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A dining hall with long tables covered in green banana leaves and red plastic chairs. A man in an orange saffron wrap and orange turban with long hair serves rice from a steel vessel onto a leaf for seated men in white shirts. Another man in white with an orange shawl and lanyard stands behind, and a cameraman in white with a camera is at left. Small steel tumblers and oil lamps sit on the leaves.

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Annadhan in 20062006-01-01A large hall with rows of long tables where seated men and women eat from green banana leaves. A figure in an orange turban, orange-saffron robe and a rudraksha mala stands at the right, smiling and carrying a steel bucket while serving food to diners. Several seated men wear white shirts and white dhotis; a standing attendant in a blue shirt and blue trousers is at the right edge. Overhead lights and barred windows light the white walls. The scene shows a communal meal service.2007-12-12September 23 20062006-09-23April 16 20222022-04-16Photo 82859052006-01-01 +3 copiesSeptember 23 20062006-09-23 +1 copiesA monk in saffron robes and an orange turban serves food at a long communal dining hall, where rows of seated devotees eat from banana leaves set on tables. Red plastic chairs line the tables, and white-clad volunteers move along the aisles. A saffron-clad server in the foreground, wearing gloves, places rice onto leaves before a row of women in saffron-and-white saris, some with gold bangles and necklaces. The setting suggests an annadan meal at an ashram or temple hall.2007-12-12December 25 20082008-12-25Annadhan in 20062006-01-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20062006-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a communal meal in a temporary open-sided tent with thatched roof. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and a long orange-beaded garland stands barefoot, leaning forward to serve from a vessel toward the row of seated people. Rows of seated sannyasis and devotees in orange and saffron robes, several in pink, yellow and white head cloths, sit on the floor before green banana-leaf plates heaped with white rice, flowers, and small cups of water. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a light shawl stands nearby, and a few people in white clothes stand along the back. Behind them hang banners and posters, one showing a smiling man in a red-orange turban, and an orange-clad figure sits on a raised platform in the background.2011-01-16Annadhan in 20092009-01-01 +2 copies