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Photograph of an outdoor temple-street entrance decorated with bunches of green bananas, banana leaves and hanging mango-leaf strings. A yellow banner with Tamil script hangs above a red doorway. Several people in white dhoti-style clothing and white hairnets or caps prepare food on a table: a bare-chested older man with rudraksha beads and a red-orange cloth, a bearded man in white, and a woman in a yellow blouse with white flowers in her hair and an orange shawl. A uniformed police officer stands at left. A timestamp reads 15-Apr-2022 1:43:00 PM, 96 Amman Sannathi Street, Madurai Main, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

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A street-side annadanam food distribution on East Chitrai Street in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, under a timestamp reading 15-Apr-2022 7:53:08 AM. Several volunteers in white dhotis with gold borders and white head coverings stand behind a long steel serving counter, ladling food onto plates held out by devotees. Bare-chested men in white dhotis serve, while a woman in a white sari with a gold border serves from the left. Uniformed police officers in khaki and white caps stand among the crowd, and a woman in a blue sari and a girl in orange stand in line. Green mango-leaf festoons hang overhead beside a glass storefront, and shuttered shops line the street.2022-04-18April 18 20222022-04-18April 18 20222022-04-18April 18 20222022-04-18Devotees serve food at an annadanam line in a temple setting. In the foreground a shirtless man wears layered orange-brown rudraksha mala beads and a red thread with a pendant, and a white dhoti, holding a leaf plate of cooked rice. Beside him, women in white sarees with gold borders wear hairnets and hold ladles, spooning rice onto banana-leaf plates and dried leaf bowls on a long steel counter. Rudraksha malas and gold jewellery are visible, with vibhuti marks on foreheads. Behind them, banana leaves hang from the ceiling and a painted deity image is displayed. Hinduism's Annadanam offering of Sattvik food at Kailasa Madurai is the context.2022-04-18April 18 20222022-04-18April 18 20222022-04-18April 17 20222022-04-17Street scene during a temple procession in a busy market lane. A bare-chested priest in a maroon dhoti and white shawl, with a rudraksha-style cord, stands at a table of fruit, a brass lamp and a brass plate, offering or arranging items. Nearby a uniformed police officer in khaki stands beside a decorated golden palanquin-style carriage with flower garlands. Devotees in white, a woman with hands folded in prayer in a red sari, and onlookers line the street, with shops and signboards behind them.2024-08-07April 09 20112011-04-09April 09 20112011-04-09 +1 copiesPhoto 11687775 +2 copies