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Photo of an annadan-style meal served on the floor of a white marble hall. A woman in a white sari with pink border bends forward to place food on banana-leaf plates. A young woman in an orange-red salwar kameez with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged and holds food, beside a boy in a grey t-shirt and a girl in a yellow top and teal skirt, both seated before leaf plates of food and paper cups. A patterned sari-clad woman stands at left. A wall-mounted shelf and white walls frame the scene.

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September 15 20142014-09-15September 15 20142014-09-15A large hall with white tiled floor and ceiling lights where participants sit in rows on the floor eating from banana leaves. A standing woman in an orange sari with a red border pours from a blue bucket toward the row. Seated devotees wear orange and red shawls; one woman in a pink top eats with her fingers. Sweets and offerings lie on the leaves. Framed pictures line the back wall, and a golden deity murti stands near the centre background.2016-10-12Photograph of a seated meal service in a marble-floored hall. A woman in an orange sari with a maroon border and a white hairnet leans forward to serve food from a steel tray onto banana-leaf-style plates laid on mats. Three men in white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas sit cross-legged and eat with their right hands, one wearing spectacles. Steel serving trays and a plastic container of food sit nearby, and more people in white and hairnets are visible in the background.2014-09-15September 15 20142014-09-15March 08 20132013-03-08 +1 copiesSeveral women and a girl sit cross-legged in a row on a polished white marble floor, eating from green banana-leaf plates set on the ground. The women wear white kurtas with red-orange shawls draped over their shoulders, and one wears a red-orange shawl over a white top. A girl in a white outfit sits at the far right. Each leaf holds rice, curries, fried items and sliced fruit, with small white paper cups placed between them. The room is bright and spacious, with a blue line marking the floor between seating rows, consistent with a communal annadan meal.2014-09-15Four people sit cross-legged on a concrete floor during a meal offering. Each wears white clothing with an orange shawl. Banana leaves hold portions of rice, fried snacks, sweets and a dal-style dish, with brass kalasha-style vessels and small steel tumblers beside them. A woman in the centre has a light-coloured ponytail and a bead mala. A man at the left and a woman at the right hold long wooden sticks, and another woman in the foreground with dark hair looks down at the food. Plastic chairs and a table are visible in the background.2006-08-23Women sit cross-legged in a row on a floor mat, eating from banana-leaf plates of food served on a polished stone floor. Four women are visible: the nearest in a red patterned top with a lanyard, the next in a white top with an orange lanyard, then a woman in white with an orange shawl, and a woman at the far right in a green patterned kurta with an orange shawl. Small paper cups of liquid sit beside each leaf plate, and steel buckets stand in the background. The scene resembles a prasad or naivedyam meal.2012-10-27 +1 copiesChildren sit cross-legged on a tiled floor eating a meal served on green banana leaves during a communal feast. A girl with a long braid and a white top with a red lanyard rests her chin on her hand while a boy in a green striped shirt leans forward toward his leaf plate of rice, vegetables, fried snacks and sides. A woman in a white hairnet and a white and yellow checked cloth covers her hair and stands by a stainless steel bucket. Other seated people in white and patterned clothes are visible at the edges, with more banana leaves and small steel bowls around the room.2014-10-28 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20142014-09-15September 15 20142014-09-15