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A large outdoor communal meal on a red mat-covered ground, with many devotees seated cross-legged in rows. Many wear white or cream clothing, several women in saris with bright blue, green and orange borders, and some children in colourful frocks. People hold leaf plates and steel tumblers, and a few servers in white bend over to serve food. Pale plastic chairs are visible at the back, and a row of tall trees and a building stand beyond the crowd. Some attendees wear lanyard badges.

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Annadhan in 20152015-01-01January 02 20162016-01-02A large outdoor annadan meal under yellow and red canopy tents, with many devotees seated on a red mat-covered floor eating from steel plates. Most wear white dhotis, shirts and saris, with a woman in a yellow blouse and white sari in the lower right. Volunteers in white stand and walk among the rows carrying bags and serving. Bottles of water and yellow cloth bags are visible among the seated crowd.2016-01-02 +1 copiesA large outdoor tented meal, an annadan-style communal feast, with many people seated on red mats under a yellow and red draped canopy decorated with marigold garlands. A woman in a cream sari with a green border stands centre-left holding a steel plate, and seated men wear white dhotis and shirts. Other diners in green, orange and teal saris eat from steel plates while volunteers in white move between rows. A devotee in white sits centre-front with a rudraksha-style mala, holding a plate. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance in this view.2006-12-30January 02 20162016-01-02January 31 20162016-01-31July 22 20132013-07-22 +1 copiesA large crowd of women sits cross-legged on a red carpet inside a tented hall at a person Spurana programme. Most wear white saris and white dresses, while a few wear pink, red, blue and cream. Several hold small metal plates with flower petals and offerings in their laps. Behind them, rows of seated participants stretch back under white draped ceilings, and a man in white stands at the right edge near a white-covered table. A woman in a red blouse and white sari sits at the left foreground.2006-12-17Photograph of a crowded outdoor courtyard with a red floor covering where many devotees sit on the ground and on blue plastic chairs eating from plates and leaf-style meals. Women wear cream and white sarees with gold borders, bright yellow, orange and green saris, and a woman in the foreground has a red bindi and vibhuti-style marks. Men wear white shirts and dhotis, and a man in a checked shirt stands at right. A girl in a green dress wears a flower garland in her hair, and a small child in orange walks at right. Concrete block buildings and blue scaffolding frame the courtyard.2010-01-01A large outdoor tent with a red floor and yellow-orange draped ceiling, where dozens of people sit cross-legged on the floor eating from metal plates and leaf plates during a communal meal. Many wear white traditional dhotis, shirts and sarees, some with white and ash forehead markings, and several carry yellow cloth bags. Devotees serve and eat together in rows, with a woman in a yellow blouse and white saree in the left foreground and older women in white sarees seated nearby. Crowded and busy, the scene shows a mass annadan style meal.2016-01-02A seated communal meal on a red-painted floor. Many people in plain white clothes sit in rows and small clusters, eating from round leaf or metal plates with food. A woman in the centre wears a white sari with a red bindi and holds a cup; a man in a white shirt and dhoti eats from a plate near the front. A middle-aged man in glasses and a white shirt sits at lower left with a plate of orange food, and a bald man at right holds a plate. Water bottles and a yellow cloth lie on the floor. A large crowd of white-clad devotees fills the background.2016-01-31November 01 20152015-11-01 +1 copies