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A communal meal is served on a white-tiled hall floor, with devotees seated in rows on green banana leaves. A man in a cream shirt and black trousers bends forward, serving food from a large steel vessel while others in white garments and gloves assist with pots and dishes. Seated women include one in an orange top and another in white with a beaded necklace, and a boy in white sits in the foreground beside rows of rice, vegetables and cups. Light fixtures and a ceiling fan are visible, and several people stand in white at the back.

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July 19 20092009-07-19Indoor photo of a communal meal service in a white-tiled hall. Women in white and gold-bordered saris and a woman in a pink top serve food from steel buckets onto green banana leaves laid on the floor. Seated devotees, including a woman in a blue top and others in grey and black, wait to eat. In the background, a man in orange robes and another in white stand near the wall, and a larger group sits in rows. Plates hold rice, sambar-style gravy, and fried items with steel tumblers beside them.2009-07-19July 19 20092009-07-19September 17 20102010-09-17 +1 copiesAn annadaan meal service in an indoor hall with tiled floor and ceiling fans. Serving staff in orange and red garments and white dhoti-clad helpers move along a row of seated people, serving food from a large steel bucket onto green banana-leaf plates with steel tumblers and small cups. Seated participants in white clothes wear garlands, and a camera operator in white with a red shawl stands at the right edge. Several dozen people are visible along the row.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22A photograph of a large whitewashed hall where many devotees sit in rows on the floor eating a communal meal from green banana-leaf plates, a scene consistent with an annadaan session. Most seated people wear white clothing and some wear flower garlands. Several staff in orange and red saris and white shirts walk along the aisles carrying trays and serving food. A red-and-gold ceremonial chair stands at the far end near a small shrine area with a framed picture, and fans and tube lights hang from the high ceiling. A person in a white dhoti stands near the front, and the hall is filled with participants and servers.2009-06-22A large hall with white walls, ceiling fans and a wide white tiled floor holds a long seated meal. Rows of people sit on mats in white clothes, many with yellow or saffron scarves, eating from green banana leaves set with rice and side dishes, with steel cups and bowls beside them. Several women in white and cream saris and white-clad helpers serve from large steel pots, while a standing figure in saffron robes stands at the right edge and another in orange at the left. Tall windows line the back wall. The scene looks like a communal annadan meal in an ashram hall.2009-07-19June 22 20092009-06-22A long hall with a tiled floor where rows of seated people are being served a meal on green banana leaves. Many attendees wear white clothes and garlands of yellow flowers. In the right foreground a woman in an orange-red robe with long dark hair leans forward, serving rice from a metal dish with a ladle, while a man in a white kurta holds a tray of food beside her. Another person in orange robes stands at the lower right with a shaved head. Other servers in white and red garments move among the diners, and the room has a ceiling fan and open doorways.2009-06-22September 17 20102010-09-17 +1 copiesJune 15 20092009-06-15