A large outdoor meal under a red-and-white striped canopy with palm trees overhead. Dense crowds of men and women in white shirts and dhotis, plus saris and kurtas, queue and carry steel plates of food. Plastic water jugs and plastic chairs are visible. A man in the foreground in a white shirt wears an orange flower garland and carries a plate of food. - Nithyanandapedia

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A large outdoor meal under a red-and-white striped canopy with palm trees overhead. Dense crowds of men and women in white shirts and dhotis, plus saris and kurtas, queue and carry steel plates of food. Plastic water jugs and plastic chairs are visible. A man in the foreground in a white shirt wears an orange flower garland and carries a plate of food.

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Annadhan in 2015

July 25 2009

A large outdoor meal gathering under a red and white striped canopy with draped red-and-gold fabric walls. Many devotees mill about holding paper plates of food; women wear white and cream saris and salwar kameez, and men wear white shirts and dhotis. A woman in a green blouse and cream sari with red border stands near the center holding a plate, while a woman in the foreground wears a beaded mala and white sari with a plate. Several people wear name badges. A building and trees are visible in the background.

A dense outdoor communal meal under a striped red-and-white canopy with bamboo poles and a blue-edged awning. Many devotees crowd the space, many women in sarees of pink, turquoise, orange, green and red, and men in white shirts and white dhotis. Several people in white hold steel plates of food, and one woman in a pink saree serves from a bowl. Blue plastic chairs and steel vessels sit on the ground near a cooking pot at left. This appears to be an annadan style food distribution with many visible people, though no a person candidate is clearly identifiable.

July 26 2015

July 26 2009

November 27 2012

A large outdoor crowd gathers under a canopy of red and white striped tents at a communal meal. Many men in white shirts and dhotis, plus some in striped shirts, hold steel plates of food and eat or queue. A man in the foreground, wearing a saffron-orange shawl over a blue-striped shirt, lifts food to his mouth. Nearby, a man in a white dhoti and shirt waits in line, and plastic water bottles stand on a table at right. Blue plastic chairs and palm trunks frame the scene. Many visible attendees wear name badges on their shirts.

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Outdoor annadhan food distribution under a white and red draped tent. Men in white shirts and dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas, queue at a steel vessel of food at left while a server in white serves them. Stacks of terracotta-coloured plates sit on a steel counter at right. Palm trees and low buildings stand behind the tent. Several men wear visible ID badges on their clothing. No single person can be confidently identified as a person from appearance.

A large crowd of men and women gathers outdoors among tall palm trees at a festival food distribution area, many holding metal plates or leaf bowls of food. Men wear white and cream dhotis and shirts, one man in a pink shirt and another in a green checked shirt stand in front, and a woman in a teal salwar and a woman in a red and gold sari with a flower garland in her hair are visible. Colourful strings of flags hang on a pole at left, white tarpaulin screens and blue tents stand behind, and a forested hill rises at right beside a red and white tower.

A crowded food-serving line under a large decorated tent with patterned ceiling fabric and colourful striped valances. Many devotees, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis and women in saris and salwar, queue and receive plates of food from volunteers. A volunteer in a white shirt and dhoti on the right serves from the side, while a young woman in a white top and lanyard in the foreground holds a plate. Blue plastic chairs and sandy ground are visible.

A photograph of a serving line under a large white tent with red and gold drapes at an outdoor event. On the left, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti serves from a steel dispenser. Beside him, a man in a striped shirt with an ID badge reaches toward the food. A man in a white shirt wears a rudraksha mala and stands in line. Further right, an older man in a white kurta wears a rudraksha mala and an ID badge, and other men in white and checked shirts wait in line. Stacks of pale disposable plates sit on the table in the foreground. Palm trees and low buildings appear beyond the tent.