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A photograph of a crowded food-distribution (annadan) hall with a large white arched canopy and carved white pillars. Men and women in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing lanyards, serve food from steel pots on a long counter; a man in a white shirt and glasses holds a plate of yellow rice, and a woman in a red-and-maroon sari with a braid stands among attendees. Many people queue holding plates of yellow food. A blue banner on the back wall reads catering text. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in the frame.

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February 14 20102010-02-14A large photograph of a crowded indoor hall with a metal roof and tall pillars, where hundreds of people stand and sit eating from green-rimmed plates of rice and curry. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, while women wear sarees and salwar kameez in bright colours. Many are holding plates and steel bowls, and a few are seated at plastic chairs near the front.2010-02-14A large hall crowded with people queuing and serving a communal meal. Men in white shirts and trousers stand in lines, many holding round yellow-green plates of rice. A man in the foreground with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace serves from a large brass vessel. A woman in a sari with a flower in her hair stands among the crowd, and a man with grey hair in white shirt is at centre. Tall decorative pillars with lotus-like motifs line the background, and light falls through a high roof.2010-02-14 +1 copiesPhotograph of a large covered hall where a food service is underway. Many people in white shirts and trousers, and some women in green and saffron-toned saris, move between metal serving pots and steel containers, handing out food on green plates. Several men in the foreground face the camera while others queue or serve along a long steel counter. Blue draping lines the left side and turquoise pillars frame the scene. In the background, a crowd gathers near a red-carpeted area. No figure is clearly identifiable as the a person from appearance, and no such candidate is visibly present in the scene.2010-02-14A food service line inside a large hall with a blue cloth backdrop and pillars. Young men in beige shirts stand behind steel pots and ladle food onto green plates held out by people in white. Attendees in white kurtas and dhotis and women in sarees and salwar stand in line, and a man in a white shirt at right holds a plate. Plastic spoons sit on a tray on the table in front. The scene shows meal distribution, annadan, at a gathering.2010-02-14A large indoor hall with a steel-framed roof and high windows is filled with a dense crowd of people, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis, with some women in saris and salwar kameez. Many are standing and holding green-banana-leaf or steel plates of food, eating at long tables and serving lines. Tall decorative carved pillars and brown drapes line the upper walls. A blue sign hangs on a pillar, and a small banner appears at the left. The scene resembles a large communal meal served during an event.2010-02-14July 12 20092009-07-12A crowded indoor hall with a light fabric ceiling and tall pale carved pillars at the back. Many people stand and move among tables holding white plates of food, which suggests a communal meal. A woman in a olive-green sari with a red border and a small name badge stands at the centre, and a man in a light blue shirt and dark trousers with a badge eats from a plate beside her. Others wear white shirts, saffron-orange, purple, teal and pink saris, and a man in a red checked shirt stands in the lower right foreground.2010-02-14December 15 20062006-12-15February 14 20102010-02-14A large hall filled with many people in white clothing serving a communal meal. Volunteers in white shirts and trousers, some wearing white caps, stand at long steel serving tables stacked with steel pots, bowls and flatbreads, and stacks of round flatbreads sit on the tables. Tall pillars decorated with red, blue, yellow and white geometric patterns and orange fringe hang from a white ceiling, and orange cloth draping and a golden decorative seat appear along the back wall. Several people in the foreground wear white and one wears a grey shirt, and many more stand throughout the room in the background. The scene reads as an annadan style community meal.2010-08-19May 27 20122012-05-27 +2 copies