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Outdoor food-service setup under a bamboo and tarp shelter with palm trees behind. In the centre, a monastic in saffron-orange robes and a shaved head stands beside a large steel cooking pot on a metal stand, holding a bead mala. Next to him, a younger man in orange with a rudraksha mala and a green head covering stands under a bright orange umbrella held by another person in orange. On the left, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border faces away from the camera. Women in saris, one in yellow and dark patterned cloth, another in orange-yellow with a grey lower garment, wear hair nets and stand near large steel vessels, apparently helping with the meal.

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A photograph of an outdoor annadan food distribution under a red, green and blue striped canopy with a patterned cloth top. In the foreground a large steel cauldron holds pale yellow cooked food being stirred with long ladles by men in saffron-orange dhotis with rudraksha malas, one wearing a green head covering. Nearby a man in an orange robe and green hairnet stands smiling, while volunteers in white hairnets and white shirts and a man in a checked grey shirt observe. Pots and bowls sit on the ground beside the cauldron.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor food-service scene under a striped canvas awning with large steel cooking pots and vessels on a dirt ground. A man in a white shirt and light green head covering stands at left gesturing, next to a man in a white vest and teal-green lungi. In the centre, a bald-headed man in an orange-saffron shawl stands with a hand at his shoulder, and at right a bald man in an orange hooded top and red trousers with a belt stands beside a metal stand. Other workers in the background tend pots, and a plastic bucket sits in the foreground. Four or five people are clearly visible.2012-01-04Outdoor food-preparation scene under a striped and patterned canopy. A large steel cooking pot of yellow food sits in the foreground, and a man in a white shirt and checked lungi stirs it with a long ladle. Around it, several men in white shirts and white head caps stand and watch. A central figure in orange robes wears a rudraksha mala and holds a long ladle, and two other men in orange robes with beaded malas stand beside him. Another man wears a white shirt and a white and yellow head cloth. Trees and a corrugated roof are visible in the background.2012-01-04Outdoor community kitchen under a corrugated metal roof with a palm grove behind. Several volunteers in white caps, aprons and white or patterned clothes stir and ladle food from large aluminium pots set over open wood fires with blackened ash. A woman in a yellow and orange sari stands at the centre, and a large steel drum in the foreground holds water. Coconut palms and a tarpaulin shelter are visible in the background.2012-01-04Outdoor food-distribution scene under a striped canopy in red, green, purple and orange. In the centre, a monk in saffron-orange robes with a long rudraksha mala and green head covering stands beside a very large steel cooking vessel filled with yellow, soupy food, stirring it with a long ladle. Beside him, another saffron-robed monk with a shaved head and a mala holds a ladle. Men in white shirts, dhotis and checked lungis, several wearing green hairnets, stand around the pot; one man at left holds a cloth and phone. A man in a pink shirt and another in white shirt and trousers watch at right. Steel containers and a gas burner sit in the foreground.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor photograph under a open-sided metal-roofed shelter with a dark tent canopy edged in red and green. Several saffron-robed sannyasis stand together on bare ground; one in the centre wears a saffron garment and a rudraksha mala, and another in front holds a camera. Behind them are large steel cooking vessels and people in white dhotis and green hair-nets working near food stations. Right foreground, a man in white dhoti and shawl wears a rudraksha mala. Two or three people in a white-clad group are visible near the vessels. Wider context suggests a relief kitchen setting.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04