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August 01 2008

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August 01 20082008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01Outdoor breakfast area under open tents with yellow canvas and red, blue, yellow and green bunting strung along the edges. Long metal tables with benches run across the foreground, and many people in white clothes queue and mingle between them. In the foreground a woman in a white blouse with a bead necklace and a gold bangle holds a white cup and paper papers. Behind her, men in white shirts and white dhotis stand at a serving counter beside cardboard boxes, and a woman in a pink sari and a woman in green stand among the crowd. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2008-08-01A large outdoor annadan meal under a canopy of red, yellow and blue draped tents with yellow fringe. Many devotees, mostly women in white and cream saris with gold borders, queue at long steel serving tables holding plates of food. A woman in the foreground on the left wears a black and white patterned top and holds a plate and a paper cup. A woman in the front centre wears a white sari with a vertical tilak mark on her forehead and a gold nose stud. Servers in white shirts and head caps stand behind the serving counters on the right, ladling food. Plates of red-tinged food and steel bowls sit on the tables. Roughly several dozen people are visible.2016-01-31Outdoor annadan-style meal area under a canopy with a yellow tarp and strings of colourful triangular bunting, with metal tables and benches. Many people in white dhotis, white shirts and white saris queue along the tables, while staff in white shirts serve food from a counter on the right, where a cardboard box and red-packaged items sit. Trees and a low wall are behind. Devotees in pink and white saris and mixed clothing stand in the crowd. No recognisable a person figure is visible.2008-08-01A photograph of an outdoor breakfast serving area under a tarpaulin canopy strung with colourful triangular bunting. Many devotees in white clothing queue and sit at long grey metal tables. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, women in white sarees and some in yellow or blue, carry steel plates and tumblers. Stacked steel plates sit on a table in the foreground, and servers in white shirts ladle food from large steel vessels on the right. A red and gold patterned cloth hangs in the background. A man with glasses in a white shirt with a lanyard stands in the foreground. The scene shows communal annadan meal service at an ashram.2008-08-01January 31 20162016-01-31Outdoor photo of a long line of women in white and cream saris and white salwar-style clothes standing under a striped pink, green and maroon canopy tent on dry ground. Several women carry round metal plates or trays with food, one in the foreground in a white sari holds a plate of yellow rice-like food. Some have long braids with flowers, and a few wear orange-bordered saris. A dark blue cloth backdrop hangs at right, with trees, low concrete buildings and hills behind. The scene resembles a community food distribution line.2008-03-06A dense crowd of devotees gathered under a long red and white patterned canopy strung with colourful bunting and tied to bamboo poles. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis, and several carry small brass or steel plates with offerings. A woman in the foreground wears a dark red blouse and a white garland in her hair, and another woman in a pink sari stands at left. The people stand shoulder to shoulder in a queue moving through the tent, with an open field and trees visible beyond the canopy.2009-07-26A 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.2009-01-18February 15 20092009-02-15A large crowd of devotees is gathered under a green tarpaulin canopy decorated with colourful triangular bunting, lined with a red-and-white striped border. Many people in white clothes, saris and salwars stand and sit on blue plastic chairs on a red carpet, several holding round metal or banana-leaf plates of food. Men in white shirts and dhotis, and women in white and coloured saris, move through the rows. Hanging lights and a floodlight on a pole are visible. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2009-07-25