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A crowded outdoor communal meal under a corrugated metal shelter with blue poles, shaded by large trees and strung with colourful bunting. Many people in white clothes crowd the open ground; several women wear white saris with coloured borders and long braids, and men wear white shirts and dhotis. In the centre, a volunteer in white stands at a table covered with a red-and-white checked cloth, serving food onto plates. A young boy in a pale yellow shirt stands in the foreground holding a plate. Men and women wait in line and move between tables under the open shelter.

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A dense outdoor communal meal under a striped red-and-white canopy with bamboo poles and a blue-edged awning. Many devotees crowd the space, many women in sarees of pink, turquoise, orange, green and red, and men in white shirts and white dhotis. Several people in white hold steel plates of food, and one woman in a pink saree serves from a bowl. Blue plastic chairs and steel vessels sit on the ground near a cooking pot at left. This appears to be an annadan style food distribution with many visible people, though no a person candidate is clearly identifiable.2009-07-25A large outdoor food distribution line under a corrugated metal shelter beside a yellow building. Many devotees in white and cream clothing queue along a long table covered with a red checked cloth, holding paper plates and receiving rice and food from servers. Women in saris, including one in a light blue sari with an ID badge and one in a mustard-orange sari, stand in the foreground. Male volunteers in white shirts and white dhotis serve from the table. Near the right edge, a volunteer in white with an orange stole walks past, and a framed portrait hangs on the yellow wall. Colourful tent canopies and trees are visible beyond.2009-01-18A long covered walkway with a corrugated translucent roof and blue steel posts serves as an annadan dining line. Crowds of devotees stand and sit along it, many in white ritual clothes, with a few in orange, purple and yellow saris. Volunteers in white shirts and gloves serve food from steel pots and trays onto plates held by people in the foreground, including a woman in a white sari with a red dot wearing gloves. Garlands hang along the far wall beside a framed portrait, and colourful festoon bunting decorates the trees and tents outside. Dense crowd, roughly a hundred or more people visible across the scene.2009-01-18A long covered outdoor line of devotees, mostly women in white sarees with gold borders and men in white or light shirts, waits under a corrugated metal roof on a sandy ground. Many hold steel plates, moving forward toward a serving area on the left. Tall trees and a multi-storey building with red-trimmed windows stand behind, with a crowd of onlookers in the background.2009-01-18January 31 20162016-01-31A crowded outdoor food distribution under a large maroon and brown canopy supported by bamboo poles. Men in white shirts and trousers, some with white or red ID badges, stand at the front serving food in clear plastic containers, while a man at lower right bends over a steel tray. Women in saris and salwar, some wearing orange, red and pink saris and white shawls, wait with plates and containers in the dense crowd. Steel serving vessels and food packets line the table at lower right. Buildings and parked vehicles are visible behind the tent.2009-08-02Outdoor annadan food distribution under a tent with red, green and blue bunting. A woman in a white sari with a blue hairnet and a bare-armed server in a red blouse ladle food from a steel pot onto paper plates on a long metal table. Several women in saris, including one in a red-and-gold sari and one in a yellow-and-blue sari, stand in a line to receive plates of rice, while a boy in a white shirt waits beside them. Tall trees and a crowd of devotees stand in the background. No one is identifiable as a person.2013-01-06May 10 20172017-05-10Annadhan in 20092009-01-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20082009-01-01 +2 copiesAugust 02 20092009-08-02A large crowd of devotees queues under a dark canopy at an outdoor food serving area, collecting meals from a long green-topped counter. Many women wear saris and salwar kameez in mixed colours, some with lanyards and ID badges; men in white shirts and dhotis stand among them. Several hold steel plates or plastic trays of food, and a stainless-steel vessel sits on the counter. Palm trees and a white building are visible beyond the tent. The scene looks like an annadan or community meal line; the crowd is too dense to count precisely.2009-11-28