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A 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.

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Annadhan in 20142014-01-01A 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.2010-08-19A large hall with pink walls and red curtains where people queue at a buffet of steel trays serving rice, dal, bread and vegetables under a glass sneeze guard. Attendants in white shirts and hairnets serve food while devotees in white and pink shirts, one in an orange shawl, wait in line. A screen on the back wall shows a figure. Many people are visible in the background.2013-08-18A crowded indoor hall with white columns where many men in white dhotis and white shirts gather, many holding steel plates and bowls of food, apparently serving or receiving a meal. A man in a blue and white patterned shirt with a red lanyard and ID badge stands at center-left holding a steel tray. Several younger men in white clothes stand at right, one wearing a red sash, and others in orange shawls appear near the right edge. Photo is part of an annadan-style food service during a multi-day event in Salem, Tamil Nadu.2007-12-14July 30 20092009-07-30November 01 20142014-11-01 +2 copiesJanuary 02 20162016-01-02A crowded outdoor food distribution under a large maroon and brown canopy supported by bamboo poles. Men in white shirts and trousers, some with white or red ID badges, stand at the front serving food in clear plastic containers, while a man at lower right bends over a steel tray. Women in saris and salwar, some wearing orange, red and pink saris and white shawls, wait with plates and containers in the dense crowd. Steel serving vessels and food packets line the table at lower right. Buildings and parked vehicles are visible behind the tent.2009-08-02A 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 dense crowd of devotees in white clothing eats from metal plates in a large hall. Many men wear white shirts and white dhotis, and several women wear white saris with coloured borders. One man in the centre holds a plate in his hands and wears a red beaded garland; another man at right holds a plate of food and wears an orange-red shawl. A young man in front wears a white shirt and a black rudraksha-style mala. Orange and saffron cloth hangs from the ceiling in the background.2014-08-24A large, bright hall with a corrugated metal roof, ceiling fans and rows of windows, filled with a dense crowd of people standing and queuing for a communal meal. Men wear white shirts and white dhotis, while many women wear cotton saris in pink, peach, orange and maroon. Several volunteers in white stand behind long serving tables, one holding a steel vessel and ladling food onto plates held out by queuing devotees, with stacks of flatbread visible on a table. Many participants wear name badges. Standing and serving activity suggests an annadan meal distribution.2009-07-30August 24 20142014-08-24 +1 copies