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A food distribution line under a red and white striped tent. Workers in white coats and blue hairnets serve rice and yellow dishes from steel vessels on a counter to a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis, one in a purple checked shirt in the foreground. A woman in a red-bordered sari serves at right. Several men wear saffron cloths and rudraksha-style beads. No individual can be confidently matched to a person from appearance, so no identity is asserted.

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Annadhan in 20152015-01-01January 02 20162016-01-02January 02 20162016-01-02January 31 20162016-01-31November 27 20122012-11-27A photograph of an outdoor annadan meal service under a large canopy of red patterned cloth edged with strips of colourful fabric in green, blue, purple and red. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts serve food from large steel pots at a metal table, one wearing a white hairnet and another with an orange-and-white cloth at his neck. Devotees in white and checked shirts stand holding metal plates and cups, and a seated young man in a plaid shirt eats from a steel plate. Trees and a low orange building are visible beyond the canopy. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person.2012-01-08A large hall with pink walls and red curtains where people queue at a buffet of steel trays serving rice, dal, bread and vegetables under a glass sneeze guard. Attendants in white shirts and hairnets serve food while devotees in white and pink shirts, one in an orange shawl, wait in line. A screen on the back wall shows a figure. Many people are visible in the background.2013-08-18A food service line under a white and red canopy at an outdoor event. A man on the left wears an orange saffron turban and orange wrap over a bare chest, with a long swept-back hair and a tilak on his forehead, wearing disposable plastic gloves and serving rice from a large steel pot into a plate. Beside him and across the line, several men in white shirts and a woman in an orange sari and a woman in a red patterned top also wear gloves and serve or hold plates of yellow rice. Devotees wait in line on the right, including a man in a white shirt with glasses and a girl with a long braid in a white top. Red drapes and bunting decorate the canopy edge.2006-11-25A dense crowd of devotees gathered under a long red and white patterned canopy strung with colourful bunting and tied to bamboo poles. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis, and several carry small brass or steel plates with offerings. A woman in the foreground wears a dark red blouse and a white garland in her hair, and another woman in a pink sari stands at left. The people stand shoulder to shoulder in a queue moving through the tent, with an open field and trees visible beyond the canopy.2009-07-26November 01 20142014-11-01 +2 copiesA crowded outdoor food distribution under a large maroon and brown canopy supported by bamboo poles. Men in white shirts and trousers, some with white or red ID badges, stand at the front serving food in clear plastic containers, while a man at lower right bends over a steel tray. Women in saris and salwar, some wearing orange, red and pink saris and white shawls, wait with plates and containers in the dense crowd. Steel serving vessels and food packets line the table at lower right. Buildings and parked vehicles are visible behind the tent.2009-08-02A photo of a communal food service line under a white canopy. A volunteer in a white hairnet and red-orange cloth draped over the shoulders, bare-chested with a white dhoti, ladles food from a steel pot into a paper plate held by a man in a maroon checked shirt. Another volunteer in a white hairnet and white garment, with a tilak on the forehead, serves from a second pot. Several men in shirts line up with plates and compartment trays, and the table is set with patterned ceramic plates.2016-07-01