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Night photograph of an outdoor annadanam meal line at a temple-style compound with a bright floodlight and orange-walled building behind. Crowds of devotees move between rows of steel plates and serving tables on the left, where volunteers in white shirts ladle food from stainless steel containers. Women wear colourful saris, including red, yellow and orange, and men wear white shirts and dhotis. A bamboo barricade channels the queue through the centre, and a coloured canopy of red, green, purple and blue cloth shades the top of the frame. An elderly person in a yellow top sits at a table in the lower right foreground.

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January 08 20122012-01-08Night-time annadanam food service at an outdoor ashram or temple compound lit by overhead street lamps. On the left, men in white shirts and white dhotis, one wearing glasses, arrange rows of stainless steel plates and bowls on a long metal serving counter. A woman in a white sari stands at the counter. Along the centre, people stand in a queue behind bamboo barricades, and a man in a blue shirt and dark trousers walks forward holding a steel plate. On the right, a man in a white shirt and yellow cloth and a woman in a green sari carry steel plates. A cream-coloured building with orange trim runs behind. Several dozen people are visible.2012-01-08Night-time annadanam food service under a large colourful canopy with bamboo poles and bunting, lit by bright work lights. Several people in white shirts and trousers stand behind steel tables and pots serving food onto leaf or steel plates. A woman in a yellow top and green skirt with a braided belt and an older man in an orange shawl stand among the crowd of devotees waiting in line. A girl in a green top and a child in a checked shirt are visible near the serving counter.2012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08Photo of a communal meal service under a thatched shed open at the sides, with palm trees behind. Volunteers in white dhotis and white shirts stand behind a long steel serving counter, ladling curry from large steel vessels into bowls and placing flatbreads on plates. A woman in a yellow-orange saree and bangles holds a plate and receives food, while a man in a khaki shirt in the foreground reaches for a plate. Large aluminium cooking pots and gas cylinders sit on the left. Several other people in white stand and wait in line. The scene depicts annadan, a food distribution, rather than a ritual.2010-02-18January 08 20122012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08April 06 20122012-04-06Night-time outdoor annadana scene at a temple-style open ground lit by bright floodlights. A large crowd of men and women queues behind bamboo barricades, many in white dhotis and shirts, saris in pink, purple and red, and a few in orange. Stacked stainless steel plates sit on a table in the foreground, and orange plastic chairs line the left side. Striped tent awnings and bright banners frame the background.2012-01-08Large thatched hall decorated with strings of saffron-orange pennants and blue steel posts, filled with a crowd of people. Women in white saris with rudraksha malas serve food from stainless steel tables, ladling from large metal pots into plastic packets and plates. Men in striped shirts and white dhotis stand in line, and a man in a red shirt walks past holding a plate. The setting resembles a community anna-daan meal line. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.2009-08-05