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A night-time photograph of a crowded covered food distribution line under a corrugated roof, with people pressing against yellow metal railings. Volunteers in white hair nets and face masks serve food from steel trays and containers on a yellow counter. Devotees in ethnic dress and white garments stand in the crowd, some with raised hands. Strings of lights and yellow flower garlands hang on the brick wall at left, with dark trees beyond. A timestamp at lower right reads Apr 16, 2022 9:05:09 PM.

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Photo 82851792022-04-05Photo 82899082022-04-05 +4 copiesApril 15 - 17 2022 Chithirai Pournami, Tiruvannamalai2022-04-17Night-time photo of a large open-air food distribution (annadan) beside a temple, under strings of multicoloured fairy lights and bright floodlights. Servers in white aprons and hairnets stand behind long steel serving counters with stainless steel trays and dishes. Devotees line up in a crowd holding metal plates, many men in white dhotis and shirts, women in sarees. A gilded temple gopuram or ratha-like structure appears at the left edge, with banners, framed photos and a decorated umbrella in the background. No a person candidate is clearly visible among those present.2023-09-28A night-time photograph of a crowded outdoor annadan food distribution line under a long translucent roof with rust-coloured metal supports. Yellow metal railings guide the queue along steel serving counters holding pots and steaming food trays. Volunteers in white dhotis and shirts serve, while a man in an orange shirt and a woman in a green sari reach forward. Many devotees press in from the right holding white bowls and plates. Red and gold string lights and a dark tree line the background. A timestamp in the corner reads Apr 16, 2022 9:19:10 PM.2022-04-05 +1 copiesA covered outdoor food-serving counter under a corrugated roof, with a long queue of people in front. Volunteers wearing white hairnets and white aprons, one with a long braid, serve food from steel trays and containers onto plates and bowls. Several women in red, pink and yellow saris and a child in blue sit at the counter receiving meals. A red brick wall to the left is decorated with string lights and a yellow flower garland. A large crowd stands beyond under trees. A timestamp reads Apr 16, 2022 5:59:47 PM.2022-04-05 +4 copiesNight photograph of a crowded food distribution line in an outdoor temple-style courtyard lit by strings of coloured fairy lights and a bright floodlight. Volunteers in white dhotis and white head caps, some wearing white saris with gold borders, serve rice from steel trays under clear plastic sneeze guards at a long buffet counter. Devotees in shirts and lungis stand in a dense queue, a man in an orange shirt receives a plate, and a large golden chariot or ratha with decorative pennants stands in the background beside a lit tall structure. A small framed photo display is visible on the right wall. Annadan food offering.2023-09-28KAILASA India Na Na Na on 4/5/20222022-04-05 +4 copiesNight photo of a large covered food hall where a long queue of men and some women line up at a steel serving counter for a free meal. Servers in white caps and hairnets, with white aprons, ladle food from steel trays under a glass sneeze guard into steel plates and bowls held by devotees. Strings of multicoloured fairy lights and bright ceiling lamps light the open-sided hall, with a metal railing guiding the line on the left. Most people wear white dhotis, shirts, or sarees in pastel tones, and some have shaved heads and white garments. This appears to be an annadan or prasadam meal service.A crowded outdoor annadan meal line at dusk beneath strings of multicoloured fairy lights. Women in white head-caps and aprons serve food from steel trays behind a long glass sneeze-guard counter on the left. Many people queue along the right holding steel plates, including women in red, yellow and pink saris and a man in a lime-green polo shirt. Trees and a low wall frame the street, with a few saffron-clad figures further back.2023-08-31Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamFebruary 24 20242024-02-24