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July 22 2013

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Annadhan in 20132013-01-01A large outdoor communal meal on a red mat-covered ground, with many devotees seated cross-legged in rows. Many wear white or cream clothing, several women in saris with bright blue, green and orange borders, and some children in colourful frocks. People hold leaf plates and steel tumblers, and a few servers in white bend over to serve food. Pale plastic chairs are visible at the back, and a row of tall trees and a building stand beyond the crowd. Some attendees wear lanyard badges.2015-11-01 +1 copiesDecember 18 20162016-12-18June 21 20172017-06-21 +1 copiesAugust 09 20152015-08-09A large outdoor tented meal, an annadan-style communal feast, with many people seated on red mats under a yellow and red draped canopy decorated with marigold garlands. A woman in a cream sari with a green border stands centre-left holding a steel plate, and seated men wear white dhotis and shirts. Other diners in green, orange and teal saris eat from steel plates while volunteers in white move between rows. A devotee in white sits centre-front with a rudraksha-style mala, holding a plate. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance in this view.2006-12-30September 17 20152015-09-17 +1 copiesMay 31 20152015-05-31June 08 20172017-06-08January 31 20162016-01-31Photograph of a large group of women seated on the floor in a hall, sitting in meditative posture with hands folded or joined at the chest. Most wear orange or saffron saris with red or maroon borders, while others wear white saris with red borders, a pink kurta, and a yellow shawl. Many have red or orange shawls draped over their shoulders and rudraksha malas around their necks. Brass plates, small oil lamps, and offering trays with kumkum and flowers sit on the mats in front of them, as in a pada puja. Seated women in the foreground hold their hands together in prayer.2011-08-20A large outdoor ritual gathering under a tin-roofed pavilion where many people sit on the ground in white clothes, most wearing garlands of white jasmine and red flowers. A woman in a maroon top and white sari is seated centrally while a man in white beside her has his hand raised near her head. Several men in white shirts and dhotis sit cross-legged with flower garlands, one holding a brass plate of flowers. A small fire burns at the right edge and offering plates rest on the ground. Smoke drifts through the hall and a few onlookers stand in the background.2006-12-26