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A red-carpeted stage under a gold and red canopy during a ritual meal or prasad service. Several men seated cross-legged on the floor before silver-footed trays, several with bare upper bodies, rudraksha malas and sacred ash marks, eating from plates. Standing behind them, a man in a white dhoti with a gold border and red waist cloth carries a vessel, and a woman in a red sari with a head covering stands at right beside a woman in green. Behind them, a carved wooden pillar topped with a trident and brass lamps. Other standing attendants wear white head caps. The setting is a temple-style ceremonial pavilion.

Photograph of a ritual meal at a bhandara-style gathering. In the foreground a bare-chested man in white dhoti wears a rudraksha mala and sacred ash markings on his arms and forehead, eating from a silver-rimmed plate of rice, curry and vegetables set on a silver tray table. Several other men seated along the row in white dhotis with rudraksha malas also eat from similar plates. On the right a woman in a white sari with red-gold border serves food, and a blue bucket and metal pot sit nearby beside a golden pillar on a red carpet.

A ritual hall with a red carpeted stage and a gilded throne area at upper left, where a figure in red and orange sits. Several men in white dhotis with gold borders and orange-saffron shawls sit cross-legged on the red floor before silver trays of offerings, flowers and small cups. A man in white dhoti and white head covering, holding a steel pot, stands at right serving, and other attendants in white bend over the trays. A woman in a red sari with long dark braid stands near the centre. Behind them a red drape and ornate gold backdrop frame the scene, with a silver lamp stand and tall ritual staff visible. Several people stand in the background.

A seated puja in a large hall with a crowd of devotees behind. In the foreground, a young man in an orange-and-yellow saffron cloth with rudraksha malas and gold bangles sits on a red mat, holding a folded white cloth over brass puja vessels, kalasha-style pots and leaves on a stone low table. Beside him, an older man in white dhoti and shawl, with vibhuti and rudraksha mala, and other priests in white and saffron sit in a row performing the ritual. Brass plates, lamps and small bowls are arranged on the table.

A photograph of a seated meal line with saffron-robed sadhus and sannyasis on the right, sitting cross-legged behind long metal thali plates holding chopped vegetables, sweets and small bowls. In the foreground, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border and rudraksha-style red bead bracelets bends over the plates, serving food with a ladle. Brass lamps and flower arrangements stand along the back of the hall, and a bald man in white with white paste on his arms and a sanyasi in orange watch at the left. Several saffron-clad sadhus with long beards and matted hair are seated along the line, and a long-haired bearded sannyasi in orange and pink with a rudraksha mala sits at the right edge. Several people are seated along the line, with a cameraman visible in the back.

2015-09-17 +1 copies

September 14 2015

A photograph of a ritual feast at a camp, with a long row of seated sadhus in saffron and orange robes receiving food from attendants. Several seated sadhus wear marigold garlands; one older bearded sadhus wears rimless glasses and an orange robe. Standing attendants in white dhotis and white shirts, some with rudraksha malas and marigold garlands, hold silver thalis and bowls of food and serve along a row of silver trays with red napkins. Other saffron-robed people stand in the background against red drapery. The scene shows bhandara annadan feast service.

September 14 2015

A photograph of a seated meal ritual in a decorated temple-style hall. Several men in saffron and orange robes sit behind low, ornate silver-covered tables. In the centre, a man wears a red turban, bare shoulders, a large beaded rudraksha mala, and gold armlets; he is. Behind them, men in white dhotis with yellow borders serve food from metal pots and trays. Behind the seated figures stand silver and red shrine structures with deity murti and garlands, and a lamp in the upper left. The scene resembles an annadan or bandara offering.

2015-09-11 +2 copies

January 08 2017

Three men sit cross-legged on a red cloth before silver ritual trays and small metal cups, in a ceremony setting with a carved sandstone pillar at left and tall silver lamp stands at right. The man at left wears white upper cloth, an orange-and-white dhoti and a brown-red rudraksha mala with a white tilak on his forehead. The man in the middle wears a bare upper body with a rudraksha mala and a golden pendant, and a white dhoti with orange border. The man at right wears glasses, a white garment and a rudraksha mala. A female statue holding a tray stands at the right edge.

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