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Outdoor annadan meal distribution on a paved courtyard beside a tent with strings of coloured flags and palm fronds. Many people queue and hold metal plates of food. In the foreground a young man in a pink striped shirt and a young man in a green checked shirt and jeans hold plates; a woman in a purple sari with a gold border and a woman in a red sari with gold trim also hold plates. Men in white shirts stand behind them. A banner hangs at left and palm trees fill the background. No clearly identifiable a person is visible.

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November 27 20122012-11-27November 27 20122012-11-27November 27 20122012-11-27November 27 20122012-11-27 +2 copiesA photograph of an outdoor communal meal on dry ground beneath coconut palms. Many people stand and sit in a crowded open space, many holding round paper plates of food. Men wear white shirts and trousers, while women wear sarees in yellow, red, pink and turquoise. Some children sit on the ground among the adults, and a man in a green shirt serves or passes plates.2010-02-18November 27 20122012-11-27Outdoor photograph of a crowd at a Karthikai Deepam annadhan meal on a dusty dirt ground beside tall palm trees and a striped tent awning. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, a man in an orange cloth, and a woman in a yellow-and-maroon sari hold steel plates of food. A seated man in a yellow shawl eats from a plate at the lower left, while a man in a checked shirt holds a plate at the right. One man drinks from a water bottle. Several people in the background stand among the crowd.2012-11-27November 27 20122012-11-27Outdoor annadan food distribution at a large gathering on a paved brick ground. Three men in the foreground hold steel plates of rice and food: a man in a purple plaid shirt eats from a plate, a man in a white shirt and cream trousers eats with his hand, and an older man in a maroon striped shirt and dark trousers holds a plate. Behind them, many people in white dhotis and light shirts move through the crowd. Palm fronds decorate a tent with multicoloured bunting and a banner. No deity, dais or a person candidate is visible.2012-11-27Outdoor annadan meal at a temple-ground courtyard with tall palm fronds and a red-roofed building behind. Many devotees, mostly men and women in saris and dhotis, queue and hold metal plates of food. A man in a white shirt and blue shawl stands at right near a wooden post and a small stone counter. Women in bright saris and children are visible on the left. Colourful prayer flags hang at top right. No identifiable figure is shown on a throne or in saffron robes.2012-11-27November 27 20122012-11-27A dense crowd of men and women eats a meal under a large tented pavilion with striped and patterned canopy cloth, bunting, and banana-leaf or palm-frond supports. Many people hold metal plates of food. In the foreground a man in a pink patterned shirt carries a plate, a man in white shirt and dark trousers with a lanyard eats from a plate, and a man in an orange-and-white striped shirt eats at right. Several people wear white kurtas and white shirts, and women wear sarees including a purple one. The scene suggests a community annadan meal. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in this crowd.2009-08-01