Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A crowded indoor hall with white columns banded in yellow and white ceiling fans, where many people in white clothes move among the pillars. In the foreground, a bald older man in glasses and a white shirt stands beside a man in a white shirt, and at left several women in white and cream saris hold brass plates of food. Some people wear name badges, and a steel vessel sits at the bottom edge. No figure is clearly identifiable as a sannyasi in saffron, and the scene looks like a food-serving or annadan gathering.

More like this

Open the gallery
A large hall with yellow-and-white painted columns and ceiling fans hosts a crowded meal service. Many people in white traditional clothes queue and carry steel plates and cups, while women in saris, including a pink silk sari and a green-and-orange sari, stand among them holding food plates. Men in white shirts and dhotis move through the crowd. Steel vessels sit on the floor at left. The scene resembles an annadan or prasadam serving at an ashram event. No specific person is identifiable as a person in the scene.2012-09-20A large dining hall with bright yellow walls, white pillars and ceiling fans, filled with many devotees in white and cream clothing. Several people carry metal plates of food, and rows of people sit eating at long tables while others walk between them serving. Women wear sarees and gold necklaces, and men wear white shirts and veshtis, some with lanyards. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the scene, and the crowd appears to be an annadan style meal service.2012-09-20September 20 20122012-09-20A large bright hall with white walls and tall windows serves a communal meal. Many people in white dhotis and white shirts or saris line up and stand at long tables holding metal trays and steel bowls, while others are seated on the floor eating from leaf plates. Volunteers in white with lanyards ladle food from large steel pots at the serving counter. A blue sign reading kitchen hangs above a doorway at the back. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this scene.2009-07-12September 20 20122012-09-20A large indoor dining hall with white walls and high windows holds a dense crowd eating lunch at white plastic chairs and round tables. Many attendees wear white shirts and white clothing, while others wear colourful saris in green, pink and red. Several staff in white uniforms carry plates and serve food. A man in an orange shirt eats at the right foreground. Blue and orange banners hang on the back wall, and plastic water bottles sit on tables. Lunch service at a workshop gathering.2009-07-12September 20 20122012-09-20A large indoor hall with a steel-framed roof and high windows is filled with a dense crowd of people, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis, with some women in saris and salwar kameez. Many are standing and holding green-banana-leaf or steel plates of food, eating at long tables and serving lines. Tall decorative carved pillars and brown drapes line the upper walls. A blue sign hangs on a pillar, and a small banner appears at the left. The scene resembles a large communal meal served during an event.2010-02-14A large hall with yellow-orange pillars and white ceilings where a crowd of men stands in a queue holding steel plates of food. Most wear white dhotis and white shirts; one in the foreground wears a dark green shirt, another a navy and white striped polo. A man at lower right wears an orange ID badge on a lanyard. Several men carry tote bags printed with a woman's portrait and Tamil text. Ceiling fans hang above, and a few men in the background wear white caps. The setting appears to be an ashram dining hall during a communal meal line.2012-09-22September 23 20122012-09-23July 12 20092009-07-12A crowded indoor dining hall with pale blue walls and fluorescent tube lights and ceiling fans overhead. Many men in white shirts and dhotis, some wearing yellow shawls, stand and queue around steel serving containers at a long counter, holding plates and plastic food packets. In the foreground, a man in an orange shirt and wristwatch holds a plastic-wrapped plate, while a man in a plaid shirt stands at right. The scene suggests a communal meal distribution.2009-07-17 +1 copies