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Devotees sit cross-legged on a tiled floor in white clothing with red-orange shawls and red-and-white lanyards, eating a meal served on large green banana leaves with small steel bowls. A bald man in the foreground eats with his right hand, and a bearded man beside him holds food toward the leaf. Several other seated men in white continue eating, with cups and rice dishes visible.

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Devotees sit cross-legged on a polished marble floor eating a meal from metal thali trays during a break. Several people wear all-white clothing: a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, a shaven-headed young woman in a white t-shirt and white pants with a rudraksha mala and an event badge, a woman in a white sari with gold bangles, and younger women in white. Steel barriers with chains run behind them. A water bottle sits in the foreground, and a plastic cup of water stands on the floor.

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A photograph of a seated group of devotees performing a ritual offering on the floor. In the foreground, a man with a shaved head and a teal-dyed crown of hair wears a rudraksha mala and an orange-red shawl over bare shoulders, reaching toward silver plates of pink flower petals, small brass vessels and offering dishes. Beside him, another man in an orange shawl and rudraksha mala sits in front of a plate of petals. A woman with teal-streaked hair wearing an orange shawl and mala sits at right. Other devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls sit around the floor, and a small child in the background. A large silver tray of white jasmine-like flowers sits at lower left, with a water bottle among the offerings.

A seated group of devotees eats from metal thalis on a red mat during a ritual meal. Most wear white or cream dhotis and sarees with gold borders, and many wear rudraksha malas. A woman in a green-and-white saree and a man in a white shirt eat with their hands; a woman in a white saree with gold border eats from a bowl. A man in a maroon shirt with a tilak sits in the foreground. Behind them, decorated deity murtis in yellow and gold cloth stand on a table with floral offerings, and children sit among the crowd. Roughly a dozen or more people are visible.

Devotees sit cross-legged on a polished tile floor in a temple hall, eating a meal from steel plates and drinking from glasses. Most wear white kurta-style clothing with red shawls. In the centre, a man with bare back wears a white dhoti with gold borders and a white upper cloth, eating from a plate. A man in the foreground on the left drinks from a glass, wearing white with a red shawl and glasses. Another man at right, in white with a red shawl and glasses, eats from a steel tray holding curries and flatbread. Red-cushioned seating and chrome railings are visible behind.

A large group of shirtless men in white dhoti-style cloth sit cross-legged on pink mats during a ritual sitting, many with white ash markings on their arms and chests and rudraksha malas around their necks. In the foreground a young man with long dreadlocks tied with a red cloth reaches toward a brass plate of offerings, while a bearded man with rudraksha beads on his arm works beside him. Brass trays, small oil lamps, a red thermos, a bowl of flowers and sandals sit on the floor, and a yellow-clad devotee appears at the lower right. The scene matches the morning puja and satsang context of an Arudra Darshan programme.