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A multi-panel collage of food service at a school meal event. Most panels show food close-up: plain white rice, a yellow-brown dish with chunks and dark fruit, shredded orange and pink preparations, and brown beans in liquid. Other panels show schoolchildren in white shirts and dark vests eating at a table under an open shelter outdoors, and one boy in a grey shirt eating alone at a plastic-covered table by a wooden post. A central panel shows a smiling bare-chested man with a tilak on his forehead and an upraised palm, wearing heavy gold necklaces and rudraksha malas with bracelets, a figure that appears to be a statue or portrait depiction rather than a physical person in the scene.

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A multi-panel collage of food service photographs on a rainbow-bordered background. The central panel shows a bearded man with dreadlocked hair, a white tilak on his forehead, an orange-brown robe and a red and yellow flower garland, seated before an ornate silver throne. Surrounding panels show yellow spiced rice, white rice, a bowl of yellow dal, a brown lentil dish, a vegetable stew with tomatoes and peppers, a boy in a white shirt holding a steel bowl of food, and a bare-chested man in dark shorts carrying a steel bowl through a wooden doorway. The collage depicts Anna Daan food offering; the people shown in the food panels are not counted as physical people in this graphic.2025-04-19A multi-panel collage of food service. Top left, a man in a pink polo shirt holds a bowl of rice and lentils with a thumbs-up gesture. Top middle shows a steel bowl of white rice, yellow spiced rice, brown lentils and cooked cabbage on a red tray. Top right, a woman in a black-and-white patterned blouse stands at a wooden table preparing a bowl. Centre shows a painted mountain backdrop with a seated figure in red cloth wearing a tall dark headdress, rudraksha malas, arm bands and a gold pendant, one hand raised in a blessing gesture; the figure is a printed or painted depiction, and no in-person identification is made. Right and bottom panels show close-ups of white rice, yellow spiced rice, cooked lentils in a ladle, and yellow cabbage.2025-04-26July 06 20232023-07-06Annadhan in 20072007-01-29July 07 20232023-07-07Outdoor annadan food distribution at a red-walled shrine area. A pink-robed statue with a pink headwrap and a garland of white and red flowers sits at left beside silver bowls of rice and food. A woman in a white sari with a gold border and a man in a rust-orange cloth stand at the serving table, spooning rice and yellow food from steel bowls onto stacked leaf plates. A young boy in an orange shirt and jeans holds a stack of plates, while children in green, red and striped clothes reach forward to receive food. A colourful striped canopy and a decorative umbrella overhead. Several people wear white forehead markings.2019-08-18December 28 2021 sripuram2021-12-28A photograph from above of a stainless steel oval plate of vegetarian food set on a red and gold brocade cloth. The plate holds plain white rice, a pale grainy quinoa-style rice, roasted brown peanuts or legumes in their shells, sauteed shredded cabbage with spices, and a heap of finely shredded raw beetroot. No people, deity murti or a person are visible; the scene shows only the offered food arranged for naivedyam.2025-04-21August 17 20142014-08-17 +1 copiesHDH Jayanthi 20212021-01-23A photograph of a seated man in rust-orange sannyasi robes with a gold-bordered shawl and a long tulasi-like beaded mala draped over his shoulders, a red bindi on his forehead, and his hair swept back. He sits on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion and reaches with his right hand toward a green banana leaf spread on a white cloth. The leaf holds a meal of rice, fried papad, yellow sweets, carrot and vegetable preparations, pickles, a small steel tumbler, and a steel bowl with white items. Visible cues: the seated figure wears saffron-orange robes, a beaded mala, a bindi and a golden throne, a presentation consistent with the page's reference to a person, though his face is not used for identification.2013-09-05 +2 copiesA photograph of a ceremonial offering set before a golden-framed throne seat with striped tiger-print cushions on a pink and gold cloth. A large printed portrait behind shows a smiling figure in an orange turban, orange robe and layered garlands of yellow marigolds and red flowers, hands raised in blessing, against a red wall. The printed portrait is a depiction, not a physical person. On a banana leaf in front sits a naivedya of white rice, lentils, fried snacks, sliced cucumber, beetroot and carrot, curry in small bowls, puris and chutney. Scattered petals and rice lie on the cushion. Probable Swamiji cues are the orange turban, orange robe and garlands on the portrait, which is a printed portrait with a visible printed caption.2021-12-28