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Outdoor meal service under a palm tree in front of a plain beige building with red doors and a corrugated roof. Several women in white saris and a woman in a patterned blouse with red trim serve food from large steel pots and trays, including a tray of green bananas. A young woman in a white shawl stands in the foreground with a steel plate. Teenage boys in white shirts and a young girl in a striped top watch and wait for their food, forming an annadan-style meal line.

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Outdoor meal service under palm fronds beside a low concrete building with red-framed windows. Women in white saris and white blouses ladle rice from steel pots onto steel plates on a serving table. A woman in a white sari with an orange border stands centre, smiling, with a gold necklace. A boy in a yellow shirt holds a plate of rice, and boys in white shirts and trousers wait with plates, one holding a plate of rice. A woman in a blue sari stands at the left edge. Sandy ground and small plants surround the scene.2006-05-05Outdoor serving line under a palm tree beside a low white building with red doors and a corrugated roof. Several women and young people in white ritual-style clothing serve food from steel pots and trays; one young woman in white with a shawl spoons rice onto a plate, while an older woman in a white sari with gold jewellery holds a ladle. A young girl in a striped top and a woman in a white sari with a red-bordered blouse stand in line holding plates. A man in a white shirt holds a mobile phone. The setting suggests a communal meal serving, possibly annadan, with steel vessels of rice and food on a metal counter.2006-05-05Outdoor serving line beside a palm tree and a simple white building. A woman in a white sari with orange-red border and a red bindi serves food with a ladle from a steel pot. A young woman in white attire with a name badge stands at left, wearing gloves and holding a ladle over a steel plate of rice, a green curry, a cooked grain dish and a flatbread. Another young woman in white with a dark beaded necklace stands behind, and a man in a pale checked shirt at right holds a plate and reaches toward the food. Steel pots and vessels sit on a metal counter.2006-05-05November 30 20052005-11-30Outdoor food service under a palm frond canopy at an ashram-style site with a white building behind. Women in white and cream saris and white salwar-style clothes stand behind steel pots and vessels, ladling food to people queued in front. A woman in a bright green top and glasses watches from the foreground. Gold earrings, bangles and beaded necklaces are visible. A man in white shirt and dhoti-like white clothing stands nearby.2006-05-05Outdoor food service under a palm tree at a rural compound. A woman in a white sari with an orange-red border and a red bindi serves rice and curry from a steel pot with a large ladle onto a steel plate held by a young man in a white shirt and a wristwatch. A young woman in white attire wearing a gloved hand and a name badge serves from another pot on the left, while other young women in white saris stand behind, with a single-storey whitewashed building in the background.2006-05-05A photograph of a community meal line under a palm frond canopy at an ashram courtyard. In the foreground a young man in a white kurta looks back over his shoulder, a middle-aged man in a white shirt smiles to the right, and a woman in a white sari with a blue border and red bindi smiles while holding a small plastic bag. Behind them, a woman in white and several other people serve food from steel vessels and plates at a counter beside a low whitewashed building. A young girl in a white top stands at the right edge. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-05-05Outdoor food service under a palm tree at a dusty site. Three women in white saris stand behind a steel counter serving food from large stainless steel pots and pans with ladles. The woman at left wears a white top, a black beaded necklace and a white shawl. The middle woman wears a white sari with an orange border and gold necklaces, and the woman at right wears a white sari with green patterned border, gold bangles and a name badge. Children in front, including a boy in a white shirt and a girl in a patterned orange-and-white dress with an orange scarf and long braid, line up to receive food in small cups. Another boy in white sits on the sand in the background.2006-05-05July 13 20032003-07-13Annadhan in 20072007-01-29 +2 copiesOutdoor photo of a group of devotees serving food from steel plates on a wooden table in a sunny courtyard beside a white building. In the foreground a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala faces the table. Behind him people in white and cream clothes hold silver trays, including a man in a white kurta with a long rudraksha mala and a woman in a white sari with a dark mala. Several others stand in line, some wearing name badges. A low red-and-white building and green trees appear in the background under a clear sky.2005-11-30A photograph of an outdoor food distribution under a palm-frond canopy. Several women in white saris serve food from large stainless steel pots set on a metal table. A woman in a white sari with a dark beaded necklace pours from a steel vessel at centre, while a woman in white with an orange border and gold bangles ladles food on the right. A young person in white kurta and a girl in a green top and orange shawl stand in a queue at left, with a small child visible in the background. Bright sunlight and palm leaves frame the scene.2006-05-05