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April 06 2012

A food service line under a striped canopy at an outdoor camp. In the foreground a man with grey hair wears a plain white shirt and white dhoti with a gold border and stands at a metal serving table holding a steel ladle over a steel pot. To the left, women in white saris with gold borders stand in line, one holding a steel vessel. Behind them, bamboo barricades guide queued people across a sandy floor, and an orange-roofed building stands in the background.

November 27 2012

Outdoor food service at an ashram event. A row of devotees in white clothes serve food from steel vessels on a long table, ladling yellow rice into leaf plates held by women in cream and pale blue saris. A man in white on the left wears a lanyard badge, and a girl in a red-and-white uniform stands at the table. Red and orange draped cloth hangs behind the stall, with trees and a building in the background.

A 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 copies

Outdoor food service at a festival meal line under an orange and yellow marigold-decorated canopy with red and pink drapes. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas and lanyards, stand behind steel pots of rice and yellow food, serving with ladles onto banana-leaf or leaf plates. Women in cream and white saris with gold borders are receiving food and seated at long blue-topped wooden benches. A man in plain white clothes holds a leaf plate at the right edge. Several people are visible, and the scene shows annadan style communal serving.

January 02 2012

A 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.

A photo of an outdoor food service line under a corrugated metal roof supported by bamboo poles and fluorescent tube lights. A woman in the foreground with a red bindi, flower in her hair and white sari with a yellow border looks toward the camera. Beside her, a woman in a white and yellow sari with a rudraksha mala serves from a large steel pot, and volunteers in white clothes stand behind rows of steel vessels of food along a long table. On the right, a man in a cream checked shirt with a blue towel over his shoulder holds a steel plate of food. Bowls of curry and rice sit on the table.

A crowded outdoor food distribution under a large maroon and brown canopy supported by bamboo poles. Men in white shirts and trousers, some with white or red ID badges, stand at the front serving food in clear plastic containers, while a man at lower right bends over a steel tray. Women in saris and salwar, some wearing orange, red and pink saris and white shawls, wait with plates and containers in the dense crowd. Steel serving vessels and food packets line the table at lower right. Buildings and parked vehicles are visible behind the tent.

Annadhan in 2012

2012-01-01 +1 copies

A photograph of an outdoor food service under a striped canvas tent at the Kanchipuram ashram inauguration. Men and women queue and eat at long steel tables on red plastic chairs. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti sits at left eating from a leaf plate, while a man in a red shirt and orange cloth stands at a large steel pot serving food to a woman in a white sari. Another man in a white shirt ladles from a steel vessel at right. Crowds stand in the background under tent canopies.

2006-11-24 +2 copies