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Outdoor annadan meal under a corrugated metal roof with palm and leafy trees behind. Many children sit cross-legged on a concrete floor before metal thali trays and green leaf plates of food. A deity murti sits on a golden peetha decorated with yellow and red-and-white garlands and a canopy. A standing man in a white dhoti and orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala, stands at right beside a white banner. Some older children and a woman in a sari sit nearby, and a white plastic chair is at left.

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A large group of children sits cross-legged in rows on a concrete floor under a open-sided shelter with a corrugated roof, eating from metal plates and banana leaves. Behind them stands a deity murti in a decorated arched niche, adorned with yellow and orange marigold garlands and a red-and-green cloth backdrop. Lush palm and leafy trees surround the shelter. On the right, a standing adult in white clothing with an orange cloth over the shoulder watches over the children. A white plastic chair sits at the left edge, and white cloth banners hang from the roof at the top right.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 an outdoor annadan meal service under a tent with colourful printed cloth backdrops featuring peacocks and circular mandala patterns. A bald man in white clothes and an orange shawl stands at centre holding a metal pot, serving food. Seated guests at long wooden tables with blue plastic chairs eat from large leaf plates, including children, adults, and a woman in a blue top with a long braid. Sunlight filters through trees overhead.2008-01-13Children sit cross-legged on a tiled floor in an open courtyard eating a meal from metal compartment trays, a common annadan style distribution. Behind them stands a decorated deity murti under a gold arched canopy, draped in garlands of yellow marigolds and white flowers with red and green trim. Palm and leafy plants fill the background, and a man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at the right edge near steps. About a dozen children are visible, most in school clothes such as red shirts, white shirts and a girl in pink. Sunlight falls across the floor.A photograph of many children seated in long rows on a paved courtyard, eating a meal from metal compartment trays and banana leaves. Several children in school-style shirts, plaid shirts and bright dresses sit cross-legged, with some at the front smiling toward the camera. Behind them stands a small shrine with a deity murti decorated with yellow marigold garlands, surrounded by green foliage. Plastic white chairs and a table sit at the left, and a wooden bench lies near a white pillar. Several adults stand in the background watching the meal.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 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.Outdoor photo of an annadan meal with children seated in long rows on a bare paved ground, eating from stainless steel compartment trays and banana leaves. A man seen from behind in the foreground wears an orange vest over a white shirt and a rudraksha mala, serving food with his hand. Many children in colourful clothes, including pink, green, blue and yellow, sit or stand around the rows, and a girl in pink dances on the left. Sunlight falls across the courtyard with greenery at the top right.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.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 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.Outdoor photo of thirty or more schoolchildren sitting in long rows on a bare concrete ground shaded by trees, eating a shared meal from stainless steel compartment trays. They wear blue, green, orange, red and striped shirts and dresses, and some hold food with their hands. Each tray holds rice and a flatbread or chapati, with a bowl of curry in some compartments. Green foliage lines the right edge. 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