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A collage of four photographs documenting an annadan style meal offering. The main panel shows a man in a blue collared shirt standing outdoors on a paved courtyard in front of a red building and trees, holding a steel plate of white rice, yellow dal and round fried or rolled items. Right-side panels show close-ups of the same plate of rice, dal and savouries, one timestamped 05/09/25 10:52 Pallipalayam KAILASA thiruchenkod. The bottom-right panel shows a man in a blue shirt standing inside a hall with a deity shrine featuring ornate gold-framed niches and murtis, holding a plastic bag, with a ceiling fan overhead.

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A man sits cross-legged on a concrete floor outside a red-ochre building, eating from a steel plate. He wears a white short-sleeved t-shirt, a white dhoti with a golden border, a gold-toned bangle and a white vibhuti line across his forehead. His right hand is serving or eating rice from a plate holding yellow, red and white rice portions and a piece of vegetable. A blue bucket and a blue plastic bag sit near a doorway in the background. The date and place stamp reads 21-Jul-2025 gurupurnima TIRUCHENGODE kailasa.2025-07-21A bare-chested older man with grey hair sits cross-legged on a concrete pavement beside a red-edged planter under trees, eating from a steel plate of food held in his hands. He wears a checked lungi and a thin cord around his neck, with a steel tumbler on the ground nearby. The scene is outdoors. A yellow timestamp overlay reads 23-Aug-2025 13:02:54, with coordinates, location details Pallipalayam, Tamil Nadu 638008, India, KAILASA thiruchenkodu and the word Annadhan, indicating a food-distribution activity.2025-08-23A woman stands on a concrete path with yellow painted markings, holding a large green banana leaf with a portion of food on it: white rice, yellow rice, and small reddish and brown items. She wears a blue saree with a yellow striped blouse, a thin gold necklace and a nose stud. Behind her are red-brown buildings, dry grass and green shrubs. The timestamp reads 21-Jul-2025 8:56:06 am, gurupurnima, TIRUCHENGODE kailasa.2025-07-21An elderly bare-chested man with grey hair sits on a red-brown curb beside a concrete path, wearing a yellow dhoti and a yellow shawl draped over one shoulder. He holds a metal plate of food in his hands and eats from it. Beside him stands a brass pot with a silver-toned lid and a small steel tumbler on top. Trees, a red wall and a plastic container are visible behind him, with a scatter of dry leaves and soil on the ground.2025-01-09A photograph of an elderly bare-chested man with white beard and short grey hair sitting cross-legged on a concrete courtyard. He wears a checked cream and brown lungi and holds a round steel plate of food with both hands, which contains rice and a few side dishes. Behind him is a low terracotta-red wall with a tree and green shrubs. Yellow painted border lines and faint floor patterns are visible on the ground. A date and time stamp in the lower right reads 21-Jul-2025 8:56:14 am, gurupurnima, and TIRUCHENGODE kailasa. The scene shows an annadhan meal being received at the Tiruchengode centre.2025-07-21July 07 20232023-07-07July 06 20232023-07-06A photograph inside a temple hall with a corrugated roof and red-framed doorways, showing a gilded shrine with deity murtis and framed pictures on the back wall. Four men sit on the floor on banana leaves set with cooked rice, pappadum-like pieces and sides, with steel vessels and a brass pot in front of them. Two seated men in white dhotis wear white sacred ash on their foreheads and bare chests; one older man has grey hair and a sacred thread. A standing man in a pink shirt and white dhoti with a beard holds a steel dish and serves food to a seated man in a light blue shirt. A gold parasol stands at right, and a timestamp reads Dec. 27, 2025 11:25:20 a.m. Pallipalayam, Tamil Nadu.2025-12-27A seven-panel photo collage of an annadan food distribution. Steel serving trays hold rice, orange sambar-style curry and a dark soup, with ladles and plates in use. Men and women queue along a yellow railing under a canopy. Several people wear saffron and orange robes; one man in a pink shirt and another in a checked shirt receive plates. Two saffron-robed men sit on a bench eating from plates. Panels show trays, serving counters and a roadside street setting.2023-07-08A photograph inside a temple hall with a corrugated roof and a golden shrine backdrop holding deity murtis and framed portraits. Five men are seated on the floor sharing a meal served on banana leaves with rice and papadum. The standing man in a red shirt and white dhoti bends to serve food. Two seated men on the right are bare-chested with white vibhuti and sacred marks and white dhotis. A brass pot and steel vessels sit on the floor, and a decorative ceremonial umbrella stands at right. Timestamp reads Dec. 27, 2025 11:24:52 a.m., Pallipalayam, Tamil Nadu.2025-12-27A young boy in a blue-and-white checked collared shirt stands in front of a green leaf-patterned plate holding a serving of rice, yellow curry with vegetable pieces, and crisp fried snacks. Behind him, a gold-painted pillar and orange walls frame a room where other children and a person in a pink top are moving about. The setting suggests a food distribution, such as annadan, at a temple hall.2024-02-04Annadhan in 20122012-01-01 +2 copies