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October 04 2008

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Annadhan in 20082009-01-01A 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 copiesA 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.2008-10-04 +2 copiesA covered open-sided veranda with a corrugated red-brown roof and red-painted pillars runs alongside a white building, with green lawn and potted plants beside it. Dozens of people sit in a long row on white plastic chairs and on a bench, eating from metal plates and steel thalis of food. Many wear white clothing; several women wear orange and maroon saris, and one woman in white on the left holds a plate. Some are seated with bare feet on the concrete floor. A few people stand and walk in the background near doorways. The atmosphere is an ashram-style communal meal, annadan.2009-09-01June 17 20082008-06-17A large white-walled hall with ceiling fans and steel trusses holds a crowded communal meal. Many people in white and light clothing sit at long steel tables and rows of blue plastic chairs, eating from metal plates. Women in saris, including a yellow sari and an orange sari, stand carrying plates and serving or moving between tables. A man in a striped shirt walks through the aisle. A woman in teal sits on the floor at lower left with a plate, and a man in white sits cross-legged on the floor at lower centre. Badges hang from some necks. A poster is pinned to the left wall.2008-06-20June 18 20092009-06-18July 05 20092009-07-05May 10 20172017-05-10A large plain white hall with exposed steel roof trusses and a grey concrete floor, filled with a long, dense queue of devotees standing in two loose lines along the walls. Most people wear white garments, including white dhotis, shirts and white saris, while a few women wear red, green, blue and orange saris. A woman in a bright yellow sari, carrying a silver tray, walks barefoot across the floor in the foreground, and a man in white stands at the lower left. The queue appears to be a line for darshan, with people holding plates and offerings. Several dozen people are visible in the frame.2007-07-28A large white hall with a corrugated roof and ceiling fans shows a crowd of devotees eating a meal. Many men in white dhotis and shirts stand and sit at blue plastic chairs and long tables holding steel plates of food. One man in the foreground wears a light green shirt and grey trousers while carrying a plate, and another in the right foreground wears an orange saffron shawl over white clothing. Women in saris stand at the right edge. Steel containers and buckets sit along the right side, and speakers are mounted high on the walls.2008-06-17A large white-walled dining hall at an ashram, crowded with devotees eating from steel plates at long tables. Many people wear white garments and a woman in an orange and pink sari stands at the left serving from a steel counter. A man in white sits cross-legged on the floor at lower centre eating from a plate. Blue plastic chairs line the right side, and a yellow-striped shirt is visible at right. Ceiling fans and steel roof trusses hang overhead, with notice boards on the walls. a person is not visibly present in the scene.2008-06-20