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A photograph of a communal meal service under a white tent with pink, green, yellow and orange bunting overhead. Women in blue hair nets and plastic gloves serve food from steel pots: a woman in a red sari and a woman in pink and maroon sari ladle rice and yellow curry. A bald man in white clothes with an orange-red shawl over his shoulders serves food into a plate, and a man in white with an orange shawl stands beside him. Green carpet covers the floor, and a serving table is draped in white cloth.

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Annadhan in 20122012-01-01November 27 20122012-11-27October 14 20122012-10-14 +1 copiesA festive dining tent decorated with green, yellow, orange and purple bunting overhead. Women in blue hairnets and clear gloves serve food from steel pots onto plates along a table draped with a pink-and-green patterned cloth. Men in saffron-orange scarves and orange lanyards hold plates, and a smiling man in a white t-shirt holds a plate of rice, dal, flatbread and fruit at right. A man in a grey shirt stands beside a stacked row of chairs.2012-10-13 +2 copiesOctober 14 20122012-10-14 +1 copiesJuly 08 20152015-07-08 +1 copiesA photo of a community annadan serving line under a white tent with colourful bunting. Two women in pale blue hair nets and clear plastic gloves serve rice from steel pots; the woman in the centre wears a white sari with an orange border and a lanyard. Steel pots of rice and red-brown curry sit on a draped table. A man in a purple t-shirt holds a steel plate, and a man in a white shirt at right receives food. Red plastic chairs are visible behind. Five people are visible.2012-10-15 +1 copiesA food service line under a white tent edged with colourful triangular bunting. A young man in a grey short-sleeved shirt and studded belt holds out a steel plate while a server in a blue hairnet and gloves ladles food from a steel pot. Behind the counter, a woman in a yellow and red sari with a lanyard holds a flatbread, and another woman in a white head covering and gloves serves from a pot. On the right, a man in a white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and a white head cap stands beside steel pots of rice and dal, with a stack of paper cups. Several other people in white ritual clothing stand in the background. The setting suggests annadan, a community meal service.2012-10-13November 27 20122012-11-27A large outdoor annadan food-distribution tent with orange and red draped fabric and strings of colourful flags overhead. Volunteers in white clothes and light blue hair nets serve rice and yellow spiced food from steel pots into metal plates held by a long line of people. A woman in a white sari with a rudraksha mala serves from a pot in the centre, while a bearded man in a white shirt and blue cap works behind the counter. Steel pots, a water jug and a chair are visible on the tables. Many people queue on the left, some wearing white and others in pink, orange and striped clothing. No identifiable a person is visible.2012-11-27A food-serving line under a white tent with coloured paper bunting along the top. Volunteers in pale blue hairnets and plastic gloves stand behind long steel serving trays of rice, dal and yellow curry. A woman in a red blouse and red and gold sari scoops food with a ladle, and a woman in a white sari with an orange border serves from another tray. A woman in a pink top with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace holds a paper cup in the foreground. Other attendees in saffron and orange sashes and white shirts stand along the table, and a man in grey trousers walks on the right. Green mats cover the floor.2012-01-01October 15 20122012-10-15 +1 copies