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A photograph of a covered open-air hall with white pillars and a corrugated roof, where people sit on the bare floor in rows eating a meal from metal plates. A woman in a yellow and green sari with a gold necklace sits in the front left foreground serving or eating from a steel plate. Several children in orange, green and pink clothes sit along a blue striped mat and at the plates in the middle and right. A man in a white shirt and a woman in orange sari sit near the centre. White plastic chairs are stacked along the right side, and potted plants and a dark statue are visible at the far right. The scene reads as a communal annadan meal, with people seated in lines before steel plates.

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A photograph of an annadaan meal in an open-sided covered veranda with a corrugated metal roof and white pillars. Many people sit cross-legged on the stone floor in rows, several holding or facing round metal plates, with women in saris and girls and boys in colourful clothes, including yellow, pink, orange and red. A standing man in a white shirt and dark trousers walks among them, apparently serving food. Green plants and a grey fence are visible behind the veranda.A photograph of a covered outdoor veranda where people sit on the floor eating a meal from metal plates. In the foreground a woman in a yellow sari with beaded necklace sits eating, and another woman in a yellow sari leans over her plate. Rows of seated people, including women in sarees and children, line the right side on a striped mat. A man in a checked shirt and dark trousers stands bent forward, serving food from a steel vessel. Potted plants, a white plastic chair and a white wall with pillars frame the scene.A photograph of a group of children and adults seated on the floor of an open-air courtyard, served a meal on round metal plates for an annadan-style food distribution. Rows of people sit along blue and striped mats; a man in a white checked shirt and grey trousers stands bending over, serving food from a container. A woman in a pink sari sits at left, and a woman in orange sits in the centre-left with a girl in a dark dress beside her. Children in school-style clothes, including a girl in a yellow top at right, eat from steel plates and glasses. White columns and a leafy plant frame the courtyard, and a white plastic chair sits at right.A photograph of an open-sided corrugated-roof hall where children sit on the bare concrete floor in rows, each before a metal plate of food. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers bends forward at left, serving from a steel vessel, while another man in white stands beside him. Several adults in shirts and trousers stand at right near a table, and a girl in yellow sits in the foreground. White plastic chairs, potted plants and trees surround the open hall.A photograph of an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated roof, white pillars and a low white wall, under dappled shade from a leafy tree on the left. Several children and young women sit cross-legged on the bare concrete floor and on colourful striped mats, many with plates and steel tumblers in front of them, as if being served a meal. A man in a striped shirt bends over the seated children, while another standing man in a white shirt observes nearby. White plastic chairs are stacked along the right side and a steel bucket sits at the lower right. The children wear bright salwar kameez and saris in yellow, pink, green and orange.Outdoor covered area under a corrugated metal roof where children sit on the floor on mats and blankets eating from steel plates during an annadan meal. Several adult men in white shirts and dark trousers stand and serve food from steel pots and vessels, one bending forward with a steel container. A girl in a yellow saree with a long plait sits in the foreground, and several children wear green, orange and red clothing. Green leaves and tree branches frame the top left, and white plastic chairs and a serving table stand at the right. No identifiable a person candidate is visible.A photograph of an open-sided hall with a corrugated roof and white pillars, where people sit on the floor on striped mats eating from metal plates during an anna daan meal service. Children in mixed colourful clothes sit in the foreground, including a boy in a blue striped shirt and a girl in a green dress standing and serving. A standing man in orange ochre robes stands among the seated rows, and women in saffron, green and blue saris sit further back. Plastic chairs and a steel bucket sit near the entrance, with trees visible outside.A photograph of children seated cross-legged on the floor of a covered open-sided pavilion, eating from round metal plates set in a circle, with small steel tumblers of water beside them. Girls in green, red, and white salwar-style dresses sit on the left, boys in striped and orange shirts on the right. Standing at the back, a man in a white shirt and dark trousers and another in a yellow-and-white striped shirt watch, and a woman in a yellow sari stands nearby. A seated man in a white kurta and pale trousers sits on a white plastic chair at the rear. White pillars and a white wall frame the space, with trees visible beyond. This appears to be an annadaan, a free meal distribution.Children sit cross-legged on a tiled floor under an open pavilion, eating from stainless steel plates during an annadan meal service. Several boys wear orange, striped and white shirts, and girls wear green, maroon and blue dresses. A man in a lavender shirt and grey trousers stands at the centre, and a man in a yellow-and-white striped shirt carries a steel plate. A steel vessel stands on a metal table at right, white plastic chairs sit behind the children, and white columns and potted plants line the background.A photograph of an open-sided, corrugated-roof pavilion where a meal is being served to a group of people seated on the floor on mats and rugs. Women in colourful saris, one in yellow-green and one in maroon, sit with children in bright green, pink and white clothes, eating from metal plates and steel bowls. Several men in white shirts and a man in a blue striped shirt stand at a serving table at the back, handling pots and food. White plastic chairs, potted plants and a white wall with pillars surround the space under bright sunlight.A photograph of an open-sided covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and white pillars, where many people sit on the floor for a communal meal. Children and some women in saris sit in rows on blue and striped mats, with metal plates and cups in front of them. A young man in a blue-and-white striped shirt and grey trousers walks through the foreground. On the right, a man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands bent over, serving food from a steel pot.A photograph of a covered open-air hall with a concrete floor where a large group sits in rows on the ground eating from metal plates, as in an annadan meal service. Many children and women in orange, pink, yellow and green saris and salwar kameez sit closely together. A man in a red shirt carries a small child on his hip while another man in a white-and-grey striped shirt bends forward, apparently serving food. Green plants and a white wall with a dark metal gate form the background.