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A photograph of a large, bare tiled hall where volunteers in white clothes and white hairnets prepare food on the floor. In the foreground, a seated man in white and a woman in a red and white sari sit before many round steel plates heaped with sliced vegetables, cut fruit, chopped cabbage and grains. Other volunteers sit or stand along the walls, and a woman in a white sari with a green shawl sits at the lower right with plates of nuts and dried fruit. Plastic bags, cardboard boxes and an orange cloth lie on the floor, and steel serving trays are stacked on tables at the left.

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A large white-walled hall where volunteers prepare packed meals for distribution. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, with white hairnets, stand and sit on the tiled floor around steel trays of fruit, rice, and food. Several black-framed tables are stacked with rows of sealed plastic food containers. A woman in a red-and-pink sari kneels arranging items on a steel plate, and a woman in a green blouse and white sari bends over the far right. Orange cloth lies on the floor in the foreground, and plastic carrier bags and cardboard boxes sit among the food. The scene resembles annadan food packing.2014-07-11 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20142014-01-01Annadhan in 20162016-01-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 20 20192019-01-20A photograph of an annadaan meal session in a large whitewashed hall with ceiling fans and fluorescent lights. Rows of seated devotees sit on the floor before green banana-leaf plates, many in white clothing, some with white or yellow garlands. Volunteers in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls walk between the rows carrying steel vessels and serving food, while a woman in a red sari and another in a green sari assist. A standing fan and a metal bucket sit in the foreground, and a plastic water tumbler is set on each leaf. Several people are seated along the right side near tables.2009-06-22A large open-sided tin-roofed tent serves as a community kitchen, with blue tarps spread on the dirt floor and steel cooking pots and vats set on the ground. Many workers wear white head caps and aprons while stirring pots, chopping produce, and handling sacks, and several seated volunteers sit on red plastic chairs around a big cooking pot. Heaps of green vegetables and fruit, bundled grain sacks and bowls fill the foreground, and striped awnings and palm trees appear beyond the tent.2012-01-06June 22 20092009-06-22Annadhan in 20102010-01-01 +1 copiesParticipants in white clothing with red-orange shawls sit on the floor of a bright hall eating from small leaf plates placed on mats, a meal-sharing gathering. A woman in a white dress kneels at left, a man in a white shirt and jeans leans over a plate in the foreground, and a staff member in a grey shirt with a hairnet bends over a table at the back. Gold lion statues, framed pictures and red-draped tables line the walls.2015-03-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a large whitewashed hall where many devotees sit in rows on the floor eating a communal meal from green banana-leaf plates, a scene consistent with an annadaan session. Most seated people wear white clothing and some wear flower garlands. Several staff in orange and red saris and white shirts walk along the aisles carrying trays and serving food. A red-and-gold ceremonial chair stands at the far end near a small shrine area with a framed picture, and fans and tube lights hang from the high ceiling. A person in a white dhoti stands near the front, and the hall is filled with participants and servers.2009-06-22