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A covered outdoor food-serving counter under a corrugated roof, with a long queue of people in front. Volunteers wearing white hairnets and white aprons, one with a long braid, serve food from steel trays and containers onto plates and bowls. Several women in red, pink and yellow saris and a child in blue sit at the counter receiving meals. A red brick wall to the left is decorated with string lights and a yellow flower garland. A large crowd stands beyond under trees. A timestamp reads Apr 16, 2022 5:59:47 PM.

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KAILASA India Na Na Na on 4/5/20222022-04-05Photo 82884282022-04-05Photo 82900732022-04-05April 15 - 17 2022 Chithirai Pournami, Tiruvannamalai2022-04-17Photo 82851792022-04-05 +2 copiesNight-time photo of a large open-air food distribution (annadan) beside a temple, under strings of multicoloured fairy lights and bright floodlights. Servers in white aprons and hairnets stand behind long steel serving counters with stainless steel trays and dishes. Devotees line up in a crowd holding metal plates, many men in white dhotis and shirts, women in sarees. A gilded temple gopuram or ratha-like structure appears at the left edge, with banners, framed photos and a decorated umbrella in the background. No a person candidate is clearly visible among those present.2023-09-28Night photograph of a crowded food distribution line under a covered yellow-railed walkway, with a timestamp reading Apr 16, 2022 9:05:16 PM. Several volunteers wearing white hairnets and white dhoti-style cloth stand behind steel serving trays, one woman in a mustard-yellow blouse and white sari with a long braid, and a man in a white shirt with a blue-striped white dhoti. Devotees and attendees press forward along the rail, some with raised hands. Strings of lights and yellow flower garlands hang on the pillar at left, and a brass kalasha-like pot sits on the right edge. Visible people number roughly thirty to forty, so the count is 21-100.2022-04-05 +4 copiesA crowd of people queues and mingles beneath a long open-sided metal-roofed food serving shelter, with a red-brown wall behind it strung with small red lights. Several volunteers in white caps and white clothing serve from a counter, and a woman in a white sari with a gold border and purple blouse stands at right. Devotees in red, maroon and green clothes carry orange marigold garlands in their hair and hands. A large yellow banner at left shows a bearded man in orange and white robes with a rudraksha mala, labelled with a printed name. Two deity murtis draped in orange and yellow garlands stand on a ledge beside the serving area. A timestamp reads Apr 16, 2022 5:52:35 PM.2022-04-05 +1 copiesNight photograph of a crowded food distribution line in an outdoor temple-style courtyard lit by strings of coloured fairy lights and a bright floodlight. Volunteers in white dhotis and white head caps, some wearing white saris with gold borders, serve rice from steel trays under clear plastic sneeze guards at a long buffet counter. Devotees in shirts and lungis stand in a dense queue, a man in an orange shirt receives a plate, and a large golden chariot or ratha with decorative pennants stands in the background beside a lit tall structure. A small framed photo display is visible on the right wall. Annadan food offering.2023-09-28A crowded outdoor annadan meal line at dusk beneath strings of multicoloured fairy lights. Women in white head-caps and aprons serve food from steel trays behind a long glass sneeze-guard counter on the left. Many people queue along the right holding steel plates, including women in red, yellow and pink saris and a man in a lime-green polo shirt. Trees and a low wall frame the street, with a few saffron-clad figures further back.2023-08-31Photo 82911892022-04-05 +4 copiesPhoto 82856862022-04-05 +1 copies