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November 07 2000

Dim interior of a makeshift tent with a red patterned cloth canopy overhead, where several people work around large black cooking vessels. In the foreground a woman in a purple patterned sari and a man in a white sleeveless vest lean over a large dark pot. Behind them a man in an orange lungi and a headcloth and another man in a white vest and white dhoti tend more pots and a blue drum. Roles suggest community kitchen cooking, possibly annadan food preparation, with no visible deity, dais or a person depiction.

April 06 2012

Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 2013

2013-01-01 +1 copies

Dim, makeshift outdoor kitchen under a red-patterned cloth canopy, with a large black cooking vessel on the ground. Several women in saris work around it: a woman in a blue and teal sari with purple blouse and a thin gold necklace stands at left looking toward the pots, another in a dark patterned sari stirs or serves near the cauldron, and a woman in a green sari handles steel vessels at the far left. A figure in a dark jacket with white stripes stands in the right foreground, back to the camera. Steel pots and buckets are scattered across the floor. No a person candidate is visible.

June 24 2012

Evening annadhaan food service under a canopy with a string of small triangular bunting. Volunteers in white and light clothing serve rice from large steel pots onto steel plates held by devotees. In the foreground a grey-haired man in a lavender-pink shirt with a rudraksha mala ladles rice into a copper-coloured bowl, while a woman in a white sari with a lanyard serves from a pot. A woman in a maroon sari with jasmine in her hair holds a plate, and a woman in a light blue sari stands nearby. Steam rises over the serving counter and people queue behind. No prominent person matches a person's appearance cues.

A dim outdoor kitchen under a red patterned cloth canopy strung with blue and red bunting. Large steel cooking pots and vessels sit on the ground, lit by a single fluorescent tube. Several people work around them: a bald man in a white sleeveless vest and checked lungi stands at right, a woman in a dark green and blue sari stands centre, another woman in purple and a man in white stand near the pots, and a figure in a white dhoti and cloth works at centre back. Metal containers and gas cylinders surround the cooking area. The scene suggests bulk food preparation, consistent with annadan or community cooking.

Night-time outdoor kitchen under a red and blue fabric canopy with strung bunting. A woman in a dark top bends over a large metal pot and stirs with a long ladle, while another woman in a purple blouse stands behind, holding a ladle over a second pot. Several large aluminium cooking vessels and lids sit on the bare ground, with bright fluorescent tube lights on a stand illuminating the scene. Steam rises from the pots. No one visible is identifiable as a person.

Annadhan in 2011

2011-01-01 +1 copies

Candid photo at a crowded indoor evening gathering. A woman in the centre wears a pink and red sari with a floral print, a red bindi and gold earrings, holding a yellow sweet or food offering. A man on the left in a white shirt with dark trousers holds a yellow food item and looks down. Behind them a bald man in a white sleeveless vest stands beside a shirtless man wearing a gold chain. A plastic water bottle is visible near the centre. A partly visible person in white appears at the right edge, with a pale concrete pillar behind.