and red patterned ceiling and striped red, green and blue edging. Young men in white dhotis and white shirts stand behind a steel counter serving food from large steel pots and trays onto plates held by people in the line. Several people queue in front, including an older woman in a green sari and men in yellow and beige shirts. A man in a cream shirt with a sunburst emblem on the back stands at right, and bright daylight comes through the open sides of the tent.December 08 20112011-12-08 +1 copiesDecember 08 20112011-12-08Outdoor photo of a long communal meal under a red and gold patterned canopy at a Bidadi annadhan. Many villagers, mostly women and older people in saris and salwar, sit on blue plastic chairs at long wooden tables eating from banana leaf plates with rice and sides. Volunteers in white dhotis and kurtas serve food; one younger man wears an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala, and a man on the right in white holds a steel ladle and a cardboard box. Colourful painted cloth banners hang behind the tables, with Kannada script visible on a wall in the background.2008-01-13Annadhan in 20062006-01-01 +2 copiesJuly 22 20132013-07-22