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Outdoor scene under a large blue and pink tarpaulin canopy at a ground with red-roofed buildings and trees behind. Many men and women in white shirts, white dhotis and white clothes line a long glass-topped steel display case. Several participants wear white hairnets, and a man in the foreground at right with a beard and rudraksha-style beaded necklace looks toward the case. Others lean over the case, handling items inside it.

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November 01 20152015-11-01November 01 20152015-11-01A crowd of devotees queues under a red-roofed open-sided shelter for free meals at an ashram annadan. Many people wear white dhotis and white shirts, and several women wear white saris, with white head coverings on some. A stainless steel serving counter holds trays of food, and a man in a white shirt and grey hair reaches toward it. A bare-chested elderly man in white dhoti holds a steel plate of food, and a child in an orange shirt stands nearby. Pink paper plates and a dense queue fill the foreground, with trees and an orange wall behind.2017-05-10January 02 20162016-01-02Annadhan in 20152015-01-01Outdoor food service under a pink and blue tent canopy. Men in white dhotis and shirts queue at a steel serving counter, one holding a small cup and another taking food. A man in a white shirt and dhoti carries a steel plate with food, and a man in a red-and-white checked shirt stands nearby. A woman with her hair pinned back is visible at the counter in the foreground. Several men in white wear saffron-coloured shawls. A red cloth runs along the ground, and people stand in the background.2015-11-01 +1 copiesA 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.2012-01-08A photograph of an outdoor food service line under a pink and blue tarpaulin canopy. Serving staff in white hair nets and white aprons ladle yellow rice from steel trays into the line. A woman in a white sari with a beige border holds out a brown leaf plate, and a man in a white shirt with an orange cloth over his shoulder holds bowls beside her. Another man in white with a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant stands at left. Elderly women in blue and grey saris and a standing man in a blue shirt are visible in the background, along with other attendees in white.2015-11-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a crowd gathered around a large cone-shaped clear plastic covering at an outdoor ashram setting. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with a red-and-gold border wears a white hair net and a rudraksha mala, and holds a steel vessel at left. Beside her, a younger woman in white with a red shawl and white head covering stands near the covering. Behind them, men in white shirts and white trousers, some with white caps and ID lanyards, stand and lean in. A red building and a truck are visible in the background, with trees and open sky. Several people appear to be handling the covered object or waiting near it.2015-11-01 +1 copiesNovember 27 20122012-11-27August 18 20132013-08-18 +1 copiesA crowd of men gathers under an open-sided shed with red metal posts, many dressed in white dhotis and white shirts with lanyards around their necks. In the foreground, a man in a white cap and white shirt stands beside a stainless steel counter holding metal serving containers, while another man in a white cap ladles or serves food. A man in a light blue shirt walks through the queue, and a few people wear saffron or orange robes in the background. Beyond the shed are unfinished concrete buildings, a red-brick structure, and open land with palm trees under a cloudy sky.2010-08-21