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A line of men queues outdoors on a dusty ground beside brick walls and bare poles at a camp food distribution point. Several men in jackets, sweaters and knitted caps stand in the line, one older man wears a red and orange turban with a white kurta and dhoti, and some hold small food portions. A large roadside hoarding shows a smiling woman with raised hands, wearing an orange sari and a rudraksha mala, beside Hindi text. Motorcycles and a few other people are visible at the left edge.

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Outdoor queue of about a dozen men in casual jackets, knit caps and kurta-style clothes stands beside a thatched food stall at a riverside camp. A large banner shows a smiling woman in a red sari with raised hands, labelled Anna Kshetra. Behind the stall a bearded man in white with a striped shawl ladles food from a steel vessel into a leaf or plate. A woman in a brown dress with a red scarf and handbag stands at the end of the line. The scene is a free food distribution, annadan, at the Kumbha Mela camp.2013-02-06 +3 copiesFebruary 06 20132013-02-06Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01February 11 20132013-02-11Outdoor food distribution at a thatched-roof stall at a crowded camp. Volunteers in white hairnets and orange robes serve food from steel pots onto plates and packets at a draped table. A queue of people in orange and white clothing waits, including a man in an orange striped shirt and white dhoti and a young child. On the right, an elderly sadhu with a long white beard, orange turban and yellow-orange shawl holds a leaf plate. A banner above shows a woman in red with raised hands and Hindi text reading annakshetra (food hall). The scene shows free meal service for pilgrims.2013-02-06 +1 copiesA crowd of devotees queues at a thatched-roof food stall at a Kumbh Mela-style outdoor site. A large sign on the left shows a smiling woman in orange and red robes with her palms raised, labelled as a portrait with the printed words Annakshetra and Jagadguru Sri Sri Paramahamsa Nithyanan. Men in white shirts and dhotis, a man in a brown vest and orange head cloth, and people in shawls and headscarves stand in line. A painted banner under the thatch shows multiple framed figures. Red and orange banners and bamboo poles fill the background.2013-02-11Outdoor queue of pilgrims in front of a thatched food stall at a riverside camp under a large rusted iron railway bridge with brick piers. A wooden banner shows a smiling woman with long braid in orange clothing, hands raised in blessing, labelled in Hindi 'अन्न क्षेत्र' (annakshetra, food hall). In the queue, a bearded man in a yellow-orange dhoti with a folded-hands namaste, a man in red headband and white kurta, an elderly man in white with a blue bag, and women in saris and shawls, including a child in red. A camera operator in green jacket films beside the stall.2013-02-06February 09 20132013-02-09February 07 20132013-02-07 +1 copiesA crowded outdoor food-distribution scene at a thatched-roof stall with a bamboo frame, beneath a banner showing a smiling figure in a red-orange garment with raised palms, labelled as an Annakshetra. Devotees queue along a fence, many carrying large white sacks, orange cloth bundles and green bags on their heads or shoulders. In the foreground a man in a checked grey-and-white shirt holds a small item in his hands, while a woman in a purple salwar with gold earrings stands at right. Behind the stall a strip of framed deity images hangs from the thatch, and a large pink-and-white temple-style backdrop rises behind. Several men in white and grey head wraps stand near the queue.2013-02-08February 11 20132013-02-11February 08 20132013-02-08