Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A covered dining hall with an orange-tented roof serves a communal meal. A young man in a saffron-orange robe, with hair tied back, carries a steel tray of food along a long metal serving table. Seated diners in white shirts with rudraksha malas and red wrist threads eat from steel plates of rice, vegetables and banana leaves. Other saffron-robed attendants stand behind the table, and a woman in orange works in the background near orange and yellow drapes.

More like this

Open the gallery
Annadhan in 20082009-01-01December 25 20082008-12-25A dining hall where seated devotees in white clothes eat from steel plates at long metal tables. A standing woman in a flowing orange robe carries a tray of food along the row, while other people in orange robes move about in the background. Orange curtains and a woven hanging decorate the walls. Cups and food plates sit on the tables, and a man with a red-and-white tilak and a rudraksha mala sits at the right foreground. Several devotees are visible, with the seated attendees in white clothing.2008-12-25December 25 20082008-12-25December 25 20082008-12-25December 25 20082008-12-25A communal meal served under an open-sided pavilion with a wooden-beam roof. Men and women sit along a long steel table holding metal plates of rice, curry and banana leaves, with paper cups in front of them. A woman in a saffron-orange robe with a long plait carries a tray down the line. On the right, a server in a yellow top and clear gloves ladles rice from a large steel pot. Orange curtains and white-clad attendants stand in the background. One seated man on the left wears a rudraksha mala.2008-12-25A photograph of a communal feast in a covered open-sided hall with a corrugated roof and orange curtains. Several monastics in orange robes serve food from stainless steel pots and trays to seated guests. Seated diners in white clothing eat from steel plates on long metal tables, while a man in the foreground in a white shirt with an orange lanyard looks down at his plate. A standing monk in an orange robe and beaded necklace holds a steel vessel near the back. Cups, water bottles and an orange-draped table are visible in the background.2008-12-25December 25 20082008-12-25December 25 20082008-12-25A photograph of a communal feast in a open-sided pavilion with orange curtains and a white-walled back wall. Several people in saffron-orange robes serve food: a woman in orange robes carries a white tray of food, and a man in orange with a long orange garland stands at the right holding a steel plate. Seated guests in white shirts and white clothing eat from steel plates on long tables, with cups and bowls of rice, curries and sweets. Another woman in orange serves from a pot at the back-left, and a man in orange with a gold-toned necklace stands near the middle. Steel serving trays and pots line the tables.2008-12-25A photo of a covered, open-sided dining hall where devotees sit at long dark tables eating from metal thali plates of rice, curries and sweets. Many seated men wear white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas and lanyards. Standing and walking among them are attendants in saffron/orange robes serving food and carrying pots, with orange and striped curtains hanging at the back. The scene shows a communal feast, with orange-robed servers moving between tables and no single identifiable central figure presented as a person.2008-12-25