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A photograph of a crowded temple hall where devotees lie prostrate in rows on the floor, arms stretched forward, each holding or positioned beside a metal plate heaped with yellow marigold flowers. Several men wear white dhotis and white shirts, while others wear orange saffron cloth wrapped around their heads. A figure in a bright yellow-orange garment stands at the upper right near a wall of framed pictures and posters. Blue metal railings line the aisle, and the walls are plain grey concrete. The scene appears to be a devotional prostration or puja offering in a temple setting.

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17 ஏப்ரல் 2011 திருக்கோயில் பிரம்மோற்சவம்2011-04-17 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20112011-01-01Photograph of a seated meal service in a marble-floored hall. A woman in an orange sari with a maroon border and a white hairnet leans forward to serve food from a steel tray onto banana-leaf-style plates laid on mats. Three men in white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas sit cross-legged and eat with their right hands, one wearing spectacles. Steel serving trays and a plastic container of food sit nearby, and more people in white and hairnets are visible in the background.2014-09-15A long, plain hall with pale tiled floor and grey walls strung with orange and yellow paper lanterns, where people sit in two rows on the floor eating from metal plates. A woman in a blue sari with a pink blouse stands at left holding a plate and carrying food. Men in white shirts and white dhotis or orange-and-white cloth walk down the centre aisle serving food, and a man in an orange lungi sits in the foreground eating. Many more seated diners line the far right. Cardboard boxes and a black speaker sit at the left edge. This appears to be a communal meal, annadan style, rather than a ritual event.2011-09-12 +1 copiesA photograph of a hall with a tiled floor where several men sit on the ground eating from metal plates of rice. In the foreground a man in a checked shirt and white dhoti eats from a steel plate. Beside him a man in an orange cloth and orange-saffron garment sits cross-legged eating from a plate, with a green plastic bottle on the floor. To the right a man in a white shirt sits eating, and at the far right a man in an orange turban and orange garment sits with a plate in front of him. Other people sit further back, and a blue plastic chair and red bags are visible in the background.2011-09-26September 15 20152015-09-15 +2 copiesA crowded dining hall during a meal service, where many men in white shirts and dhotis raise steel plates and trays of rice, yellow dal-style dishes and side items above their heads while passing them through the crowd. Near the centre, a man in an orange turban and orange clothing holds a plate aloft.2006-12-15April 22 20162016-04-22January 12 20072007-01-12A photograph of a crowded, tiled room where seated sadhus in saffron-orange robes eat from metal thalis on low wooden tables along a wall beneath a window. Several young men in white dhotis with gold-bordered shawls stand and bend over large steel pots and buckets of food, serving with ladles. A framed picture with marigold garlands hangs on the back wall, and other people in orange clothing stand behind. The scene suggests a communal meal distribution at an ashram or camp kitchen.2015-09-10September 15 20152015-09-15 +2 copiesDecember 15 20062006-12-15