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Night-time annadanam food service at an outdoor ashram or temple compound lit by overhead street lamps. On the left, men in white shirts and white dhotis, one wearing glasses, arrange rows of stainless steel plates and bowls on a long metal serving counter. A woman in a white sari stands at the counter. Along the centre, people stand in a queue behind bamboo barricades, and a man in a blue shirt and dark trousers walks forward holding a steel plate. On the right, a man in a white shirt and yellow cloth and a woman in a green sari carry steel plates. A cream-coloured building with orange trim runs behind. Several dozen people are visible.

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January 08 20122012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08January 20 20192019-01-20Article - November 26 20062006-11-26Night photograph of an outdoor annadanam meal line at a temple-style compound with a bright floodlight and orange-walled building behind. Crowds of devotees move between rows of steel plates and serving tables on the left, where volunteers in white shirts ladle food from stainless steel containers. Women wear colourful saris, including red, yellow and orange, and men wear white shirts and dhotis. A bamboo barricade channels the queue through the centre, and a coloured canopy of red, green, purple and blue cloth shades the top of the frame. An elderly person in a yellow top sits at a table in the lower right foreground.2012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08A night-time communal meal line under a open-sided tent with striped red, yellow and white drapes and strings of lights overhead. A woman in a white sari with a long braid stands at the front ladling food from a large steel pot, and another woman in white ladles from a second pot beside her. Devotees queue with steel plates; a young man in a black shirt and rudraksha-style beaded necklace holds a plate of rice, and a man in a grey shirt stands at right. Several women wear saris in white, orange and green, and a row of steel vessels sits on a table at left.2006-12-23Night-time outdoor food service at an ashram-style compound. Men and women in white dhotis, white shirts and saris line up at long steel serving counters with chafing trays and ladles, serving food to a crowd. Many people sit on the paved ground at right, and a lit stage with decorations stands in the background under floodlights and palm trees. Parked cars are visible at right. No identifiable a person figure is visible in this scene.2019-01-20A dim tented food service area at night with white canopy fabric and maroon drapes overhead, and bright tube lights on posts. Many people in white and cream shirts and dhotis or sarongs queue and serve. A man in a white shirt at left ladles from a steel container, a woman in a white sari with a cream shawl holds a plate, and a man in a light blue shirt and yellow-trimmed dhoti stands in the middle. Stacks of steel plates and a covered steel pot sit on tables in front, and an older man in a white cap and cream shirt and an older woman in glasses stand at right, all wearing small identification badges. No a person is visible in this image.2006-11-26January 08 20122012-01-08A dim tented food hall at an evening event, with a white canvas canopy and maroon draped fabric along the sides. Many people in white shirts and white dhotis or saris stand in a crowded queue around stainless steel containers and trays, taking food. A man in a checked shirt in the foreground holds a steel plate. Bright tube lights hang on the poles, and a small white banner with red text hangs at the left edge. A few people stand with folded hands near the centre. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in the scene, so the appearance is uncertain.2006-11-26Night photograph of a food distribution line under a canvas tent with bright fluorescent tube lights and red fringed draping. A man in a white shirt on the left serves food from a large steel container, wearing plastic gloves. Several people in saris and salwar stand in a queue holding plates and leaf bowls, some in yellow, orange and white clothing. Other people stand further back under the tent. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-11-26