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Night-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.

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Night 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.2023-08-31A night-time photograph of a crowded covered food distribution line under a corrugated roof, with people pressing against yellow metal railings. Volunteers in white hair nets and face masks serve food from steel trays and containers on a yellow counter. Devotees in ethnic dress and white garments stand in the crowd, some with raised hands. Strings of lights and yellow flower garlands hang on the brick wall at left, with dark trees beyond. A timestamp at lower right reads Apr 16, 2022 9:05:09 PM.2022-04-05 +2 copiesNight photo of a large covered food hall where a long queue of men and some women line up at a steel serving counter for a free meal. Servers in white caps and hairnets, with white aprons, ladle food from steel trays under a glass sneeze guard into steel plates and bowls held by devotees. Strings of multicoloured fairy lights and bright ceiling lamps light the open-sided hall, with a metal railing guiding the line on the left. Most people wear white dhotis, shirts, or sarees in pastel tones, and some have shaved heads and white garments. This appears to be an annadan or prasadam meal service.Photo 82856862022-04-05 +1 copiesNight 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 copiesKailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamFebruary 24 20242024-02-24Photo 82900732022-04-05 +4 copiesKailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamNovember 03 20172017-11-03Night photo of a long queue of devotees waiting for free food at an outdoor annadan serving line, with bamboo barriers and a red wall behind. A server in a white cap and white apron, on the right, ladles yellow rice from a large steel pot onto plates. Women wear saris in pink, purple, orange and green; men wear a blue checked shirt, navy shirts and white dhotis or white shirts. Several people hold steel plates and one holds a water bottle. Steel vessels with lids sit on a metal table in the foreground.