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A photograph of a seated communal meal on a long covered colonnaded veranda with white pillars. Several men in white dhotis and white kurtas, some with yellow-gold borders and tilak marks on their foreheads, sit cross-legged on the floor with metal plates. A volunteer in a checked shirt and dark trousers, wearing an ID lanyard, stands barefoot and ladles food from a steel bucket onto plates. Small steel bowls and food sit before the diners. Other seated people are visible further down the row and at the left edge.

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Men in white dhotis and kurta-style white clothes sit cross-legged in a row along a long white-pillared colonnade, eating from steel plates and small bowls set on the floor. A server in a checked shirt and dark trousers stands at right, ladling food from a steel bucket with a long-handled spoon. Some diners wear gold-bordered dhotis and red-and-white sacred threads on their wrists. Behind the pillars, more seated figures and orange-clothed people are visible.2015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesAnnadhan during Nasik Kumbhamela 20152015-01-21A photograph of a seated row of men in white dhotis and orange shawls at a Maheshwara Puja meal, each with a brass vessel and a banana-leaf plate of food before them. A tall bamboo or reed stick stands among them. At the right, an older man with grey hair and a light beige cloth bends forward, pouring food or water from a large steel vessel onto the leaves. Bamboo matting and a low concrete wall form the backdrop, and several more people in white stand behind.2006-10-12A photo of a long row of seated men eating a communal meal served on banana leaves on a tiled floor. Most wear white dhotis and shawls, and several have shaved heads and rudraksha malas. In the right foreground a man in a white dhoti with gold-bordered edges leans forward, serving food from a steel bowl onto the leaf of a seated diner. Plates hold rice, flatbreads, fried snacks, vegetable curries and pickles, with paper cups of water nearby. Orange cloth and a seated figure in the background are visible at the back of the hall. This appears to be an annadan style communal meal.2010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12A photograph of a communal meal in a white-tiled hall. Many men in white dhotis and white shawls with maroon borders sit cross-legged on the floor on orange mats, each before a green banana leaf holding food such as rice, vegetables and flatbread. A standing man in the foreground, bare-chested with a white dhoti, serves from a steel pot of food, and another man in the lower right eats from his leaf. Other attendees stand in the background, and a red-and-orange cot is visible at the top right.2010-11-12September 17 20102010-09-17 +1 copiesSeated devotees in white dhotis and white shirts with maroon-striped borders eat a communal meal on banana leaves laid in a row on a tiled floor. A man at left in a white dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala, serves rice and curry from a steel pot. Several others sit cross-legged eating with their hands, with small paper cups of liquid beside the leaves. A blue and orange striped mat reads DHYANAPEETAM. Behind them, orange cloth covers a bench and other seated people are visible.2010-11-12A photograph of a seated ritual group in an open-sided pavilion. Four men in white dhotis and white kurtas with saffron-orange shawls sit cross-legged on mats in front of banana leaves holding food, a brass lamp and small cups. A woman in a white sari with red and orange border kneels at right, pouring liquid from a steel vessel into a steel bucket. Behind them, a crowd of onlookers stands along a low wall, including a woman in a yellow top and a child, with a tall wooden pole standing upright among the seated men.2006-10-21