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Outdoor food service under a leafy tree. A line of people serves and receives yellow rice and curry from steel pots and trays on a long table. A man in white shirt and dark trousers stands center, serving from a steel pot. A woman in a white top and red skirt at right holds a foil plate. A young woman in a white top and a man in a black sports jersey numbered 34 stand nearby. A date stamp reads 24 1 2006 on the left edge. Several people are partly visible in the background.

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A photograph of an outdoor food service line under leafy trees. Several men and women stand along a steel serving counter, ladling rice and yellow dal and curry from large stainless steel pots onto foil plates. Among them, a man in a white shirt wears a wristwatch, a woman in white sari with red border holds a plate, and a young woman in a black sports top with number 34 reaches for food. Metal bowls and a woven basket sit on the counter. The setting suggests a community meal, consistent with annadan, though no a person candidate is visible.January 24 20062006-01-24 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor communal meal line beneath leafy trees under bright sky. Several men in white shirts and a man in a checked shirt serve rice and curries from large stainless steel pots and bowls onto foil plates. A woman in a white sari and glasses holds a plate of yellow rice and curry at right, and a young girl in a dark sports jersey and a few other people stand behind the line. Steel serving spoons and a wicker basket are on the table. A date stamp reads 24 1 2006 at the left edge, and a copyright notice is printed at lower right. No a person candidate is visibly present.2006-01-24 +1 copiesOutdoor food service under a leafy tree on a sunny day. A man in a white shirt and glasses at left-centre serves rice from a steel pot onto a foil plate held by a woman in a white sari and glasses. Several men and a girl queue at a long table with steel pots and bowls of curry, and a basket of folded white napkins sits in the foreground. A dated stamp in the corner reads 24 1 2006. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible, so no appearance-based claim is made.2006-01-24An outdoor photograph of a communal meal service under leafy trees. A man in a light striped shirt at left ladles rice from a large steel pot, while a man in a white shirt beside him serves from another vessel. Several devotees line up holding aluminium trays of rice, yellow rice and curry; a woman in a white sari with a red border stands at right, and a girl in a dark jersey takes food. A basket of food and steel containers of curry sit in the foreground. No a person candidate is visible in this frame.2006-01-24 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a food distribution line under a leafy tree on a dry, sunny day. A man in a white shirt and light trousers stands behind a metal table serving food from a steel pot into foil and paper containers. Several people queue along the table, including a woman in a red sari with a beige shawl in the foreground and a woman with a grey-streaked bun in a pale top. Other men in white shirts stand among the crowd in the background, and a woman in a green-striped top is visible. The food is served in foil trays and plates lined up on the table.2006-01-24Outdoor food distribution under a leafy tree in daylight. A man in a white shirt and trousers stands at a metal table serving food from a steel pot with a ladle, while a woman in a cream sari with a red border holds out a plate to be filled. Several people in the queue wait nearby, including an older woman with grey hair pulled back and a woman in a pale top with gold bangles. Foil trays and plastic-wrapped containers sit on the table. Other people stand in the background among bare trees.2006-01-23January 24 20062006-01-24January 24 20062006-01-24 +1 copiesOutdoor food distribution under a canopy on a sunny day, with a crowd of devotees queuing. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with dark hair and gold earrings stands beside another woman in white. On the right, a man in a yellow shirt and a man in a white shirt with an ID badge serve yellow rice from a large stainless steel pot onto steel plates held by devotees. Other people in white clothing and trees fill the background. The scene suggests annadan (food offering) at a gathering.2008-03-06Photo 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 20122012-01-08