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Annadhan in 20112011-01-01May 17 20112011-05-17Photo 66788412011-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a thatched-roof open hall where people queue for a meal. A young man in a light blue t-shirt on the left serves food from a steel bowl onto a steel plate held by an older man in a green striped shirt and white dhoti, with sacred ash marks on his forehead. Behind him, men in white shirts and white dhotis and a man in an orange shirt and light blue trousers wait in line, some with forehead markings. Steel pots and a stainless steel serving counter are visible, along with wooden pillars supporting the thatch. No a person candidate is visible in the scene.2011-03-19A photograph of an outdoor food-serving line under a thatched and corrugated-roof shelter beside palm trees. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis serve food from steel vessels onto leaf plates, with a row of helpers at a long serving counter. In the foreground, men in khaki-olive shirts receive plates of rice. Stacked orange gas cylinders and steel pots sit at the left. A small shrine-like table with a framed picture is visible in the background. Several men wear white shirts with small identification badges.2010-02-18A 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.2006-07-28Night-time community meal service under a canopy strung with colourful bunting and tent poles. An older man in a white shirt holds a steel plate of yellow rice while serving, and beside him a man in a pale yellow shirt and another in a light shirt scoop food from large steel vessels. Several other people in white and light clothing stand in the background at a long serving line under electric lights, with the food spread across the tables.2012-04-06A food service line under a tarpaulin canopy at night, lit by fluorescent tubes. Men in white shirts and a woman in a green top serve food from steel pots onto metal plates and leaf plates held in their hands. An older man with white hair and a white moustache, wearing a cream shirt and a beaded necklace, stands at the serving counter. Several people in white shirts and a cook in a white cap are visible among the crowd in the background. The scene shows an annadan style community meal being distributed.2012-04-06Photo 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.2010-02-18August 05 20092009-08-05A photograph of an annadan food distribution under a thatched palm-leaf shelter. A large brass cooking pot sits on a metal table, and a man in a white shirt with rudraksha mala ladles food into a plate held by a man on the left in a white shirt with a grey beard. Several men in white shirts reach toward the pot, and a woman in white stands in the background. A man on the right in white with a rudraksha mala holds a ladle, and a man in a grey cap is visible behind them.2010-01-08Annadhan in 20102010-01-01 +2 copies