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July 28 2006

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A photograph of a communal meal service under a bamboo and corrugated-roof pavilion. Devotees and volunteers stand in a long line, many in white clothes, serving food from steel vessels and trays onto plates. In the centre-right, a young man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron cloth over white and a red tilak mark, serving from a steel pot. Beside him, a man with short hair and a white garment with a vertical tilak on his forehead serves food, and in the foreground at right an older man in white wears a rudraksha mala. Several women in saris and a man in a white shirt stand at left holding plates. The scene reads as annadan, a food-serving event.2006-07-28Photograph of a communal meal service under a corrugated and bamboo-roofed open shelter. A man with long, swept-back dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, stands at the serving line, serving food from steel pots with gloved hands. a person is serving food in the annadan-style line. Around him, devotees in white shirts and dhotis and a woman in a pink and green salwar stand holding steel plates while food is ladled onto them. A man in a white shirt and rudraksha mala on the right foreground holds a steel plate and a ladle.2006-07-28A photograph taken under a open-sided thatched pavilion at an outdoor program site. In the foreground, a woman in an orange-yellow sari with her hair tied back stands beside stainless steel pots and vessels on a table, while a man in white ritual clothes carries a steel plate. A woman in an orange sari with loose dark hair stands at right holding a steel plate, and a man in white with a lanyard badge carries a tray. Several more people in white and orange clothing move about in the background among tables and bamboo poles, apparently serving food at an annadan style meal arrangement. No visible candidate matches the a person appearance cues, so the figures are described by role only.2006-07-28A photograph of a communal meal being served in an open-sided hall with a tiled roof and orange curtains. In the foreground, a young woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl ladles rice from a steel pot onto a stainless steel counter. Beside her, a man in orange robes and a yellow-beaded garland holds a steel pot, while a bearded sannyasi in orange robes stands at the back. Men in white kurta-style clothes with orange shawls sit at the counter or stand in line, and steel plates, flatbread and paper cups are set out. White plastic chairs line the right side of the hall, where more seated people eat.2008-12-25July 28 20062006-07-28Photo of a communal meal service under a thatched shed open at the sides, with palm trees behind. Volunteers in white dhotis and white shirts stand behind a long steel serving counter, ladling curry from large steel vessels into bowls and placing flatbreads on plates. A woman in a yellow-orange saree and bangles holds a plate and receives food, while a man in a khaki shirt in the foreground reaches for a plate. Large aluminium cooking pots and gas cylinders sit on the left. Several other people in white stand and wait in line. The scene depicts annadan, a food distribution, rather than a ritual.2010-02-18February 28 20092009-02-28A photograph of a covered open-air serving hall with a corrugated metal roof supported by bamboo poles and rafters. Several people in white clothes serve food from steel pots and buckets along a long table. A woman in the foreground in white with a white-and-gold border holds a steel vessel and wears a rudraksha mala and bangles; another woman beside her wears a rudraksha mala. A young man in white with a sacred thread serves from pots, and women in pink, yellow-green and blue saris stand in line. A standing crowd fills the background. The scene appears to be community meal service.2006-07-28February 10 20092009-02-10 +2 copiesFebruary 28 20092009-02-28December 14 20072007-12-14A photograph of an outdoor food service line under a pink and blue tarpaulin canopy. Serving staff in white hair nets and white aprons ladle yellow rice from steel trays into the line. A woman in a white sari with a beige border holds out a brown leaf plate, and a man in a white shirt with an orange cloth over his shoulder holds bowls beside her. Another man in white with a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant stands at left. Elderly women in blue and grey saris and a standing man in a blue shirt are visible in the background, along with other attendees in white.2015-11-01 +1 copies