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Photograph of an outdoor communal meal under a canopy decorated with red, orange and yellow patterned cloths. Rows of people sit on blue plastic chairs at long wooden tables, eating from green banana leaves with rice, sweet and white mounds of rice and dal served on the leaves, and glasses of water. A young man in a white shirt with a green lanyard serves food from a pot at left, and other volunteers in white shirts stand in the background. Men, women and children in mixed clothing eat together, with a whitewashed building behind.

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September 09 20072007-09-09September 09 20072007-09-09A communal annadan meal under a tent with red and patterned hanging cloths. Long wooden tables with blue and red plastic chairs seat many people eating from large green leaf plates heaped with rice and white dollops, possibly ghee or curd. A man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at left, serving from a steel pot. Several children and women in saris sit at the tables, and a framed portrait of a bearded man in saffron hangs at upper right. Dusty ground and palm trees surround the tent.2007-09-23A covered outdoor dining hall with long wooden tables set with banana leaf plates, rice and water glasses, seated on blue and red plastic chairs. Many men in white dhotis and checked cloths, some with white caps, and women in headscarves eat communally under a striped red and yellow canopy. Colourful painted cloth panels with peacock and circular motifs line the back wall. A standing attendant in a white dhoti and shirt watches the room. The setting suggests an annadan meal service.2007-09-09A large open-sided tent with red, green and orange striped canopy and colourful printed cloth panels with figures, hung along the back. Rows of long wooden tables with blue plastic chairs hold seated men, women and children eating rice from green banana leaves. A woman in white clothes walks along the left carrying a steel bucket, and a person in white stands at the far right near a flower-decorated table. A large framed picture of a bearded saffron-robed figure hangs on a dark backdrop above the diners. Several people are visible, many partly obscured by the tables.2007-08-28September 09 20072007-09-09A photograph of villagers seated at long wooden tables eating a free meal from green banana leaves, each leaf holding heaps of white rice and yellow rice. Plastic chairs in blue and red line the tables, and plastic cups of water sit beside the leaves. In the foreground an older man with grey hair and a light shirt eats with his fingers, while a boy in a cream shirt and a man in a pale blue shirt sit beside him. Two young women in pink and yellow saris are seated further down, serving or eating. Behind them stand figures in white clothing near a red and multicoloured painted cloth backdrop. No a person candidate is visibly present. The meal is an annadan food distribution.2007-07-23 +2 copiesA photograph of a community meal in a tent with striped and patterned cloth hangings. Long wooden tables are lined with rows of seated people, many in colourful saris and salwar, eating from fresh green banana leaves laid on the tables. A man with short dark hair wears a white kurta and white dhoti and stands with his back to the camera, facing the seated diners. Volunteers in white clothes move between the tables, and a large banner portrait of a bearded figure in a white turban hangs at the back of the tent beside a white signboard. A white logo sits at the top left corner of the tent.2007-07-08September 09 20072007-09-09October 07 20072007-10-07 +1 copiesA large communal dining hall where many people sit on long wooden benches eating from fresh green banana leaves. In the foreground a woman with a long braid, wearing a white sari with gold border and an orange shawl, serves rice and white dollops onto the leaves at a table. Seated diners include men in white and pink shirts and dhoti-style cloth, women in colourful saris, and children. Behind them hang painted cloth wall panels with decorative and deity-like motifs. Steel glasses of water sit beside the leaves. The scene reflects an annadan style meal service.2007-09-09October 07 20072007-10-07 +1 copies