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Evening annadaan meal under a striped canvas canopy strung with coloured pennant bunting and bright tube lights. Rows of seated men on the left, in white dhotis, shirts and a red shirt, eat from steel plates, and women in saris, one in red and one with jasmine in her hair, sit at right holding steel plates. A woman in a blue and white sari walks the aisle carrying food, while other volunteers in white and red stand in the background. The floor is bare concrete.

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Evening annadan meal under a long canopy strung with multicoloured pennants and a striped green-and-red awning. Rows of seated people eat from steel plates on the concrete floor, with bright tube lights along the sides. Several women in saris, including one in pink and one in blue, walk down the central aisle carrying items, while a man in a white shirt stands near the back. A seated man at right wears a purple shawl over white dhoti. No central figure is identifiable as a person, and the scene shows volunteers serving devotees.2011-11-09A long covered hall under a tarp with a multicoloured striped canopy and a row of blue, red, green and white bunting, lit by tube lights at night. Rows of seated people eat from steel plates on both sides of a central aisle, with men in shirts and lungis on the left and women in sarees on the right. Several people in white dhotis and shirts walk and serve along the aisle toward a lit shrine area at the far end. This is an annadan meal service at night.2011-11-09A night-time communal meal under a canopy of colourful strung cloth triangles, with bright tube lights along the sides. Rows of men sit cross-legged on a bare concrete floor, many in white dhotis and shirts, holding metal plates. A woman in a purple sari with a long braid stands at the right holding a steel plate of food, and another woman in green stands at the left. Several men in the foreground wear sacred ash on their foreheads, and one bare-chested man wears a red cord. No individual matches the a person appearance cues, so the figures are described by role only. The setting looks like an annadan, a community food offering.2011-11-09A large open-sided tent with a red, green and multicoloured canopy hosts a communal meal. Many people sit cross-legged on the floor eating from metal plates while others stand holding plates of food. Men in white shirts and dhotis, a bare-chested older man and women in saris, including a woman in teal and another in a yellow sari, are visible. A bright work light hangs from the tent pole and green backdrop walls frame the space, with more people and banners at the edges.2012-04-06Night-time outdoor annadaan meal under a tarpaulin canopy strung with colourful bunting in red, green, blue and orange. Two long rows of men sit on the concrete floor and on chairs, holding steel plates of food. Many wear white dhotis and shirts; one man in the foreground is bare-chested with a red thread around his neck and eats from a plate. Fluorescent tube lights hang from poles along the canopy, and a cameraman stands at the back. No a person candidate is visible.2011-11-09A photograph of an outdoor communal meal under a tented canopy at night, lit by a bright floodlight. Many people sit on the bare ground eating from metal plates of rice. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis stand and serve food, including a bare-chested man in a white dhoti in the centre. In the foreground a woman in a red sari with white flowers in her hair eats, and a woman in a teal sari with gold jewellery sits holding a plate. Colourful bunting hangs from the tent poles and a banner is visible at the right. No one is identifiable as a person from the image.2012-04-06July 17 20082008-07-17Night scene under a decorated canopy of orange, green, red and gold draped fabric with a central blue and yellow ornament. Gold and red swagged drapery lines the back wall. Many people in white clothes sit on the floor in rows, while others in white saris and white dhotis stand and move between wooden serving tables holding steel vessels and metal plates. A woman in a brown top and gold-bordered white sari carries a steel plate in the center. The setting suggests a communal meal or prasadam service, with no clear signs of a specific rite.2006-12-23February 08 20082008-02-08November 27 20122012-11-27October 14 20072007-10-14January 08 20122012-01-08