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A 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.

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January 31 20162016-01-31A large outdoor gathering under red and yellow canopies with gold fringe, where many devotees dressed mostly in white sit on a red mat and eat from plates while others walk between rows. A woman in white with glasses stands at left, a man in a white dhoti carries a plate, and a woman in white with a green-sleeved blouse stands center right. Several seated people wear lanyard badges, and bags and bottles lie on the mat. Yellow draped tents and greenery frame the scene. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2016-01-31January 31 20162016-01-31January 02 20162016-01-02A photo of a buffet-style meal service under yellow and red striped canopies with yellow drapery. Volunteers in white head caps and aprons serve rice and curries from steel chafing trays along a long counter. In the foreground an elderly man with white hair and glasses, wearing a white shirt, holds a paper plate of food. Younger men in white shirts with name badges stand nearby, and more devotees line up behind the counter. The setting suggests a community food distribution (annadan) at a festival.2016-01-02May 10 20172017-05-10Annadhan in 20092009-01-01 +2 copiesOutdoor food-distribution area under a canopy of red and orange umbrellas with fringed edges, with a large crowd behind. In the foreground, men in white shirts and trousers stand at a long green table and serve from metal containers, one holding a plate of food. A man in a red patterned shirt holds a plate, and a man in a white T-shirt with a logo stands at the right. Women in saris and a crowd of devotees fill the background. Fallen marigold petals litter the table. This looks like an annadan style meal service at a large gathering.2009-01-01January 31 20162016-01-31A large outdoor annadan food service under a canopy of green and orange striped cloth panels with red fabric above. Long tables are lined with devotees and volunteers serving food from steel pots onto leaf plates and bowls. Volunteers in white shirts and white dhotis stand at the serving counter, a man in a yellow shirt carries a pot, and a woman in a white top with a long braid serves from a ladle. Crowds of men, women and children in colourful saris, shirts and kurtas queue along the table. Sheer pink fabric and tent poles extend into the background. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2009-01-01A long line of people queues under a large open tent canopy with striped orange, green and red fabric hanging overhead. Men and women hold out leaf plates and bowls while volunteers serve food from steel pots onto them at a long wooden table covered with scattered food scraps. A man in a yellow shirt and dark trousers stands at the serving station, and a man in white shirt and white cap stands to the right. Wooden poles support the canopy and a green table stands in the foreground. The scene is an outdoor communal meal distribution.2009-01-01A large outdoor tented meal, an annadan-style communal feast, with many people seated on red mats under a yellow and red draped canopy decorated with marigold garlands. A woman in a cream sari with a green border stands centre-left holding a steel plate, and seated men wear white dhotis and shirts. Other diners in green, orange and teal saris eat from steel plates while volunteers in white move between rows. A devotee in white sits centre-front with a rudraksha-style mala, holding a plate. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance in this view.2006-12-30