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Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 2013

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July 05 20132013-07-05July 08 20132013-07-08Two men sit cross-legged on a pale tiled floor eating a meal from stainless steel compartmented thalis. The man on the left, wearing glasses, a white kurta and white pants with a dark beaded mala and a name badge, tears flatbread with his right hand over a tray of rice, yellow dal and curry. The man on the right, also in white with glasses, a dark beaded mala and a gold bangle, holds a piece of roti over his plate of rice and dal. Behind them, a bearded man in a green kurta sits, and a few feet appear at the top edge. A saffron cloth lies between the trays.2015-08-22 +1 copiesSeveral people sit cross-legged in rows on a polished white floor in a large hall, eating a meal from stainless steel thali trays with rice and yellow dishes. They wear white clothes with red shawls and red-and-white lanyards. Steel tumblers and glasses of water sit on the floor. In the background, a stage with dark red curtains and framed pictures on the walls. No candidate for a person is visible in this image.2014-10-12 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesOctober 13 20122012-10-13Devotees sit cross-legged on a polished tile floor in a temple hall, eating a meal from steel plates and drinking from glasses. Most wear white kurta-style clothing with red shawls. In the centre, a man with bare back wears a white dhoti with gold borders and a white upper cloth, eating from a plate. A man in the foreground on the left drinks from a glass, wearing white with a red shawl and glasses. Another man at right, in white with a red shawl and glasses, eats from a steel tray holding curries and flatbread. Red-cushioned seating and chrome railings are visible behind.2014-09-07July 17 20112011-07-17 +2 copiesDevotees seated cross-legged on the floor of a hall with a red cloth mat, eating a shared meal from stainless steel thalis. In the foreground a young man with shoulder-length light brown hair, wearing a white kurta and a thin dark pendant necklace and wooden bead bracelet, picks rice and vegetable dishes from his tray. Behind him two men in white kurtas and red sashes eat from their own trays, and another man in white sits at the right edge. The setting suggests an annadan-style communal meal in an ashram hall.2014-09-13October 08 20152015-10-08 +2 copiesA photo of an ashram dining hall where volunteers serve a communal meal from steel pots onto plates on a long buffet table covered with a floral cloth. In the foreground a man in a white kurta wears a red and white beaded necklace and rudraksha-style mala and serves food with a ladle. Beside him an elderly man in a cream sweater and grey trousers and a woman in a pink shawl and glasses also serve. Long tables with floral cloths and seated diners fill the background under ceiling fans and white walls.2009-12-17