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Outdoor annadan serving line at an ashram grounds, with devotees in saffron and orange robes and sannyasi-style monks holding leaf plates of yellow rice. Women in saris and salwar kameez queue along blue plastic chairs under trees, with a red brick wall behind. On the right, a golden palanquin on a wheeled cart is decorated with garlands, tassels and bells, and speakers stand nearby. Several monks wear rudraksha malas and white tilak markings on their arms and foreheads.

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Outdoor annadan meal service on a grassy lawn beside a red brick wall and a green gate. Saffron-robed monks with rudraksha malas and bare shoulders serve yellow rice from steel trays onto paper plates; a smiling woman in a brown sari and red bindi stands at the serving table in the foreground. Behind them, a golden ornate chariot or palanquin with tasselled decorations and a speaker stands, and white-clad devotees mill about. Several people are visible in the scene.2011-12-06Outdoor food distribution at a temple or ashram event. A smiling woman in a brown salwar kameez and a sling bag serves yellow noodle-like snack from a steel tray, wearing clear plastic gloves. Beside her, a young woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala passes a paper plate to a shaven-headed monk in orange robes and glasses, who holds another plate. A second orange-clad woman holds a flatbread or papad. A woman in a red sari stands at the left edge, and a camera operator is at the right. Behind them is a golden ornate palanquin or ratha with an umbrella-like canopy and a red-and-white floral garland. Trees and a low wall are in the background.2011-12-06April 21 20162016-04-21December 06 20112011-12-06February 15 20132013-02-15December 06 20112011-12-06Outdoor photo at a palm-fringed compound. A man in a saffron-orange robe and saffron-coloured turban, wearing a white and red flower garland and rudraksha-style necklaces, smiles and feeds a sweet to a boy in white kurta. Another man in saffron robes stands beside them. A metal bowl of round yellow-brown sweets is held in the lower left. Women in white saris with orange and saffron shawls, some with vermilion and tilak marks, crowd around watching. A blue-saried girl stands at right. Thatched huts, a whitewashed building with blue shutters and palm trees form the background. Visible overlay text reads a copyright notice.2008-12-27December 06 20112011-12-06November 25 20062006-11-25December 06 20112011-12-06December 31 20082008-12-31Outdoor photograph of a seated group sharing a meal on bare earth. In the left foreground a woman with long dark hair wears an orange sari and sits on a folding chair, holding a plate of rice. Opposite her a woman in an orange sari with a red-trimmed garment and a hair bun leans forward to offer a plate of rice. Behind them a large audience of women in white, orange and pink clothing sits in a circle, many holding paper cups and plates of food. Trees, shrubs and a small structure appear in the background, and a man in an orange robe stands at upper right holding a plate. The scene resembles an annadan or communal meal.2011-12-06