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A photograph of people seated at blue-topped tables under a decorated tent, eating a meal served on leaf plates. In the foreground a man in a white shirt holds a leaf plate with food, and a young girl in a red top sits beside him. An older man sits at the left edge. A standing server in white clothing holds a large steel pot and serving utensil. Behind them a framed portrait of a saffron-clad figure with garland hangs among blue and white drapery, and bananas sit on the tables. The scene suggests a community meal setting.

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September 03 20072007-09-03September 03 20072007-09-03 +1 copiesAugust 27 20072007-08-27 +2 copiesSeptember 03 20072007-09-03A canopy-covered annadan meal under a patterned tent with blue-and-white draped cloth. Seated men in white and light shirts eat from leaf plates on a long blue-topped table with a metal pot in the foreground. A young woman in a white dhoti-style sari with an orange shawl serves food from a steel vessel. A framed portrait with a marigold garland sits on a table at left, and several other people are seated or standing in the background.2007-10-14A photograph of an annadan meal service on a long blue table. Several men in white and cream shirts sit on the left, eating from large dried leaf plates holding rice and a yellow-orange cooked dish, with small yellow banana-like pieces nearby. On the right, a man in white clothing serves food with a ladle from a large steel bucket. The scene is a community food distribution with a dirt floor visible below the table.2007-09-03September 02 20072007-09-02September 03 20072007-09-03 +1 copiesA photograph of a open-sided tent with blue-and-white striped drapery and colourful bunting overhead, where people sit at blue plastic-topped tables on red plastic chairs eating a meal served on leaf plates with rice and white mounds of food. Several young men in white shirts and white trousers stand among the tables serving food from steel pots. Seated diners include an older man in a white dhoti and shirt, a boy in a red shirt, a man in a light striped shirt, and children in red, grey and maroon clothing, with women in colourful saris along the back. The setting is a bare dirt ground under the tent.2007-09-02A photograph of an annadan meal service under a canopy decorated with striped pink, green, yellow and red floral garlands. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala serves a red-brown dish from a steel pot with a ladle. Along a blue-covered table, seated children and adults eat from leaf plates with rice and a dark sauce, and a girl in a pink dress watches the camera. Another server in an orange shawl and grey top stands behind them with a steel bucket. A framed picture of a seated saffron-clad figure is set on a small table at the back.2007-08-26 +2 copiesA photograph of a communal meal in a shaded tent with a striped red, yellow and green draped backdrop. Rows of villagers sit on blue tables and plastic chairs eating from banana-leaf plates heaped with a pale rice dish, with bananas and a small pile of salt or sugar beside each leaf. Several women in white kurtas with orange shawls serve the food, one holding a steel bucket and ladling from it, while a woman in a green blouse and blue sari in the foreground watches the camera. Children and young adults line the table, and a patterned cloth hangs at the left edge. Several people are visible and clearly eating or serving, with no visible candidate for the honoured figure.2007-09-30September 02 20072007-09-02