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Indoor hall with pale wooden floor where devotees sit on the floor in a circle eating a meal served on steel plates. A woman in a blue salwar with a white dupatta carries a steel tray and stands beside a blue plastic chair. A woman in a pale pink sari and a woman in a light patterned top with flowers in her hair serve rice and orange-garnished food from steel plates on the floor. A woman in a red-orange top sits with a bindi, and a woman in a green sari sits nearby. A standing man in an orange robe and others in white dhoti-style clothes move around the room. A camera operator with a video camera is at the lower right edge. Printed posters with yellow and white text hang on the left wall.

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Indoor hall with white tiled floor where devotees sit cross-legged on the floor eating from steel plates and thali trays. Several seated women wear sarees in blue, orange and maroon, and men wear white kurta and dhoti; one seated man has a shaved head and wears an orange-brown wrap. Others stand in a line behind a long white-draped serving table with steel vessels, with more people standing near windows along the back wall.2009-07-05A photograph of a large group seated cross-legged on the floor of a white-tiled hall, eating from green banana-leaf plates during a communal meal. Many attendees wear white tops with orange or saffron shawls and red scarves, while women wear white and saffron saris. A woman in a white sari and light grey head covering serves food from a steel pot at the right. A man in a white shirt stands near a standing fan. A photographer with a video camera and a cameraman stand near a gilded lion-shaped figure and a large framed painting of a robed figure on the back wall. Shelves and a doorway are visible.2012-10-12September 09 20112011-09-09A large, bare-walled hall with a polished white floor shows a communal meal in progress. Many people sit on the floor in rows holding metal plates of food, while others in white clothes walk among them serving. Women wear saris in red, yellow, orange, purple, pink and green, many with flowers in their hair, and men wear white shirts and dhotis. Several children sit among the diners, one in an orange dress and one held in a blue top. White plastic chairs line the edges, and a man in a green shirt stands near the left side. This appears to be an annadan style communal meal. No person is clearly identifiable as a person in the visible scene.2010-01-01August 24 20142014-08-24 +1 copiesSeptember 05 20132013-09-05 +2 copiesAnnadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesAugust 22 20152015-08-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a communal meal in a bare, whitewashed hall with a pale tiled floor and blue plastic chairs along the walls. Many seated devotees sit on the floor eating from metal plates, including women in colourful saris (a green-and-white sari, a yellow sari with white flower garlands, a blue salwar set) and children in checked and striped shirts. Several men in saffron and orange robes move among the diners carrying food and serving, and a man in white kurta stands at the left edge. Bottled water and steel plates are placed on the floor and tables. Orange and blue cloth decorations hang from the top of the wall.2011-09-09A photograph inside an open-sided pavilion with an orange-tiled roof and orange pennant flags on bamboo poles. Seated people wearing white clothes with orange shawls sit on the floor before leaf plates of food and small metal cups, a ritual meal setting. A woman in orange robes sits on a chair at centre, with a steel vessel in front of her. Another woman in white stands nearby and a person in a red sari moves across the space carrying a container. Behind them hangs a large framed portrait of a bald-headed figure in white turban-style head wrap and white garment, with a camera operator in white and orange at right. Oil lamps stand on the floor in the foreground.2006-10-21Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +2 copiesOctober 26 20152015-10-26