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Outdoor relief food distribution under a large red, green and blue patterned canopy with a striped fringe, set on bare dirt beside a blue tarpaulin and a stacked white sack. Many men and women wear white hair nets, with a few in white shirts and dhotis, one in a dark green sari-style top and others in grey or maroon shirts, queuing and moving among tables. In the foreground a large aluminium cooking pot sits on the ground, and a woman in an orange saffron-coloured robe stands near the left. Smaller striped tents and palm trees are visible in the background. No individually identifiable central figure is clearly shown.

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A photograph of an outdoor annadan meal service under a large canopy of red patterned cloth edged with strips of colourful fabric in green, blue, purple and red. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts serve food from large steel pots at a metal table, one wearing a white hairnet and another with an orange-and-white cloth at his neck. Devotees in white and checked shirts stand holding metal plates and cups, and a seated young man in a plaid shirt eats from a steel plate. Trees and a low orange building are visible beyond the canopy. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person.2012-01-08January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor food-service area under a striped, multicoloured canopy with a dark patterned top. Several people in white aprons and green hairnets work at tables and large steel cooking pots. Two shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes stand in the centre near red gas cylinders, with other people in white clothes and a woman in orange nearby. Palm trees and a blue tarpaulin appear in the background, and a white hose lies on the dirt ground.2012-01-04January 02 20122012-01-02January 06 20122012-01-06A food distribution line under a white tent with striped orange, pink, green and yellow bunting along the edges. Volunteers in white shirts and white trousers, some wearing blue disposable caps and gloves, serve rice and curry from large steel pots onto stacked steel plates on a metal counter. A woman in a red saree with gold border and a woman in a blue saree wait at a metal railing with plates. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti, with a lanyard badge, walks past at right beside a large black pot. A saffron-robed figure stands in the background.2012-11-27 +2 copiesJanuary 04 20122012-01-04A photograph of an outdoor food distribution under a striped canopy with red, green, blue and orange panels. Volunteers in white clothes and light green head coverings sit at folding tables and pack food into small wrapped packets, while others stand and walk among steel cooking pots and large containers on the dirt ground. A boy in an orange-red shirt stands at left watching, and a man in a white shirt and dhoti walks through the scene. Steel tables hold plastic jugs and a bag of rice, with a tent frame and parked vehicles in the background.2012-01-04An outdoor food service under large colourful striped and patterned canopy tents, with palm trees behind. Volunteers in white clothing and light green or blue head caps serve food. A woman in a white sari with a tied head covering stirs a large black cooking pot on the ground, while others sit on orange plastic chairs at tables holding steel plates and trays. Steel pots and buckets sit nearby on the right, and a few people in white dhotis and shirts move around the food stations. This appears to be an annadhan food distribution. No person in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.2012-01-04A photograph of an outdoor food service under a striped canvas tent at the Kanchipuram ashram inauguration. Men and women queue and eat at long steel tables on red plastic chairs. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti sits at left eating from a leaf plate, while a man in a red shirt and orange cloth stands at a large steel pot serving food to a woman in a white sari. Another man in a white shirt ladles from a steel vessel at right. Crowds stand in the background under tent canopies.2006-11-24 +2 copies