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An elderly man with white hair and a white beard sits cross-legged on a bare floor, eating rice from a steel plate. He wears a white shirt and a blue-and-white checked lungi. Behind him are bamboo poles and a pink plastic chair, and another person's checked legs are visible at the left edge, consistent with an annadan meal setting.

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June 24 20122012-06-24 +2 copiesTwo men sit cross-legged on a pale tiled floor eating a meal from stainless steel compartmented thalis. The man on the left, wearing glasses, a white kurta and white pants with a dark beaded mala and a name badge, tears flatbread with his right hand over a tray of rice, yellow dal and curry. The man on the right, also in white with glasses, a dark beaded mala and a gold bangle, holds a piece of roti over his plate of rice and dal. Behind them, a bearded man in a green kurta sits, and a few feet appear at the top edge. A saffron cloth lies between the trays.2015-08-22 +1 copiesAugust 22 20152015-08-22 +1 copiesSeated on a pale tiled floor, three people eat a meal from stainless steel compartment trays. A man in front wears a white shirt, jeans, glasses and a wristband, holding a flatbread and reaching toward the tray. Beside him an older man in a white shirt and dark trousers tears bread over his tray. To the right a woman in a floral green and beige sari sits cross-legged with a flatbread and small bowls of curry. A water bottle stands behind them and another person in white sits at the top right. No swami is visible, so the scene is a shared communal meal in an ashram hall.2015-08-22 +1 copiesA covered open-sided hall with corrugated metal walls and red-orange roof beams, where many men in white shirts and white dhotis sit cross-legged on a concrete floor eating from metal plates. Several standing attendants in white shirts and dhotis move among them, one holding a white cloth. Large plastic water jugs and steel containers sit on a table at left, and a child stands near the entrance by bougainvillea. This appears to be a communal meal serving line, with no identifiable figure presented as a person.2019-01-20A photograph of two men seated cross-legged on a grey cloth over red mats, eating from paper plates at night. The man on the left has white hair, glasses and a white vertical tilak on his forehead, wearing a salmon-pink shirt and orange-pink dhoti, holding a plate of food with his right hand. The man on the right wears a white collared shirt and cream dhoti, holding a plate and eating. Other people are partially visible at the top edge of the frame.2017-06-08October 13 20122012-10-13December 15 20062006-12-15Outdoor food distribution at night. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and blue-checked lungi stands at left, serving yellow rice from a large steel vessel with a ladle. Beside him a man in a light blue shirt and checked lungi leans over the vessel. Several hands reach in from the right holding steel plates and cups to receive the food. The vessel sits on a green metal cart with chains. No identifiable a person depiction is present; the scene shows volunteers serving annadan.2012-01-06July 08 20132013-07-08Three elderly sadhus and devotees sit on sandy ground at a Kumbha Mela camp, eating from steel tiffin tins. On the left, a man in a pink and white striped turban and white dhoti holds a steel container beside a wooden post. In the centre, a bearded sadhu with long grey hair, a red tilak on his forehead, a dark green jacket over white kurta and saffron-orange dhoti holds a small bowl. On the right, an elderly woman in a grey shawl and pink sari with gold bangles holds a bowl. Crowds of pilgrims in orange and multicoloured clothing stand behind them.2013-02-06December 15 20062006-12-15