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Outdoor annadan serving under a canopy strung with multicolored bunting in purple, red, yellow, green and blue. Several men line a long table heaped with orange and white marigold garlands and green leaf garlands. Men in shirts and dhotis hold metal plates and bowls while servers reach to fill them, and a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at right with his back to the camera. Palm trees and a brick building stand in the background.

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A long queue of people waits under a red and green tent canopy with orange and green scalloped valances, serving food from steel vessels at folding tables covered with orange flower petals. Volunteers in white dhotis and a yellow shirt with an orange cloth serve food from a steel pot, while devotees in shirts and saris hold out leaf plates and bowls.2009-01-01A long line of people queues under a large open tent canopy with striped orange, green and red fabric hanging overhead. Men and women hold out leaf plates and bowls while volunteers serve food from steel pots onto them at a long wooden table covered with scattered food scraps. A man in a yellow shirt and dark trousers stands at the serving station, and a man in white shirt and white cap stands to the right. Wooden poles support the canopy and a green table stands in the foreground. The scene is an outdoor communal meal distribution.2009-01-01Outdoor food-distribution area under a canopy of red and orange umbrellas with fringed edges, with a large crowd behind. In the foreground, men in white shirts and trousers stand at a long green table and serve from metal containers, one holding a plate of food. A man in a red patterned shirt holds a plate, and a man in a white T-shirt with a logo stands at the right. Women in saris and a crowd of devotees fill the background. Fallen marigold petals litter the table. This looks like an annadan style meal service at a large gathering.2009-01-01October 15 20122012-10-15 +1 copiesA dense crowd of men and women eats a meal under a large tented pavilion with striped and patterned canopy cloth, bunting, and banana-leaf or palm-frond supports. Many people hold metal plates of food. In the foreground a man in a pink patterned shirt carries a plate, a man in white shirt and dark trousers with a lanyard eats from a plate, and a man in an orange-and-white striped shirt eats at right. Several people wear white kurtas and white shirts, and women wear sarees including a purple one. The scene suggests a community annadan meal. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in this crowd.2009-08-01January 01 20092009-01-01Outdoor annadan meal under a colourful striped canopy with patterned red and maroon cloths draped along the side. Several people stand and sit at metal tables with red plastic chairs, eating from paper plates. Women in sarees, a boy in a white school uniform, and men in white shirts and dhotis are visible, with a man in a maroon shirt and orange dhoti serving food. Trees and open sand fill the background.2006-11-24 +2 copiesA photo of devotees queuing for a meal under a large yellow canopy decorated with red, green, blue and yellow pennant bunting, set outdoors among trees. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts stand in line holding steel plates, one man in the centre wears a red rudraksha-style bead necklace and white clothing, and a man in a striped blue-and-white shirt with a lanyard holds a plate. A man at right wears a purple beaded mala and white clothes and holds a plate. Long metal tables with benches stand in the foreground and a few other people sit or stand in the background.2008-08-01April 06 20122012-04-06September 03 20072007-09-03 +1 copiesA photograph of a communal meal line under a decorated tent with red, yellow and orange draped cloth and floral garlands overhead. A young woman in a pink and orange salwar kameez with a long braid serves food from a steel pot onto a plate. Behind her, women in blue, white and green saris serve rice and curry from steel vessels on a wooden table. In the foreground an older bald man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a steel plate of food and wears a rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead; he has an ID badge on his chest. A teenage boy in a red striped shirt stands beside him. Other people queue along the table, and a few people in white clothes stand in the background.2006-12-30A photo of a community food distribution under a white tent with red, green, yellow and orange bunting. In the foreground a man in a white shirt with white tilak and a rudraksha mala wears clear gloves and serves food from a large steel pot. Beside him an older man in white clothes with white tilak and a mala serves from a steel vessel, and another man in white ladles food onto plates. A man in white with a maroon cloth at his waist holds a steel plate, and a man in an olive-green shirt holds a plate of food at right. Several more people in white and in saris stand in the background, some with green head covers, lining the serving counter.2012-11-27