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A photograph at night of a group of children sitting on white concrete steps outside a building with white walls, red horizontal bands and green-shuttered windows. They hold metal plates of food and eat. Clothing includes a girl in a pink dress, boys in white shirts, a yellow shirt, red trousers, a red-and-white checked shirt and pink shirts. Some wear lanyard badges. A hanging potted fern and a potted plant sit beside the steps, and a small sapling grows in the sandy ground in front. No a person candidate is visible.

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Photo of children eating a meal seated on a concrete step outside a building with red wooden doors. Five girls are prominent: a girl in a white top and white pants holding a steel plate and eating, a girl in a white embroidered top and dark pants with a plate, a girl in a teal kurta and blue trousers drinking from a glass, a girl in a white kurta with a red-trimmed collar and a red bindi, and a girl in an orange kurta wearing a rudraksha mala. Steel plates hold rice and green vegetables. Red-leaved plants stand in the foreground and other children sit in the background. No a person candidate is visible.2006-05-05A photograph of many boys seated in a row on a concrete veranda, eating a meal from round stainless steel plates. Several boys wear orange and green polo shirts, a blue shirt and a yellow T-shirt; some wear white or grey trousers. Lanyard-style name badges hang from a few of them. Plates hold rice and curries, and some boys eat with their right hands. A dirt strip with small flowering plants and a white-edged bed runs along the left side, and a red bucket sits at the right edge. Several people in the background stand behind the diners. Overall the scene shows a children's communal meal at the event.2008-05-13A photograph of a group of boys seated on concrete steps and chairs in front of a white building with a red stripe along its wall and yellow shuttered windows. Many boys wear collared shirts, jeans or trousers, and some have rudraksha or bead necklaces. Behind them stand a few young men in white kurtas, one with an orange shawl, and white plastic chairs are lined along the wall. A hanging fern planter and a potted plant decorate the wall. The boys look relaxed and smile, some with hands on chins.2007-12-24A photograph of a group of schoolboys seated cross-legged on a concrete veranda, eating a meal from steel thali plates with rice, curry and flatbread. Several boys in white and blue school shirts and grey or blue trousers face the camera, smiling or looking on. Red wooden pillars, a coconut palm and dry scrubland are visible behind them. One boy wears a beaded mala necklace. Sandals lie on the floor, and two more boys in white shirts sit further back. No a person candidate is visible.2006-05-05Children sit on a concrete step outside a white-walled building with red stripes and yellow-framed windows, eating from round metal plates. A boy in an orange-and-grey shirt and orange shorts eats with his right hand, and a boy in a white shirt and a boy in a red plaid shirt also eat. A standing boy in a multicoloured striped shirt holds a plate, and a woman in a white sari-style dress with a long plait stands at the left edge. Potted plants and pairs of sandals lie near the steps, and other children sit farther back in the dim evening light.2008-05-12A photograph of several young people in saffron-orange robes seated on a raised concrete edge beside a red-and-yellow striped metal rail at night. Several have white vertical tilaka or ash marks on their foreheads, and some wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. One holds a leaf plate, another eats from a plate, and others sit and chat in a relaxed group. Behind them, people in blue, pink and white garments sit and stand on a dark ground beside a low brick wall. Counting only visible people, there are about seven or more in the foreground.2017-06-08A night-time communal meal under a corrugated roof on a covered veranda. Rows of men sit cross-legged on the bare floor, eating from green leaf plates and small steel plates with rice. A volunteer in a white dhoti and a yellow shawl walks down the middle of the row carrying a large steel bucket, serving food. A tube light hangs from the roof, a white wall and potted plants stand behind, and a few men in white shirts and dhotis sit further back. The scene reads as an annadan style meal served to a group of people.A very dark photograph of six children sitting cross-legged in a row on the floor against a plain wall, each seated before a flat plate or leaf. Several wear light-coloured shirts and one wears red; some have small white name tags pinned to their clothes. The room is nearly black, with no visible a person candidate and no ritual objects beyond the plates. The image is dim, so finer details of the children's clothing and faces are hard to make out.2007-05-04A photograph of children seated on a concrete courtyard floor being served a meal on large green leaves as plates. Several boys sit cross-legged, some in striped shirts and checked shirts, while a boy in a white shirt and grey trousers portions food from a stainless steel tiffin-style tray. A girl in a yellow top and black skirt and a boy in a light blue shirt stand near metal pots and a bowl being carried. Potted plants and a white wall with a planted border frame the scene.A photograph of children eating a meal outdoors on bare earth in the shade of a palm tree beside a white single-storey building with red doors and windows. Seven or eight children sit on the ground holding round metal plates of rice and curry. A girl on the left wears a yellow top, a girl in the centre wears a blue dress and glasses, and a boy on the right wears white kurta clothing. Adults in white clothes stand at the right edge. No a person figure is visible.2006-05-05March 06 20072007-03-06Indoor photo of villagers sharing a meal on the floor of a plain concrete hall. In the foreground a smiling man in a white shirt and a pink-and-white checked lungi sits cross-legged holding food. Behind him several boys and young men sit on the floor with plates of rice, one in a red-and-black sports shirt, another in a striped yellow shirt. A girl in a turquoise dress stands at left and a small boy in a brown shirt stands near her. At right is a painted blue and yellow stone or wooden carved object, and a dark stone statue sits at left. The photo is a document of an annadaan food distribution.2012-01-06