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Indoor photo of an annadan (food offering) at a temple-like hall. On a raised platform with red steps sits a seated figure in a red-maroon garment with a long green-and-white flower garland, behind a golden trident and an ornate silver umbrella. The figure appears to be a deity murti or statue rather than a living person, given its painted, static appearance. In front, a woman in a dark red sari kneels on the steps serving from a large steel vessel. Several people in mixed clothing, including a woman in an orange-and-yellow saree and women in teal and blue sarees, stand in a line holding steel plates and bowls. A small boy with a white forehead mark sits in the lower foreground. Steel plates are stacked on the steps.

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Photo of an annadhan food distribution in a temple-style hall. A woman in a maroon-red sari kneels on tiled steps, serving from a large steel pot placed on an orange cloth, toward a line of devotees holding steel plates. At left, a figure seated on a red-draped platform wears a red turban, a white and green flower garland and a rudraksha-style necklace, with a golden trident behind. Standing devotees include men in white shirts and checked lungis and women in teal, red-bordered and striped saris. A small boy sits at the bottom edge with a plate. Empty steel plates are stacked on the steps and a striped canopy frames the upper right.2019-08-18August 18 20192019-08-18August 18 20192019-08-18August 18 20192019-08-18A photograph of an annadhan food-distribution scene in a temple-like hall with red walls and a golden trident standing at the left. A seated figure in a red-brown robe and orange cloth serves rice from a large steel pot onto a plate held by a woman in a red-and-white patterned sari with gold border. Behind her, a line of women and men wait with steel plates; a woman in a turquoise blouse and a woman in a blue-and-maroon floral sari stand at the right. A shrine figure garlanded with white and red flowers sits on a raised red platform at the left, partly visible. A small child in a light outfit sits in the lower foreground. Stacked steel plates rest on the steps, and a large aluminium pot sits on the floor.2019-08-18Photo of an annadhan food distribution inside a hall. A seated figure on a raised red-draped seat at upper left wears a red turban, white and green garlands, and a red-and-pink garment, with hands raised in greeting; a golden trident stands beside the seat. In the centre, a woman in a rust-red garment kneels on the red steps, ladling food from a steel pot into a plate. Behind a large steel pot on an orange cloth, a man in a white shirt holds a steel plate of food, and a woman in a blue-and-brown patterned sari stands in the foreground holding a metal plate. Several people in checked shirts watch from the background, and a seated child eats at the bottom of the frame. Steel plates are stacked on the steps.2019-08-18August 18 20192019-08-18August 18 20192019-08-18August 18 20192019-08-18A photograph inside a temple-like hall during an annadan food distribution. A seated woman in a rust-red sari leans forward at the front of a raised red-and-gold platform, serving food from a large steel pot set on an orange cloth. A golden trident stands beside a statue of a seated figure wearing a red turban, a pink garment and a white-and-green garland, with a silver canopy overhead. Several people in yellow, navy, red and teal saris and men in checked shirts stand in a line holding plates and bowls. A small child sits in the lower corner eating. Steel plates are stacked on the steps.2019-08-18A photograph inside a temple hall during an annadan food distribution. On the left, a seated garlanded figure in a shrine area with a golden trident behind, beside a red-draped platform. A woman in a rust-red sari kneels on steps serving food from a large steel pot, while people stand in line holding steel plates and bowls. A man in a blue checked shirt and white dhoti stands with a bowl, and women in patterned saris and a pink salwar hold out plates. A partially visible person sits at the bottom edge holding a plate.2019-08-18August 18 20192019-08-18