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Outdoor street scene in a village setting with a green tree and white-washed buildings behind. In the foreground, stainless steel cooking vessels and a steel urn sit on a green-covered table beside stacked cups, serving food or drink to devotees. A bare-chested man on the left wears a white dhoti with a white shawl over his shoulder and a tilak on his forehead, with garlands of pink and yellow flowers hanging nearby. Several men in white shirts and white or checked lungis stand around the table, one holding a white cloth. Garlands and a blue banner with printed Tamil text hang in the background, and a crowd of onlookers fills the street.

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A street-side food distribution during a procession in an Indian town. On the left, a man in a light blue shirt and checked lungi pours liquid from a steel tumbler into a large stainless steel vessel set on a green table. Beside him a young man in a white shirt and a second man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange wristband stand near a steel container and a stack of plastic cups. Behind them, men in white shirts and dhotis and a bespectacled older man with folded arms watch, and a devotee at right holds his white dhoti. A blue-and-white painted wall, a signboard and a tree are in the background.2009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21A photograph of an outdoor temple-premises setting with a thatched palm-leaf roof shelter. Three men in white dhoti and shirts stand around a small blue-topped table or counter, one in the centre wearing white clothing and another on the right with a white shirt and lungi-style cloth. A plastic bucket and cloth-covered items sit on the table, with a few other objects in the background. The scene suggests the kar seva cleanup work at Kanjanoor Agniswarar Temple described on the page, though no ritual activity is clearly visible.2012-05-30Outdoor photo on a paved path under large spreading trees at a convention site. A group of men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with lanyards, stand around a steel table holding steel vessels and stacked plastic water jugs. In the centre an older man with white hair and glasses, wearing white kurta and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, stands with arms folded. To the right a man in a striped polo and grey trousers stands barefoot, and others in pink and white shirts stand nearby. Further back more people mill about in the sunlit grounds. Left edge shows a partial figure in orange clothing.2006-12-15May 27 20122012-05-27 +1 copiesJune 01 20122012-06-01 +1 copiesA roadside gathering of people lines a dusty street in daylight, with a white minibus parked behind them and rows of motorcycles along the right side. Many men wear white dhotis and white shirts, and one man in the foreground on the right wears a pink shirt and a saffron-orange shawl over his shoulder. Several women in saris stand among them, including one in a blue sari on the right and others in pink and purple at the left. A small child stands near the centre. Behind them, a roadside stall with blue and red signboards and a flower-decorated arch stands beside a tree-lined street with shops. The crowd appears to be watching something passing along the road.2009-01-21A photo of cyclone relief distribution in a village street with a pale yellow two-storey building behind, decorated with circular red-and-green emblems and a balcony railing. Palm trees and dry vegetation frame the scene. In the foreground, an elderly man with white hair and a white moustache, wearing a white shirt and white dhoti with a white shawl over his shoulder, holds a paper plate of yellow food. Beside him, a man in a white shirt and dhoti holds two plates of yellow rice. A younger man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands at right. Several other men in shirts and checked lungis or dhotis stand in the background, along with a woman in a yellow garment near the centre.2012-01-07Outdoor photograph under a large spreading tree with a bare, leafy canopy overhead. Several people stand around a long stone bench serving food from stainless steel pots, pans, a milk churn and steel plates. A man in a white shirt holds a plate at left; a man in a blue shirt and orange dhoti bends over the bench; a man in a yellow striped polo leans over the pots; a man in a white kurta stands centre; a man in a green sweater works at the bench; a woman in a white blouse and grey trousers with a shoulder bag stands at right. Behind them are a blue-tiled water pool, trees and a distant stone structure. Shoes and bags lie at the bench edge, and the ground is bare dirt.2006-01-07Outdoor street scene at a roadside food-distribution stall. A man in an orange-saffron garment stands behind a steel serving table, handing food from a steel vessel to a line of men. Visible people include a man in a white shirt and yellow lungi, a man in a pink checked shirt with a blue checked lungi, a man in a white shirt, and a man in a dark plaid shirt. A blue plastic drum and a striped orange-topped umbrella stand nearby. A large blue banner with Tamil text hangs behind the stall, and a yellow building with a signboard is at right. The saffron-clad server may be a candidate for a person, but the visible cues are limited to orange clothing and the face is partly obscured, so the identity is uncertain.2022-04-15Outdoor food distribution at a Karthikai Deepam gathering in Tamil Nadu. A woman in a white sari on the left hands out items at a white-draped table stacked with packets and papers. Men in white dhotis and shirts queue and collect items, one wearing a blue checked shirt and white dhoti, another in a striped shirt with a vertical white tilak on his forehead. A young man in a white shirt and yellow-bordered dhoti holds a folded paper and a pink cloth. A woman in a mustard-yellow blouse and white sari with a long braid stands at the table. Behind them a multicoloured striped awning, red and green umbrellas, a green gate and leafy trees fill the background.2012-11-27Photo 11728859