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Photograph of an indoor meal at a long black-topped table where several seated elderly devotees eat from banana leaves. They wear white dhotis and white garments with gold borders, with flower garlands in white and red around their necks. Plates hold rice, curries and side dishes, and water glasses sit along the table. Behind them hang large posters of smiling figures, one showing a figure with long hair in a red-and-white shawl playing a drum, and another showing a figure with a red bindi and a flute. A blue information stand and folding white chairs stand nearby.

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A row of people sits eating a meal served on green banana leaves along a long purple-covered table in a plain room with pale blue walls. Foreground, an older man with glasses and a vertical sandal-paste mark on his forehead wears a white shirt and red lanyard, eating with his right hand. Beside him a man in a white shirt and red lanyard eats rice. Two women, one in a red top and one in a striped white-and-pink sari, eat from their leaves, and a man in a white shirt sits further back with a steel tumbler on the table. Steel tumblers and rice, vegetables and papadam sit on each leaf.2003-12-19A photograph of devotees seated along a long table eating a meal served on green banana leaves, with steel tumblers of water beside each leaf. On the left, a woman in a maroon top and white saree with a red lanyard eats with her fingers beside a man in white. On the right, a man in a white shirt with a red lanyard eats rice and curry, and an elderly bald man in white shirt and glasses with a red lanyard and a vibhuti forehead mark sits at the far right. Plain pale walls and a tiled floor form the backdrop, consistent with an annadan meal service.2003-11-09December 26 20062006-12-26A dining hall at an ashram where people eat a meal served on banana leaves at long metal-topped tables. In the foreground, a woman in white with a red-brown beaded shawl and a necklace eats from a leaf plate beside a vase of purple flowers. Another woman in white with a red lanyard and a white cloth on her lap eats at the right, and a woman in a white shawl sits at the left edge. Behind them, volunteers in white with red aprons and white head caps serve food, and more diners sit at tables under colourful painted wall murals. Small cups of drink and vegetable dishes sit on the leaves.2015-02-19 +1 copiesDecember 26 20062006-12-26A long banquet line of people eating from banana leaves on a tiled hall floor. In the foreground a man in white clothes and glasses serves rice from a large steel pot with a ladle, and a woman in a white sari with a yellow scarf stands at left. Several seated diners in white and cream clothing, one wearing an orange-trimmed garment, eat rice, vegetable curries and other dishes laid on the leaves beside water bottles. Other attendants in white move along the back of the hall, and fruit and flower arrangements sit on a counter at right.2009-12-30Indoor photograph of a large ritual meal gathering on a bare floor. Seated devotees, mostly men and women in white and coloured silk saris, sit on mats in rows before fresh green banana leaves. Several people wear red and white flower garlands and are sprinkling or arranging cooked rice and small offerings on the leaves with their hands. Standing attendants in white clothing move between the rows, and large framed images of a woman in red and gold saris hang on the wall behind. White and orange cloth covers part of the floor. The scene looks like an annadan-style communal meal or puja offering.2006-12-26April 04 20162016-04-04 +1 copiesAnnadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a dining hall where men in white shirts and white dhotis sit on benches at long metal tables, eating a meal served on green banana leaves. Each leaf holds rice, fried snacks, a banana and small portions of food, with steel tumblers set along the table. Women in white saris stand and serve in the background near a row of windows, and a ceiling fan hangs above. The walls are plain white and the room is simple and functional, like an ashram annadan meal hall.2007-01-12December 26 20062006-12-26A seated group of devotees eats a meal served on large green banana leaves on a bare concrete floor at night. Men in white dhotis and shirts and women in a red-and-orange sari and a maroon sari wear flower garlands of white jasmine and red blossoms. Rows of guests sit along the floor, with more people standing in the dim hall behind. Behind them, large portrait photographs of a woman in white hang on a wall beside white metal scaffolding and a deity shrine area. Plates hold rice and curries, with small glasses of water set beside each leaf.2006-12-26