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A photograph inside a long thatched-roof hall with blue steel posts and beams, strung with orange and saffron pennant flags. Rows of people sit at long metal-topped tables eating from steel plates and bowls, as in an annadan meal. A bald man with a white ritual cloth and a beaded necklace carries a large steel bowl down the aisle, while a man in a white shirt and a woman in a cream sari with a green-shirted helper also move through the hall. Serving staff in white clothes stand among the seated diners. The scene suggests a communal lunch service.

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A long thatched-roof hall decorated with orange paper streamers serves a communal meal. Rows of people in white clothes queue along a steel serving counter where attendants hand out food on metal plates. Diners sit on long wooden benches at tables on the right. A woman in a white sari with a white flower garland in her braid stands in the foreground, and another woman in white wears a rudraksha-style mala. Several men wear white shirts and dhotis, and some wear checked shirts. Blue steel support poles run along the hall.2009-08-05A photograph of an annadan meal served in a long thatched shed with blue steel posts and strings of orange and yellow bunting overhead. Rows of diners sit on benches at long tables eating from steel plates, while volunteers in white clothes walk between the tables carrying vessels to serve food. Many more people stand in a crowd near the open side of the shed, some in white shirts and dhotis, others in saris and salwar. The concrete floor is bare and the mood is orderly and communal.2009-08-05A photograph inside a thatched-roof shed decorated with strings of orange and yellow pennants. Many people sit on benches at long metal serving tables, eating from steel plates while others stand and queue along the walls. Men in white dhotis wear yellow shawls and serve or walk among the diners, while women in saffron and white saris are visible at the left and centre. Blue metal poles support the roof. A white-clad man with a grey beard stands near the centre serving food. Light enters through the open side at left.2009-08-05August 05 20092009-08-05August 05 20092009-08-05A photograph of an annadan meal hall under a thatched palm-leaf roof, with long rows of tables and benches filled with seated diners eating from steel plates and tumblers. Orange and yellow paper garlands hang across the rafters. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt with a yellow shawl and rudraksha-style beaded necklace stands facing away, and a man in a white shirt with a beard stands nearby. A woman in a blue top stands among the diners, and volunteers in white move along the aisles serving food. A red cloth backdrop is visible at the far end.2009-08-05A long thatched-roof pavilion with bamboo and blue metal poles serves a communal meal. Rows of people sit on chairs at long tables eating from steel plates and tumblers, with rice visible on the plates. Orange and red cloth bunting with small framed photos hangs along the roof. Several men in white shirts and dhotis, one in a yellow shawl, walk among the tables serving food, while a woman in a patterned sari carries items down the aisle. A red cloth canopy stands at the far end. The setting suggests an annadan meal.2009-08-05A large open-sided hall with a thatched roof and blue metal posts is filled with seated people eating a meal. Strings of orange triangular pennants hang across the ceiling. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and orange shawl stands beside a seated man in a white shirt and orange shawl, and a man in a pale blue shirt carries a steel bowl of food. Several women in white saris and a woman with a red bindi sit nearby, some holding steel plates. Dozens of people in white and orange are visible across the hall.2009-08-05August 05 20092009-08-05A photograph of a thatched-roof open hall during an anna-daan meal service. A long queue of men, women and children stands in line behind a wooden rail on the left, many in white, yellow and bright saris, with a man in a white turban and white kurta at the front. Orange festoon banners hang from the thatch overhead. On the right, a seated elderly man in a light shirt eats from a steel plate at a long table, while a man in white clothes attends the service. Blue steel posts support the roof.2009-08-05August 05 20092009-08-05A photograph inside an open-sided pavilion with a green-framed metal roof and fluorescent tube lights. A line of children and devotees stands at a long table covered with a cloth, receiving food from a woman in the foreground, who wears a white sari with an orange shawl and a beaded necklace. Many people wear white kurtas or white clothing with orange shawls draped over their shoulders. An older man with white hair and glasses, in white clothes and an orange shawl, stands among the crowd, and a man in a white cap is visible at left. Several boys in shirts and a girl in a patterned dress with a long braid are in the queue, and some also wear orange scarves. The setting suggests a communal meal distribution.2007-04-20