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Annadhan in 2013

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July 22 20132013-07-22A large outdoor communal meal on a red mat-covered ground, with many devotees seated cross-legged in rows. Many wear white or cream clothing, several women in saris with bright blue, green and orange borders, and some children in colourful frocks. People hold leaf plates and steel tumblers, and a few servers in white bend over to serve food. Pale plastic chairs are visible at the back, and a row of tall trees and a building stand beyond the crowd. Some attendees wear lanyard badges.2015-11-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA large outdoor tent with a red floor and yellow-orange draped ceiling, where dozens of people sit cross-legged on the floor eating from metal plates and leaf plates during a communal meal. Many wear white traditional dhotis, shirts and sarees, some with white and ash forehead markings, and several carry yellow cloth bags. Devotees serve and eat together in rows, with a woman in a yellow blouse and white saree in the left foreground and older women in white sarees seated nearby. Crowded and busy, the scene shows a mass annadan style meal.2016-01-02Devotees sit on the floor of a hall eating a communal meal from banana-leaf-style plates on striped woven mats, a scene of annadan-style seating. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis; one man in the foreground has a green garland around his neck. A man in an orange-and-white garment sits among them, and a woman in a white sari with gold border walks past at left. Metal crowd barriers with plastic posts divide the seating rows. Small paper cups and a green water bottle sit near the diners.2015-11-21 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesA seated congregation of devotee women in white and cream traditional garments with red rudraksha-style coral malas sits on red mats during a satsang. The woman in front right has a white vibhuti or tilak mark on her forehead and wears gold ornaments; the seated woman centre wears cream sari with purple border and glasses; others wear white and gold-bordered sarees. A portrait of a robed figure is visible in the upper background, with a golden shrine-like structure at the top right.2015-04-24June 08 20172017-06-08May 23 20152015-05-23December 18 20162016-12-18A large outdoor gathering of seated devotees at a conference venue, many with hands pressed together in anjali or folded in prayer. In the foreground a woman in a magenta sari with gold border sits beside a woman in a pink sari and black blouse, and a young girl in a red dress with a hair clip joins her palms. Behind them, men in white shirts and dhotis and women in orange, teal and white saris sit on white plastic chairs. Red and white bunting drapes the back stage, and tall pillars wrapped in colourful patterned cloth with floral motifs frame the scene. No central figure is clearly identifiable from the image.2005-12-09Women in white traditional Kerala-style sarees with gold borders sit on a red carpet at an outdoor gathering. The foreground women wear rudraksha malas and name badges; one holds a folded piece of paper. Behind them, many more seated devotees in white attire and a few in orange and saffron-toned saris fill the red-carpeted space. A white canopy and standing figures in white appear at the top left.2017-06-08