A long row of women sits cross-legged on a red carpet eating a meal from fresh green banana leaves laid on a white cloth, with water bottles placed between them. Women in yellow, orange, pink and cream saris and salwar kameez with gold bangles predominate. Behind them stand large golden deity murti statues and a bright ornate decorated hall with more attendees in white and in colourful dress. - Nithyanandapedia

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A long row of women sits cross-legged on a red carpet eating a meal from fresh green banana leaves laid on a white cloth, with water bottles placed between them. Women in yellow, orange, pink and cream saris and salwar kameez with gold bangles predominate. Behind them stand large golden deity murti statues and a bright ornate decorated hall with more attendees in white and in colourful dress.

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December 21 2016

A large seated community meal on a red carpet. Long rows of banana leaves hold rice, curries, fried vegetables and small sweets, with plastic water bottles placed between them. Many women in saris and salwar kameez, in yellow, green, orange and pink, sit cross-legged along the leaves, several reaching to eat or serve. A woman in a multicoloured printed top and pink trousers in the foreground holds a phone. Behind them a dense crowd of seated and standing people fills the hall. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in the frame.

A large hall with a red carpet and white runner where many women sit in rows on the floor eating a communal meal served on fresh green banana leaves. In the foreground a woman in white garments and a white hair net leans forward to handle food on her leaf, beside water bottles. A woman in a purple saree and gold jewellery carries a steel bucket down the row, while other attendants in white dhotis or saris and white hair nets work at serving tables at the back. Many participants wear saris and salwar kameez in yellow, orange, pink and teal. A small girl in green sits at left. The scene reads as an annadan style community meal.

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A large seated gathering eats a meal from green banana leaves laid on a red carpet at an indoor event. Many devotees sit cross-legged in rows wearing white kurtas and dhotis, yellow, purple, blue and saffron-toned clothes, and rudraksha malas. A woman in a green sari sits at left, and a man in a yellow kurta with a rudraksha mala eats at centre. Bottled water sits along the banana leaves, and some attendants in white bend over the rows serving food. No single leader is clearly identifiable, and no a person candidate is clearly visible among the people shown.

December 21 2016

Women sit cross-legged in a long row on the floor of a hall, eating a communal meal from green banana leaves laid along a white cloth. In front of them are bottles of mineral water, small steel cups and bowls of food. The woman at left wears a magenta salwar with a rudraksha-style bead necklace and gold bangles. Beside her, a woman in a red blouse and yellow sari eats with her right hand. Next, a woman in a blue top with a saffron shawl serves herself from a leaf. Other participants in white and saffron shawls sit further down the row, and staff move in the background near a red wall and wooden door.

December 11 2011

A large seated gathering of devotees eats a communal meal on banana leaves laid over a red mat. In the foreground, four men sit cross-legged: one in a white kurta, one in a purple kurta with a rudraksha mala, one in a yellow kurta with a mala, and one in a cream kurta. Each has food on a leaf with small portions and sweets. Plastic water bottles sit between the rows, and a woman in a red sari with gold border sits at the left edge. Behind them, many more people sit or bend over in white, yellow, pink, blue and green clothing, with a bright stage backdrop. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.

December 21 2016

A long hall with a red carpet hosts a communal meal. Rows of participants sit on the floor in white, red, orange and blue clothing, each before a banana leaf loaded with food. A man in an orange shirt and grey hair leans forward to serve from a steel bowl. Other servers in orange shirts and white caps move along the rows. White drapes, a gold pillar and an orange-draped table sit behind. A seated figure in white is at the far left, and a line of people stands along the far right.