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A photograph inside a plain hall with pale pink walls and a tiled floor where women sit in rows on the floor before green banana leaves, each with small servings of food and a glass of water. A woman in a black blouse and brown patterned sari with white flower garland at the front serves food onto a leaf. Behind, others sit in pink and maroon saris. A man in a maroon shirt and white dhoti bends over a steel vessel, serving food, and another woman in a blue patterned sari stands at right holding a container. Woven mats line the floor. This appears to be a communal meal being served, consistent with annadan.

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A photograph of a hall with a grey speckled floor where people sit cross-legged in a long row eating a meal served on green banana leaves. A man in the foreground wears a white shirt and maroon dhoti, with a tilak on his forehead. Women beside him wear colourful saris, one in orange and green. Several others in the row sit facing the leaves, while figures in white and light clothing move along the far end of the line serving food. Plates of rice and curry sit on the leaves, and there are chairs, a table and bags along the back wall under a fluorescent ceiling.2024-08-10June 22 20092009-06-22A photograph of an annadanam meal service in a plain hall with lavender-painted pillars and a green door. Children and young women sit on the tiled floor on banana leaves, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border serves rice from a steel bucket. Beside him, a woman in an orange and green silk sari bends over a steel bowl of cooked rice, and a girl in a black top spoons rice onto a leaf. Bananas and yellow rice sit on the leaves. Several seated women in pink and yellow saris line the far wall.A photograph of a hall with rows of seated women in sarees on both sides of a central aisle, many with hands pressed together in namaskar. Before each person sits a plate with flowers, fruit, and small offerings. Red curtains hang on the left wall, ceiling fans overhead, and at the far end a shrine area with lit oil lamps and a deity murti is visible. The scene suggests a puja or satsang gathering, with the event's central figure not clearly visible in the frame.2011-03-14A long hall with a marble floor and bright ceiling lights shows a row of people seated on the floor being served a meal on steel plates during an annadanam. A server in a purple kurta bends forward to serve food from the left side of the line. Seated diners in yellow, pink, green and white clothing hold plates of rice and curry. A woman in an orange and brown saree with a braid and white flower stands in the right foreground, partly blurred. Framed photographs with orange borders hang on the left wall, and several standing onlookers in white and colourful garments stand further down the hall near a decorated umbrella. a person is not visibly identifiable in this scene.November 30 20162016-11-30 +1 copiesA photograph of a long hall where devotees sit cross-legged in rows on mats, eating a communal meal served on fresh banana leaves. Each leaf holds rice, yellow and orange curried vegetables, chutneys, flatbread and small piles of white and yellow dishes, with paper cups set in front. Many seated men and women wear orange shawls over white or cream clothing. In the foreground, a bald man in a white kurta and an orange shawl sits beside a man in a pink shirt and light trousers. Standing servers in white and a woman in a pink and red striped sari carry food along the aisle. Large plastic bottles of cooking oil or water stand between the leaves. Framed signs with lettering hang on the wall above the entrance.2012-04-26 +1 copiesA long hall where many men sit cross-legged in rows on the floor, eating from green banana-leaf plates set out along the floor. Most wear white dhotis and white shirts, and a few wear orange or saffron shawls. Some have shaved heads and others grey hair. Several plates hold rice, sweets and yellow garnish. Steel vessels and a pot stand at the left, and attendants in orange and red saris move along the back of the hall beside pink curtains and a projection screen. The scene looks like a communal meal served to devotees.2013-06-19 +1 copiesJune 15 20092009-06-15Photo of a communal food distribution. A man in white shirt and trousers with a rudraksha mala and an ID badge serves yellow rice from a large steel pot. A woman in a green blouse and white sari with gold border ladles rice onto a leaf plate. Women and a child in saris and salwar kameez, some with jasmine in their hair, hold out disposable palm-leaf plates. A seated woman in a dark red top looks on. Plastic sheeting covers the floor. Nobody in the scene is identifiable as a person.2010-01-01November 30 20162016-11-30 +1 copiesJune 15 20092009-06-15