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A photograph of an outdoor annadhan meal served under a striped canopy at a person Annalaya. Diners sit at long wooden tables on blue plastic chairs, eating from green banana leaves. Volunteers in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls serve food, one carrying a steel bowl of food. Colourful printed cloth backdrops with peacock and mandala motifs hang behind the tables. Several people are seated and eating, and a few standing servers are visible.

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A large outdoor food-serving tent with a dark patterned canopy edged in orange, green and black bands. Long wooden tables with blue plastic chairs are set with banana leaves as plates, and volunteers in white clothes serve food and drinks. Several men wear orange scarves over white kurtas, and a man in a white cap and pink shirt stands nearby. Colourful embroidered wall hangings line the sides, and a small shrine-like picture is visible at the back left. Villagers and children sit and eat while others walk between the tables.2007-01-29Outdoor annadhan meal under a large decorated tent with dark fabric, red and green trim, and draped wall panels painted with circular mandala-style designs. Long wooden tables with blue plastic chairs hold rows of people eating from green leaf plates. A man in white dhoti with an orange shawl and a rudraksha-style mala stands at left beside a man in a light striped shirt. Volunteers in white clothing serve food, and metal pots and steel vessels sit on the table at right. Children are among the diners.2007-01-29September 23 20072007-09-23A festive open-air marquee with a patterned red and gold canopy and striped drapes in red, green, yellow and blue hangs over long wooden tables. Many people sit on red plastic chairs eating from green banana-leaf plates, while attendants in white kurta-style clothes with orange shawls stand carrying steel vessels and serving food. Most seated diners wear checked shirts, white shirts or lungis, and several are older men. The scene looks like a community meal served beneath the tent.2007-07-15 +1 copiesA covered outdoor dining hall with long wooden tables set with banana leaf plates, rice and water glasses, seated on blue and red plastic chairs. Many men in white dhotis and checked cloths, some with white caps, and women in headscarves eat communally under a striped red and yellow canopy. Colourful painted cloth panels with peacock and circular motifs line the back wall. A standing attendant in a white dhoti and shirt watches the room. The setting suggests an annadan meal service.2007-09-09Annadhan in 20072007-01-29Outdoor annadhan meal served under a large canopy with yellow, red and maroon patterned fabric and striped valance. Rows of long tables are filled with people seated on blue plastic chairs eating from banana leaves or plates. A standing man in white dhoti and orange shawl stands at the center of the tables, with another man in white nearby. Women in colorful saris, some with yellow flowers in their hair, sit among children. Decorated cloth hangings line the back of the tent with a large tree beyond.2007-01-29September 09 20072007-09-09Outdoor free meal served under a large red and yellow patterned canopy beside a tree, with long wooden tables and blue plastic chairs. Many seated men, women and children eat from leaf plates. A standing man in white clothes with an orange shawl serves food at the center, and another man in white stands at left. Women wear saris in bright colours and flowers in their hair. Hanging cloth panels with colourful deity and mandala designs line the tent walls. The scene is a free food distribution at a camp.2007-10-07A photo of a long outdoor annadan meal in a courtyard under a striped maroon-and-yellow canopy. Rows of folding tables with blue and red plastic chairs hold banana leaf plates with rice and sides, and glasses of water. Many elderly and younger men, women in pink and red saris, and children sit eating; a standing man in white dhoti and shirt walks past on the right. Behind them, colourful painted cloth panels show peacocks and goddess figures with circular mandala motifs. No a person candidate is visible in this image.2007-09-09September 23 20072007-09-23June 17 20072007-06-17 +1 copies