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A photograph of a crowd queueing for a meal, with many people holding flat disposable plates of food. In the foreground a man in a peach turban and white shirt stands with a plate of yellow food, looking toward the camera. Beside him an elderly woman with white hair and a red bindi wears a white sari and holds a plate. Other devotees in white clothes, some wearing necklaces and bangles, eat or wait in line in a plain hall with partitions behind them. Lanyards with badges are visible on several people, and a light blue bag hangs at the front. The scene suggests a communal food distribution, annadan style, at an ashram event.

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Annadhan in 20142014-01-01A photograph of a dining or serving area in an ashram kitchen. Several men in plain white shirts and white dhotis, some with rudraksha malas around their necks, stand in a line holding stainless steel plates of food. The man on the left holds a plate and eats with his right hand; the man in the centre holds a plate with a small portion of food; the man on the right, wearing a dark brown rudraksha mala, holds a plate in his left hand. Behind them, a worker in a white head covering and a bare-chested figure in white are visible near steel serving equipment, with a light peach wall in the background.2014-09-13May 10 20172017-05-10A buffet serving line of devotees collecting food onto white plates at a steel chafing-dish counter. In the foreground, an older man with glasses wears a cream knit sweater over a white collared shirt and holds a plate with a small steel bowl and a flatbread. Behind him, a woman in a red fleece top with an orange scarf and a man in an orange shawl wait in line, and a server in a light shirt stands at the food trays serving curry and rice. On the right, a woman in an orange-brown sari with a vermilion forehead mark holds a plate. Steel trays hold yellow curry, rice and fried sweets, and bright orange shawls are visible among the devotees.2012-09-04December 14 20072007-12-14A crowded indoor hall full of people in white ritual clothes, many holding round leaf plates with yellow food, apparently receiving or distributing a meal. In the foreground a man with a grey moustache and white shirt wears an orange and blue shawl and a red forehead mark, while a woman in a mustard shawl stands beside him. Other men in white shirts and dhotis hold plates, and a bare-armed man at right holds a plate overhead. Plain concrete walls and a pink curtain are visible at the back, with a distant figure at top right who is too small to assess. No clear depiction of a person is identifiable in this view.2010-01-01September 20 20122012-09-20December 15 20062006-12-15A photograph of an indoor corridor where a group serves food. On the left, a man in white shirt and white dhoti holds a steel pot, while a woman in a white sari with a rudraksha mala gestures toward a man in a light blue shirt and white dhoti, who holds a small plate or leaf with food. Another woman in a white sari wearing rudraksha beads stands in the centre holding a steel bowl. Behind them, a crowd of onlookers, including a woman in a blue floral sari, stands along the walls of a plain white hallway with open doorways. The scene suggests an annadan or prasadam distribution. No figure is identified as a person.A seated group of devotees eats a meal from metal thalis in a hall. Most wear white or cream clothes with rust-red shawls and beaded rudraksha-style malas; some wear white head coverings. A woman in front left holds a plate of food, a woman in green and white at centre left eats, and a bespectacled woman with curly hair on the right eats from a steel plate with small bowls. Behind them, standing attendants in white serve food and carry trays of prasad, and a boy in a red garment on the left holds a plate. A red curtain hangs at the far left.2014-09-13August 24 20142014-08-24 +1 copiesA crowded indoor hall with pillars where devotees in white kurta-style clothes queue and gather with food on paper plates. A man in a light blue checked shirt holds a plate with food, while a bald-headed man in white stands nearby. A man in a saffron-orange turban and orange cloth stands in the middle background, smiling. Several men in white and orange garments fill the frame. Visible people number more than twenty, and the setting appears to be a large communal meal or annadan at a program venue.2006-12-15