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April 17 2011

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A photograph of a crowded thatched-roof hall with blue metal poles, where many people sit on the ground eating from metal plates, as in a community meal. A man in a pink shirt and white dhoti stands centre-left, serving or walking among the seated diners; others in white shirts and dhotis, and women in colourful saris, sit or stand around. A hanging yellow-and-green banner in Tamil script is visible. A man in a red cap sits in the foreground with a plate. The setting appears to be a temporary open-sided shelter with a palm-leaf roof.2011-05-17 +2 copiesApril 17 20112011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17Night photograph of a crowd queuing under a thatched palm-leaf roof beside a wooden rail fence. Bare-headed men in white shirts and dhotis walk along the lane, while women in sarees, one in orange and another in green, stand among them. A sign reading Annadhanam (free food distribution) hangs on the left. In the foreground, a few older women and men wait at the fence, and potted plants line the path.2011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17Night photograph of an outdoor thatched-roof annadanam shelter with a long queue of people standing behind a bamboo rail. Many wear white dhotis and shirts, while women wear colourful saris, some red. Potted palms line the front, and a large banner in Tamil reads a daily free meal message beside a portrait of a smiling woman with long dark hair. Strings of orange and yellow pennants hang along the roof edge under electric lights.2009-08-05January 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.2011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17Night photograph of a crowd gathered outside a Tamil temple entrance beneath a yellow-orange banner. The banner shows printed deity images with flower decorations and Tamil script naming the Tiruvenneeswarar temple. Many devotees stand close together, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts, along with women in saris, including a woman in a pale green sari and a woman in a brown patterned sari holding a plastic bag. A man in a blue shirt stands in front. Bamboo poles and a white cloth barrier frame the entrance. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in the scene.2006-10-13April 17 20112011-04-17A photograph inside a thatched-roof shelter with bamboo rafters and a striped cloth hung on one side. Several people stand in a long line on the right, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts, with a few women in saris. On the left, a shaved-headed man in an orange robe with a tilak and a rudraksha mala ladles food from a steel pot onto a steel plate held out to devotees at a metal table, while another man in orange stands beside him. Other white-clad helpers stand near the table. The concrete floor is bare and a vertical banner edge appears at the far left.2011-03-19 +1 copies