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Outdoor annadan meal service beside a white boundary wall under green trees. Many devotees, mostly in white shirts and white dhotis or saris, stand in a dense crowd holding stainless steel plates of rice and flatbread. Some wear orange saffron robes and one woman in a purple sari stands at the front with a steel tray. A large steel vessel sits in the foreground, and a plastic water drum stands at left.

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A large outdoor crowd gathers on a paved street for a food distribution line. Volunteers in white clothes, many women in white saris and men in white shirts, stand behind a long metal serving counter lined with rows of plates, serving food to devotees who hold paper plates. Many attendees wear coloured saris in pink, green, red and blue. Cars and a white van are parked along the wall at the back, and a roadside banner is visible at upper right. The crowd fills the street and the volunteers' white attire stands out against the mixed colours of the visitors.2009-01-26A large outdoor crowd gathers on a paved street in front of a building, with cars parked along the edge. Many people wear white clothes, with men in white shirts and women in white saris or white kurtas. Several people in white are serving food from a long stainless steel counter lined with rows of white paper plates, while the attendees stand in line holding plates and cups. Women in colourful saris and salwar kameez stand among the guests, and a woman in a blue sari is at the lower left. A white signboard with blue writing is visible on the wall at the upper right. No single leader is clearly identifiable among the crowd.2009-01-26A crowded outdoor food distribution under a large maroon and brown canopy supported by bamboo poles. Men in white shirts and trousers, some with white or red ID badges, stand at the front serving food in clear plastic containers, while a man at lower right bends over a steel tray. Women in saris and salwar, some wearing orange, red and pink saris and white shawls, wait with plates and containers in the dense crowd. Steel serving vessels and food packets line the table at lower right. Buildings and parked vehicles are visible behind the tent.2009-08-02August 02 20092009-08-02Annadhan in 20082009-01-01 +2 copies2009-Activities-and-Events-at-Kailaasa-SriPuram-Sarvajnapeeta-Hyderabad +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a covered outdoor hall where a large crowd queues for a communal meal, a sit-down food service. Serving staff in white caps and checked shirts ladle rice from large copper vessels onto steel plates held out by people in saris, kurtas and white dress. Many diners wear white, with red and orange saris and a red shawl visible. Long white-covered tables and white plastic chairs line the floor, and a metal bucket sits in the lower right corner. Concrete pillars and a metal railing frame the open space, with more people and luggage bags in the background. No individual can be confidently identified as a person.2010-02-04A large outdoor food distribution line under a corrugated metal shelter beside a yellow building. Many devotees in white and cream clothing queue along a long table covered with a red checked cloth, holding paper plates and receiving rice and food from servers. Women in saris, including one in a light blue sari with an ID badge and one in a mustard-orange sari, stand in the foreground. Male volunteers in white shirts and white dhotis serve from the table. Near the right edge, a volunteer in white with an orange stole walks past, and a framed portrait hangs on the yellow wall. Colourful tent canopies and trees are visible beyond.2009-01-18A crowd of devotees queues outdoors for annadan, a free meal, at what appears to be an ashram or temple grounds with a low orange building and a green corrugated roof behind young palm trees. Many people hold steel plates of rice and curry. In the foreground a woman in a teal salwar kameez and gold bangles carries a plate, beside a woman in a blue sari and a woman in a yellow sari with gold jewellery. An older woman in a teal and white outfit walks forward carrying food, and a man in a white shirt holds a plate. A young boy in a grey shirt stands near metal barrier railings. Behind them a woman in a pink sari and an older woman in an orange-brown sari also carry plates. Many more people in saris, shirts and dhotis fill the background.2012-11-27A photograph of an annadan food distribution line, rotated sideways. A man in a white shirt on the lower left holds a steel ladle over a large steel vessel of yellow rice and serves a steel thali plate. Several women and a child stand in line holding steel plates loaded with white rice, yellow rice, curry and fried snacks. A woman in a white sari stands at right and holds out a plate, and a woman in an orange top and another in a purple sari are in the queue. The background is a plain white wall.2006-10-01Outdoor food distribution line at a Karthikai Deepam gathering on a red dirt ground beside a white wall. Many men and women queue holding steel plates and bowls while others walk past. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti in the foreground holds a plate. A woman in a blue-and-green sari carries a plate. A man in a striped shirt and orange-and-cream shawl stands with his back turned. Behind them are a striped tent canopy with bunting, blue plastic water tanks and a dark blue tarpaulin. A blue drum is at the right edge. Several people are partly visible at the back.2012-11-27