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Several men carry a large black cooking pot of yellow rice on a wooden pole across a sandy courtyard beside a thatched-roof hut. Most wear white dhotis and shirts with orange sashes or orange-and-white scarves and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. A smiling young man in a red kurta and dark trousers walks in the foreground. Other people in white and a woman in a white sari with a yellow border stand in the background under the thatch.

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Outdoor annadan food service under a tent with a row of colourful cloth streamers overhead. A man in white shirt and white dhoti stirs a large dark pot of rice with a long ladle while another man in white wears a hairnet and a green-labelled badge. A young man in a white shirt and white dhoti with an orange-saffron scarf and rudraksha-style beaded mala holds a steel bowl. Behind them, a woman in a red sari serves food from a table, and several people in white and a woman in a red and green sari queue or wait nearby. A corrugated-roof building and trees stand in the background.2012-01-08A photograph of men in white shirts pushing a metal cart loaded with large black cylindrical containers. The man in front left wears a red-and-white forehead mark and a dark cord necklace; the man in front right, in a striped white shirt, wears a rudraksha-style bead mala and holds the cart handle. Behind them, two more men in white shirts walk and smile, one with his hand on a container. No one is identifiable as a person in this scene.2012-04-06April 06 20122012-04-06A photograph of men in white shirts and dark trousers carrying a large metal cauldron of yellow rice with vegetables. Several men grip the sides of the pot; one man in the background wears an orange garment and another wears a white shirt with a black cord around his neck and a gold bracelet. A green and pink cloth is draped over a shoulder.2012-01-04January 08 20122012-01-08Outdoor food preparation under a striped canopy at an annadhan-style food service. Men in white shirts and white trousers, several wearing light green hair nets, stand around a large steel pot of cooked rice. A man on the left holds a green plastic bag. A monk in saffron-orange robes stands centre-left near the pot, and another orange-robed person appears at the far right. A woman in a red outfit and green head covering works in the background among cooking stations, white-walled buildings and palm trees. Beaded necklaces with pendants are worn by several men.2012-01-04Outdoors on bare ground, three men in white shirts carry a large dark metal cooking vessel filled with foil-wrapped food packets, one man in the foreground bending forward to lift it. Behind them a shirtless man in white dhoti with a red cloth and a mala stands near a green-painted cart and a teal container, and a figure in a red-and-white outfit and an orange-patterned tent canopy appear in the background. The scene suggests annadhan food packing and distribution.2012-01-04A photograph of an annadan food distribution under a thatched palm-leaf shelter. A large brass cooking pot sits on a metal table, and a man in a white shirt with rudraksha mala ladles food into a plate held by a man on the left in a white shirt with a grey beard. Several men in white shirts reach toward the pot, and a woman in white stands in the background. A man on the right in white with a rudraksha mala holds a ladle, and a man in a grey cap is visible behind them.2010-01-08January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor food-preparation scene under a striped canopy with a red and green fringed tarpaulin. Two men carry a large steel pot of yellow food between them; one wears a white dhoti and sacred thread with bare feet, the other a white shirt and dark trousers, both with white hairnets. Behind them a man in an orange shirt and white dhoti stands barefoot, and a man in white dhoti and hairnet holds a cup. Rubble and bamboo poles surround the site, with palm trees beyond. Several other workers in hairnets are visible at the back, including a man in a grey shirt. Annadhan-style community meal preparation.2012-01-04A photograph of an outdoor food-serving line under a thatched and corrugated-roof shelter beside palm trees. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis serve food from steel vessels onto leaf plates, with a row of helpers at a long serving counter. In the foreground, men in khaki-olive shirts receive plates of rice. Stacked orange gas cylinders and steel pots sit at the left. A small shrine-like table with a framed picture is visible in the background. Several men wear white shirts with small identification badges.2010-02-18December 31 20062006-12-31