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A long row of devotees sit cross-legged on a white cloth along a colonnade with weathered pale stone pillars, eating from banana leaf plates. Nearest, a man in white dhoti and white shirt with glasses eats with his right hand; beside him a man in a peach-coloured shirt with glasses also eats from a leaf. Further along, a woman in white and a bald man in white eat, with bottled water placed along the cloth. Others in blue and white clothing sit in line, and a colourful embroidered cloth hangs at the right edge. The meal is a community annadan style seated feast.

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Annadhan in 20122012-01-01 +1 copiesFebruary 24 20162016-02-24 +1 copiesNovember 30 20162016-11-30A seated communal meal on a tiled floor. Rows of people sit cross-legged or kneeling before green banana leaves holding rice, yellow dal, fried vadas, pickles and sliced vegetables, with white paper cups set beside them. Many men wear white kurtas with saffron-orange shawls, and several wear orange-trimmed white garments; a man in the foreground has a saffron shawl over white clothes and wears glasses. Children in casual shirts sit at the far right, and additional seated devotees fill the background rows, all eating with their right hands. The mood is an orderly annadan-style feeding line.2012-04-26April 26 20122012-04-26 +1 copiesNovember 30 20162016-11-30 +1 copiesPhoto 11734163 +3 copiesPhoto 11712545Men sit cross-legged in long rows on a tiled hall floor, eating from green banana leaves set before them. Most wear white dhotis and white shirts, one man in the foreground wears a cream kurta, and a few wear saffron or orange clothing. A woman in a white sari with gold border walks between the rows carrying a large steel vessel. Plates hold rice, sweets and cut fruit, and small paper cups stand beside the leaves. In the background a stage has red curtains and an ornate deity backdrop. This is an annadhan community meal.2013-01-01Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20122012-01-01 +1 copiesFebruary 24 20162016-02-24 +1 copies