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Night photograph of a crowded annadanam food line at an outdoor temple-style camp under bright white floodlights. Many people stand in a long queue behind wooden railings on sandy ground. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at a steel serving counter with metal plates. Beside him a bare-chested man in an orange-saffron dhoti holds a steel plate and rubs his head, and a woman in a dark top holds a plate. Other devotees in white clothes, a man in a maroon shirt and a child wait in line. Striped tent canopies and a banner line the background.

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Night photo of a large crowd queuing between wooden pole barriers at an outdoor event, lit by bright white floodlights and strings of small lights. Above the walkway hangs a row of multicoloured triangular pennant flags. Many people in white and pastel clothes walk or wait in line, some carrying plates or trays of food. A woman in an orange sari and another in a red sari stand near the front of the line. Trees and palms are visible against the dark sky.2012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08Night-time outdoor annadana scene at a temple-style open ground lit by bright floodlights. A large crowd of men and women queues behind bamboo barricades, many in white dhotis and shirts, saris in pink, purple and red, and a few in orange. Stacked stainless steel plates sit on a table in the foreground, and orange plastic chairs line the left side. Striped tent awnings and bright banners frame the background.2012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08Night photograph of an outdoor annadanam meal line at a temple-style compound with a bright floodlight and orange-walled building behind. Crowds of devotees move between rows of steel plates and serving tables on the left, where volunteers in white shirts ladle food from stainless steel containers. Women wear colourful saris, including red, yellow and orange, and men wear white shirts and dhotis. A bamboo barricade channels the queue through the centre, and a coloured canopy of red, green, purple and blue cloth shades the top of the frame. An elderly person in a yellow top sits at a table in the lower right foreground.2012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08Night photograph of a long queue of devotees standing behind a rough wooden pole and rope barrier, waiting at an outdoor event. Foreground figures include a woman in an orange and yellow sari on the left, a woman in a yellow sari, and a man in white shirt and dhoti raising one hand. Bright floodlights illuminate a wide white banner and tent structures in the background, with string lights and strands of small lamps at right. The crowd appears to be a darshan or satsang line at an ashram grounds setting.2012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08Night photograph of a crowded procession or queue at an outdoor temple-side street lit by street lamps. Many people in white shirts and dhotis, women in red, orange and yellow saris with flowers in their hair, and a young man in a bright red shirt walk between rows of wooden poles and bamboo barriers. A woman at left carries a metal vessel. A thatched-roof hall to the right displays a long white banner with Tamil script, and a large painted deity image with red garlands hangs on a board in the background.2011-04-17