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A large crowded dining hall at an ashram serves annadan meal. Many devotees, mostly women in white and cream saris and some in red or maroon, hold out round paper plates to be filled at a long glass serving counter. Men in white kurtas and pale shirts stand among them, some wearing white hairnets as food servers. Stacks of white disposable plates sit on the counter, and yellow and blue banners hang from the tented ceiling. Several people are in the frame, with more visible in the background.

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Annadhan in 20142014-01-01January 31 20162016-01-31A large yellow-walled hall with white pillars is crowded with devotees queuing and carrying steel plates of food for a meal service. Most people wear white clothing, including white saris and white shirts, with many women in white saris with coloured borders. Several women hold brass plates with rice or curry, and a man in a white shirt with a lanyard and a rudraksha-style mala walks through the crowd. A young girl in pink eats from her plate, and a small boy in a white shirt stands nearby.2012-09-20A large crowd of devotees stands in a long line inside a bare-walled hall, many holding round leaf plates while volunteers in white clothes serve yellow rice from large steel vessels. Several servers wear white with rudraksha malas and lanyards, and a woman in a white sari with a bare arm works at the right. On the right wall, a framed portrait garlanded with marigolds hangs above a table draped in blue and orange cloth with brass vessels. No figure in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.2010-01-01A large hall filled with many people in white clothing serving a communal meal. Volunteers in white shirts and trousers, some wearing white caps, stand at long steel serving tables stacked with steel pots, bowls and flatbreads, and stacks of round flatbreads sit on the tables. Tall pillars decorated with red, blue, yellow and white geometric patterns and orange fringe hang from a white ceiling, and orange cloth draping and a golden decorative seat appear along the back wall. Several people in the foreground wear white and one wears a grey shirt, and many more stand throughout the room in the background. The scene reads as an annadan style community meal.2010-08-19September 20 20122012-09-20A long, yellow-walled dining hall where a serving line of women in white saris with blue disposable caps and gloves ladle rice and curry from steel pots onto stainless steel plates held by a queue of people. Several women in white saris with gold borders serve from the counter, while a woman in a pink checked top and grey shawl and another in a navy blue blouse stand at the front holding plates. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand in line along the left side, and large steel vessels of food sit along the counter. No swami appears in this image.2012-09-22A dense outdoor communal meal under a striped red-and-white canopy with bamboo poles and a blue-edged awning. Many devotees crowd the space, many women in sarees of pink, turquoise, orange, green and red, and men in white shirts and white dhotis. Several people in white hold steel plates of food, and one woman in a pink saree serves from a bowl. Blue plastic chairs and steel vessels sit on the ground near a cooking pot at left. This appears to be an annadan style food distribution with many visible people, though no a person candidate is clearly identifiable.2009-07-25A crowded dining hall during an annadan-style meal service. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts queue along a steel food counter, holding leaf plates. Servers in white shirts and hairnets serve food from steel trays. Some men wear orange-red garlands and red sacred threads. A woman in a white and red-striped sari stands at center, holding a leaf plate. A man in the foreground talks on a mobile phone. Colourful woven hangings hang from the ceiling and red curtains frame the windows.2014-08-24 +1 copiesA large photograph of a crowded indoor hall with a metal roof and tall pillars, where hundreds of people stand and sit eating from green-rimmed plates of rice and curry. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, while women wear sarees and salwar kameez in bright colours. Many are holding plates and steel bowls, and a few are seated at plastic chairs near the front.2010-02-14A large hall with yellow-and-white painted columns and ceiling fans hosts a crowded meal service. Many people in white traditional clothes queue and carry steel plates and cups, while women in saris, including a pink silk sari and a green-and-orange sari, stand among them holding food plates. Men in white shirts and dhotis move through the crowd. Steel vessels sit on the floor at left. The scene resembles an annadan or prasadam serving at an ashram event. No specific person is identifiable as a person in the scene.2012-09-20A large crowd of devotees queues under a dark canopy at an outdoor food serving area, collecting meals from a long green-topped counter. Many women wear saris and salwar kameez in mixed colours, some with lanyards and ID badges; men in white shirts and dhotis stand among them. Several hold steel plates or plastic trays of food, and a stainless-steel vessel sits on the counter. Palm trees and a white building are visible beyond the tent. The scene looks like an annadan or community meal line; the crowd is too dense to count precisely.2009-11-28