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A crowded outdoor meal line under a red-tiled covered walkway at a compound with whitewashed buildings and palm trees. Many people in white ritual clothing, men in white shirts and dhotis and women in white or light saris, queue and serve food from steel vessels and plates held out by volunteers. A man in the foreground holds a plate of food; another man in white serves from a steel pot on a table. A sign on the wall reads photography in any manner is strictly prohibited. No visible a person candidate is present; people are not identifiable from their faces.

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Annadhan in 20082009-01-01Photo 99224572009-01-01A photograph of a communal meal line in an open courtyard at an ashram. Many people dressed in white shirts, white dhotis and white saris stand and queue, some holding steel plates and bowls. Stainless steel pots and a serving table sit in the foreground, and a man in a white shirt and dhoti ladles food. Terracotta-tiled roofed sheds line the right side with more people seated, and white-walled buildings with red window frames stand to the left under a bright sky. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable among the visible people.2008-10-04 +2 copiesOctober 04 20082008-10-04Annadhan in 20082009-01-01A 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 long covered walkway with a corrugated translucent roof and blue steel posts serves as an annadan dining line. Crowds of devotees stand and sit along it, many in white ritual clothes, with a few in orange, purple and yellow saris. Volunteers in white shirts and gloves serve food from steel pots and trays onto plates held by people in the foreground, including a woman in a white sari with a red dot wearing gloves. Garlands hang along the far wall beside a framed portrait, and colourful festoon bunting decorates the trees and tents outside. Dense crowd, roughly a hundred or more people visible across the scene.2009-01-18June 18 20092009-06-18Outdoor 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.2006-10-01May 10 20172017-05-10A long covered outdoor line of devotees, mostly women in white sarees with gold borders and men in white or light shirts, waits under a corrugated metal roof on a sandy ground. Many hold steel plates, moving forward toward a serving area on the left. Tall trees and a multi-storey building with red-trimmed windows stand behind, with a crowd of onlookers in the background.2009-01-18Annadhan in 20062006-01-01