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Photograph of an annadan meal service under a striped red, green and yellow draped canopy. Rows of villagers sit at long blue tables eating from leaf plates with rice, bananas and a mound of sweet food. A woman in white with an orange shawl carries a steel bucket and serves the food, with another server in white behind her. Men and boys sit on blue and red plastic chairs at the back. Red-clad women and children wait to eat in the foreground.

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Outdoor food offering scene under palm trees on a sunny day. In the foreground a long tan table holds a large brass plate of white grains, a stainless steel pot with a lid, a brass tray of marigold and red flower petals, and a small bowl. A man in a white shirt with a long dark wavy hair and beaded necklace stirs or serves from the steel pot. Beside him a shaven-headed sadhu in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala holds a tray and serves. Another shaven-headed man in orange wrap with a red-brown mala stands behind the table. Devotees in white and colourful clothes, including a woman in white with beaded necklace, watch from the left. The setting suggests a community annadan or prasadam distribution.2013-11-15A large indoor hall where many devotees in saffron-orange robes sit in long rows on the floor, facing a distant figure in orange at the far end near a small stage. Many seated people wear orange and maroon clothing, with rudraksha necklaces visible on several. Long strips of green banana leaves hold food with small brass or steel cups beside them, laid out along the aisles for a community meal (annadan). Colourful paper lanterns and decorations hang from the ceiling, and screens on the side walls show the speaker. Ceremonial white-clad devotees sit toward the right near the front.2019-01-01January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20072007-01-29 +2 copiesJune 22 20092009-06-22A photograph of a community meal served under a tent decorated with blue and white drapes and green-and-red floral garlands. Seated men eat from green banana-leaf plates on a long table lined with red plastic chairs and steel tumblers of water. Two women in white saris with orange shawls serve food from steel pots, and a young girl in a white outfit with an orange shawl ladles food from a bowl. Other people in white clothing stand in the background. The scene shows a free food service at an outdoor event.2007-07-15 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a long communal meal under a red and gold patterned canopy at a Bidadi annadhan. Many villagers, mostly women and older people in saris and salwar, sit on blue plastic chairs at long wooden tables eating from banana leaf plates with rice and sides. Volunteers in white dhotis and kurtas serve food; one younger man wears an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala, and a man on the right in white holds a steel ladle and a cardboard box. Colourful painted cloth banners hang behind the tables, with Kannada script visible on a wall in the background.2008-01-13July 01 20122012-07-01June 21 20072007-06-21 +1 copiesOutdoor relief distribution in a dirt village lane after a cyclone. Volunteers in light blue and green head caps stand at a green-railed cart or vehicle ladling a yellow rice dish from a large steel pot into small steel bowls held out by villagers. A woman in a white head covering and white top and a man in a white shirt and checked lungi stand nearby. Children in colourful shirts and shorts crowd the road, and women in saris watch from behind. Dry brush and cut branches line the lane, with thatched huts and a goat visible in the background.2012-01-06Annadhan in 20072007-01-29 +1 copiesJuly 15 20072007-07-15 +1 copies