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Outdoor communal meal under long open tents with striped purple, pink, teal and green canopies supported by wooden poles. Large crowds of devotees stand and move between tables holding metal plates and leaf plates of food. Many women wear sarees in pink, maroon, orange and cream, some with flowers in their hair; many men wear white dhotis and shirts. Steel vessels and red plastic chairs are visible, with rocky granite hills behind the tents and palm trees in the background. The scene resembles an annadan or prasadam distribution.

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July 27 20082008-07-27A large crowd of devotees gathers under a striped and patterned canopy tent during an annadan style meal distribution. Many people hold round paper or metal plates of food. Men wear white shirts and dhotis, women wear pink, orange and white saris, and some women have flowers in their hair. Banners and tent poles frame the scene, with a few printed banners visible in the background. No individual can be clearly identified as a person in this crowd.2009-08-01August 08 2009 - Kalpataru, Cuddalore India2009-08-08November 24 20062006-11-24 +2 copiesJanuary 31 20162016-01-31A crowded outdoor pandal under a thatched roof, decorated with a strip of multicoloured triangular bunting in yellow, green, red, purple and blue, with trees behind. Devotees in white dhotis and mundus, saris in pink, purple and maroon, and checked cloth stand close together, many holding paper or leaf plates of food. A man in a white shirt in the foreground turns away from the camera, and a woman in a white sari and gold border stands in the centre. No one visible is clearly identifiable as a person, and no such figure appears in this crowd.2008-04-19A large crowd sits and stands under a striped tent canopy with bamboo poles and banana plants, many people eating from metal plates. Men in white shirts and dhotis sit on red plastic chairs at left and center, women wear saris and salwar kameez in purple, pink and green, and a volunteer in a blue shirt stands at right. Several people carry round plates of food, and children sit among the seated diners. The scene suggests a communal meal distribution at a mass event, with overhead bunting in red, purple and blue strung across the tent.2009-08-01Outdoor annadan meal under a colourful striped canopy with patterned red and maroon cloths draped along the side. Several people stand and sit at metal tables with red plastic chairs, eating from paper plates. Women in sarees, a boy in a white school uniform, and men in white shirts and dhotis are visible, with a man in a maroon shirt and orange dhoti serving food. Trees and open sand fill the background.2006-11-24 +2 copiesA large crowd of devotees eats a meal under a green tarp canopy decorated with red, yellow, blue and white triangular bunting. Many people hold round plates of rice and vegetables. Men wear white shirts and trousers, women wear white, pink and blue saris and salwar, and some children wear bright clothes. Red carpet covers the floor and a red-and-white striped backdrop lines the side. Blue plastic chairs sit at the right edge where people are seated eating. No speaker is identifiable from appearance in this view.2009-07-25A photograph of a large outdoor annadan meal service under a tent with yellow, blue and red draped fabric. A long queue of mostly white-clad devotees, many women in white saris and men in white shirts and dhotis, holds round leaf plates and paper cups while serving counters with steel trays of food line the centre. Volunteers in white, one in a white shirt with an ID badge, ladle food onto plates. A woman in an orange sari stands at the right edge. Several people wear lanyard badges.2016-01-31A large crowd of devotees is gathered under a green tarpaulin canopy decorated with colourful triangular bunting, lined with a red-and-white striped border. Many people in white clothes, saris and salwars stand and sit on blue plastic chairs on a red carpet, several holding round metal or banana-leaf plates of food. Men in white shirts and dhotis, and women in white and coloured saris, move through the rows. Hanging lights and a floodlight on a pole are visible. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2009-07-25A dense crowd of men and women eats a meal under a large tented pavilion with striped and patterned canopy cloth, bunting, and banana-leaf or palm-frond supports. Many people hold metal plates of food. In the foreground a man in a pink patterned shirt carries a plate, a man in white shirt and dark trousers with a lanyard eats from a plate, and a man in an orange-and-white striped shirt eats at right. Several people wear white kurtas and white shirts, and women wear sarees including a purple one. The scene suggests a community annadan meal. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in this crowd.2009-08-01