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A photograph at night of a food-serving line with a woman in a pink and yellow sari on the left, serving from a large steel tray of yellow prasad. Marigold garlands hang along the serving counter. Several devotees reach forward with plates and hands, including a man in a white cap and a man in a saffron-orange shawl. A woman in a green salwar kameez and a woman in white with a bead necklace are nearby. A second steel tray of orange food sits in the foreground. Draped cloth and lights decorate the background.

January 01 2009

A crowd presses around large steel trays of golden-yellow sweet food. A man in a black jacket with a dark shirt reaches over the tray with both hands extended, and a woman in white sari with gold bangles stands beside him reaching in. Behind them, devotees in green, pink, white and orange clothing stretch their hands forward toward the food. Some people wear rudraksha or beaded necklaces and a few wear identity lanyards. A round green emblem is pinned on the black jacket. Roughly twenty or more people are visible.

January 01 2009

January 01 2009

January 01 2009

A crowded festive scene at a outdoor event with a green floor covering. In the centre, a young man in a turquoise sleeveless jacket over white clothes stands at a gold-draped table, while another man in white with a yellow shawl leans over it, handing or receiving a small paper slip. Behind the table, a man in a light blue top with a red-orange shawl and a long gold necklace stands in the crowd, and several women in saris, including one in dark green with gold border and another in maroon, reach toward the table amid garlands of orange and yellow marigolds. Many onlookers in white and colourful clothes press around.

Evening meal service in a tented pavilion with a red-and-white striped wall and marigold garlands. Along a long row of brass thalis, a man in a pink kurta leans forward serving food, while a woman in a cream sari with folded hands stands at the left in front of him. Several people in saffron and orange clothing sit at the table, including a figure in a saffron turban with long dark hair in the foreground, and a bald elderly man in orange at right. Steel tumblers, water bottles and plates line the tables; a plastic sheet and a few onlookers stand behind.

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Night outdoor event at a serving table with steel bowls and a foil-lined tray of yellow sweets. A woman with long dark hair and a vibhuti forehead mark wears a leopard-print shawl over orange saffron robes and serves food to a smiling couple in white kurtas. A man in orange robes with glasses stands at left, and a shaved-headed man in white with a rudraksha mala at right holds a small sweet. Other people in white and orange stand behind the table. The woman's appearance with long hair, leopard shawl and saffron robe is a compatible cue for the a person candidate, though the identification is uncertain from appearance alone.

A photograph of a cooking or food-offering session under a blue tent. In the foreground a man with a bare upper body and a red-and-saffron dhoti sits on a gold-and-red throne, reaching toward a silver bowl of yellow rice. Ornate gold armrest details and a rudraksha mala are visible. Beside him a woman in white clothes and a white shawl, with glasses and a bag strap, scoops rice from a steel pot. Along the table, several people in white and saffron clothes with rudraksha malas handle steel pots and banana leaves. Two men in white dhotis stand in the background, and a woman in a golden blouse is at the right edge. Pots of food, a red bench and a pale tent wall complete the scene.

A crowded tented hall with white fabric walls and colourful umbrellas and paper lanterns overhead. In the foreground, a man with a long red-and-maroon turban and gold-trimmed ornamental necklace stands at a long clear acrylic serving counter filled with steel trays of yellow rice. Across the counter, a man in white kurta with a red bead mala serves food. Behind them, devotees in white, orange and saffron clothes crowd close, and a cameraman in white dhoti films the scene. The turbaned figure has distinctive long hair, turban and gold adornments, but identity remains uncertain from appearance alone.