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Street-side annadhan food stall in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, set up under a blue frame with purple and white draped cloth. A large horizontal banner across the top shows a smiling figure in a red and orange ornate turban, rudraksha-style beaded garland and red-and-white garments, beside a mountain peak, a red temple tower and a temple gopuram. Tamil text on the banner reads Nithyananda Peetham, Sri Kailasa, Hosur. Several devotees queue and eat from plates at the stall; a man in a white shirt holds a plate of yellow rice, and others in shirts and saris stand around the counter. Lower-left, a parked motorbike bears a Tamil Nadu registration plate.

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KAILASA India Tamil Nadu Hosur 635109 on 3/18/20222022-03-18KAILASA India Tamil Nadu Hosur 635109 on 3/18/20222022-03-18Outdoor annadhanam food distribution at a street stall in Hosur. A large blue banner across the top reads Nithyananda Paramashivam and Sri Kailasa Hosur, with a portrait of a figure wearing a red-and-white turban, pink garland and rudraksha-style necklaces. Volunteers in white head caps and face masks serve food from steel tables. A woman in a pink sari with green border holds a plate, another in a multicoloured sari carries a plate, and a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands nearby. Green paper cups sit on the table beside metal vessels. Purple and maroon draped cloth tents and parked motorbikes fill the background.2022-03-18A roadside annadhanam food stall set up under a blue-framed tent with purple drapes during a temple festival street. Several volunteers in white head-covering caps serve food from large steel pots on a metal counter. A woman in a pink sari stands at left, a man in a white shirt stands centre, and women in orange and white saris work at the counter. Stacked plates and green and pink cups sit on the table. A large banner at top shows a portrait of a man with garlands and red clothing beside Tamil text. Side banners in red and purple show more portraits and printed text. Shops and motorbikes line the background street.2022-03-18April 20 20112011-04-20Outdoor annadhanam food distribution at a roadside temple festival crowd. Volunteers in white caps and face masks serve food from steel pots under a canopy draped with purple and white fabric. Devotees, many wearing masks, queue with paper plates and cups. A man in a white T-shirt with sunglasses holds a plate. Women in saris and salwar stand near the serving table. A large banner on the right shows a smiling man with a red and gold garment and garlands, the banner text reading Nithyananda with a phone number. Palm trees and more banners fill the background.2022-03-18A photograph of an outdoor annadanam food distribution at a roadside stall. A bearded man in orange-saffron robes stands behind a stainless steel table, serving food onto plates for a line of people. Two large steel pots and a blue drum sit at the left, and a man in a pink shirt stoops to fill a pot. Several people in the queue wear a red saree with yellow border, a red shirt, a light blue shirt and a checked shirt. Two large banners behind them show a smiling man in orange headwear and saffron robes beside Tamil text, and an orange-canopied awning stands at the top right. A deity murti is not visible.2022-04-15Outdoor annadhanam food distribution stall in a Tamil Nadu street during a temple festival. A man in a teal polo shirt and face mask holds out a white plate of food while a woman in a yellow-orange saree serves from a steel pot. Another woman in a cream and blue saree with a mask and white garland stands beside them, and men in white shirts and hairnets assist behind purple draped tents with maroon banners reading Nithyananda Annalaya. Around six to twenty people are visible.2022-03-18May 19 20192019-05-19May 19 20192019-05-19April 09 20112011-04-09April 17 20112011-04-17