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December 19 2012

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A festive dining hall with round tables covered in white cloths and green banana leaves set as plates. Devotees in white kurtas and saffron-orange shawls sit and stand around the tables, many wearing glasses or holding their hands together in namaste. A young man in the foreground wears a rudraksha mala and an orange shawl, while another man in the centre eats from a banana leaf. A decorated Christmas tree stands in the background and a silver platter of pink flowers and fruit sits on a table. No single a person candidate is clearly identifiable, so the figure is described only by role.2012-12-19 +1 copiesA long white-draped banquet table in an ornate ship dining hall with chandeliers and patterned carpet. Devotees in saffron and orange saris and robes sit and stand along the table, many with hands pressed in anjali. A woman in orange and white on the left serves rice from a steel tray onto a banana leaf, while a shaved-headed sannyasi in orange robes sits at the right end with hands folded, a rudraksha mala visible, in front of a plated meal on a leaf. A gold lion-shaped ornament sits in the foreground. The scene shows a pada puja style meal offering with devotees seated in rows behind.2012-12-19 +1 copiesA dining hall on a cruise ship during a seated group ritual with participants in orange and red-orange clothing at long tables covered in white cloths, with banana leaves and small bowls set before them. Several devotees, mostly women in saris and orange shawls, sit with palms pressed together in prayer. In the foreground, shaven-headed men in orange robes with folded hands sit at the table. Crystal chandeliers hang from the ceiling, and tinsel garlands in purple and green decorate the pillars.2012-12-19 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesDecember 19 20122012-12-19 +1 copiesMay 23 20152015-05-23 +1 copiesSeptember 14 20142014-09-14A photograph inside a large ship dining hall during a banquet-style gathering. In the foreground, a seated man with a shaved head and a saffron-orange dhoti wrap sits at a white-clothed table, smiling and holding food on a banana leaf. Beside him, a woman in a white top and dark red shawl leans forward serving food from a steel tray. Another seated monastic in saffron orange sits at right with a shaved head, and a golden deity murti or ornate lion-shaped golden object sits in the lower foreground. Behind, rows of guests in white and orange clothes sit at tables under a lounge ceiling with patterned carpet. The scene appears to be a pada-puja style meal serving; a gold ornate figure and banana-leaf plates are visible.2012-12-19A photograph of a community meal in a whitewashed hall with a white tented ceiling, red latticed vents, and a yellow-and-orange patterned banner hanging from the right. Seated devotees on plastic chairs are served on banana leaves set along a long covered table; one man in the foreground with a long white bead necklace and a white shirt holds a plate of papads and wears a long-sleeved white garment, while a woman in orange saree stands nearby. Several men in white dhoti and shirts and women in orange robes serve food from steel pots. An elderly bare-chested man with white hair and a red shawl sits at the right, pressing his palms together, wearing a rudraksha-style necklace. A cameraman in white and orange stands at the back.2009-12-30May 23 20152015-05-23 +1 copiesDecember 30 20092009-12-30May 05 20162016-05-05