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Outdoor food preparation under a striped canopy at an annadhan-style food service. Men in white shirts and white trousers, several wearing light green hair nets, stand around a large steel pot of cooked rice. A man on the left holds a green plastic bag. A monk in saffron-orange robes stands centre-left near the pot, and another orange-robed person appears at the far right. A woman in a red outfit and green head covering works in the background among cooking stations, white-walled buildings and palm trees. Beaded necklaces with pendants are worn by several men.

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Outdoor food-distribution scene under a long patterned tent canopy with red, green, navy and yellow stripes. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and a white dhoti with a yellow-green border stands with arms folded, facing away. Several volunteers in white clothes and green hairnets bend over a large black pot of cooked food, one stirring or lifting with a ladle. Many large steel cooking vessels sit on the dusty ground beneath the tent, with other workers and a woman in a teal sari in the background. The scene shows an annadan kitchen operation in progress.2012-01-04Outdoor annadan food service under a tent with a row of colourful cloth streamers overhead. A man in white shirt and white dhoti stirs a large dark pot of rice with a long ladle while another man in white wears a hairnet and a green-labelled badge. A young man in a white shirt and white dhoti with an orange-saffron scarf and rudraksha-style beaded mala holds a steel bowl. Behind them, a woman in a red sari serves food from a table, and several people in white and a woman in a red and green sari queue or wait nearby. A corrugated-roof building and trees stand in the background.2012-01-08January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A 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.2012-01-08January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor photo of several men bending over a large round metal tray or vessel filled with food on the ground under bright daylight. The men in front wear plain white dhotis and white shirts, with green hairnets on their heads. Behind them, a man in a saffron-orange robe and a man in white stand near the edge of the frame, and a woman in a patterned salwar kameez stands at the right. Palm trees and a bright sandy ground are visible in the background.2012-01-04A relief kitchen at an outdoor cyclone-relief camp in a village, with palm trees and a white building behind. Large aluminium pots hold cooked rice with vegetables in the foreground. Volunteers in white shirts and white hairnets serve food: a man in white with a rudraksha-style necklace stands at right beside a woman in a patterned sari, and men in white shirts stand at left reaching toward the food. Another woman in a purple sari walks in the background. A striped awning shades the scene, and sacks and bags are stacked on a ledge at right.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06