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June 15 2015

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Four shaven-headed men in saffron and orange robes gather in a hall with a golden figure visible at the top right. The man at right, wearing thin-framed glasses and a rudraksha mala, looks down at a folded green leaf and paper slips held in his hands. Beside him a man in a red-brown garment and rudraksha necklace bends over a mobile phone, while to the left two smiling men wear orange shawls printed with mantra text, sandalwood marks on their foreheads and rudraksha malas. A small logo appears at the top left corner, and a stone-coloured wall and display boards are behind them.2015-06-15Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesA seated figure in a rust-red turban and saffron-orange robe with a gold-toned ornate chair and gold lion-arm detail sits on a brown leather throne, extending a hand to pass a folded paper to a man in a white dhoti and red-and-black printed shawl who stands centre. To the right, a bald man in a yellow kurta and orange-red inscribed shawl holds an orange cloth. Behind them stands an ornate altar with silver and red decorations, brass lamps and a deity murti, with a red drape and a fan at right. Three people are visible.2015-09-11Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesApril 27 20162016-04-27A photograph of a group of young male devotees seated on the floor in an indoor hall, performing a ritual. The foreground man wears a rust-red dhoti and wrap with a long rudraksha mala, holding a small brass vessel. Behind him, several men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas hold lit oil lamps, and one has a white-painted forehead. A man on the right with a bald head, white forehead and arm markings, and a rust-red wrap raises a hand. Brass pots sit on the floor, and spectators sit in the background. No identifiable a person is visible in appearance.2013-04-14March 04 20132013-03-04A seated man with long dark hair, a white tilak on his forehead and a multi-strand beaded gold-and-red necklace, raises his right hand to touch the forehead of a shaved-headed man in an orange-and-saffron shawl printed with script and a rudraksha mala. The recipient stands with hands folded at his chest and eyes closed. Behind them, a brass oil lamp, a potted green plant and a woman in a red shawl with hands folded stand in a hall with a gilded wall panel. A white-clad woman sits nearby. This appears to be a blessing or initiation moment during a samaya deeksha.2015-07-17October 04 20132013-10-04Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph inside a large hall with red-curtained windows and wooden partitions, showing a Maheshwara Puja-style gathering of monastic devotees. A bald, bespectacled man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands centre-left, receiving an offering from a man in a saffron-and-gold wrap. Nearby, a man in orange with a rudraksha mala holds up a small green offering. Other devotees in orange, maroon and white stand and sit on mats and floor cushions. The figure's appearance is not a clear match for the a person description, so he is treated as an unidentified monastic devotee.2016-02-23Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copies