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Crowded tented event with devotees at a ritual food and offering area. In the foreground a seated saffron-robed sadhu with bald head and glasses looks down at a steel plate. Beside him a man in a saffron-orange robe wears an orange turban and holds a steel plate of offerings. A man in cream kurta with a blue lanyard and a woman in red shawl and teal kurta stand nearby, a woman in a red sari bends toward the table. A man in a white kurta wears a flower garland and a red mala. Brass and steel plates, small cups and a kumkum-marked bowl sit on the table, and orange-robed monks and white-clad attendees stand in the background.2016-05-06Photo 11703336 +1 copiesMay 08 20162016-05-08 +1 copiesMay 16 20162016-05-16 +1 copiesJuly 19 20162016-07-19Photograph of a diksha initiation ceremony inside a red-walled tent at an outdoor camp at dusk. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt with a blue event lanyard stands beside a woman in a red blouse bending forward over a brass tray of offerings. Next to them, a man in a white kurta leans toward a seated figure wearing a tall orange-and-saffron turban, long dark hair, and orange robes, who sits before a low ornate brass tray holding rice, flowers and small lamps. Around them, several people in orange and saffron garments kneel and sit, and others in white and red stand nearby, with a man in a red shirt in the background. The seated turbaned figure is a person by appearance cues (long hair, turban, saffron robes). Pictured activities are a ritual offering and initiation at the Shuddhadvaitam camp.2016-05-06May 08 20162016-05-08 +1 copiesMay 10 20162016-05-10 +1 copiesPhoto 11743292 +2 copiesEvening photograph under a white tent at an outdoor event, with a green floor mat. In the foreground, a man in saffron-orange robes and a long saffron turban, with long dark hair and a beaded mala, sits at a low wooden table and leans forward to handle a small bundle of cloth. Across from him, a bearded man in orange robes bends over the same table. Behind them, women in pink and red saris wearing flower garlands hold white plates of offerings. Several men in white and light shirts stand along a red barrier, one wearing a gold chain. Water bottles and small cards sit on the tables.2016-05-08May 16 20162016-05-16May 08 20162016-05-08 +1 copies