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Several men in saffron-orange dhotis and orange shawls stand in a long row, eating rice from their hands at a banquet. Foreground, a grey-haired man with a bare chest, white-painted face and forehead marks, wearing rudraksha malas and a red bindi, holds rice in both hands. Others nearby have white body markings and orange wraps, and banana leaves with rice dishes line the table. The hall has pink walls and framed colourful pictures.

A photograph of a crowded hall during an annadan-style communal meal at a Krishna Janmashtami gathering. Many people in orange and saffron robes and orange turbans are seated and eating from leaf plates. In the foreground a bare-chested devotee with a rudraksha mala feeds food to a man in an orange shawl with a rudraksha mala and white vibhuti marks on his forehead and arms. A shaved-headed man in orange holds food in his hand on the right, and a man with long braided hair on the left has white markings on his face. Pink walls display framed deity paintings in the background.

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Photograph of a group of bare-chested male monastics in orange and saffron dhotis and shawls, with white vibhuti lines on their foreheads, sharing food. A man with a rudraksha mala and red kumkum dot on his forehead holds up a handful of food to feed a younger monastic, who opens his mouth; another monastic holds food in his hands at left. Several other orange-clad monastics and devotees stand in a hall with red curtains and framed pictures behind them, consistent with a maheshwara puja offering of pinda food. Five to six people are clearly visible.

A photograph of an indoor event hall with white draped ceilings and wooden shelving behind. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a red wrap, wearing a long rudraksha mala and red tilak, holds a white plate of yellow rice and feeds a dark-haired devotee in orange robes and rudraksha mala who opens her mouth to receive it. Other orange-robed devotees stand along a white-draped serving table with plates of food and leaf-served portions. At the right background, a seated person sits near an ornate gold throne-like seat beside a brass urn. Sidelined attendees in saris and casual clothes move around the buffet tables.

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A photograph of a group of saffron-robed sannyasis in an indoor hall with a pale pink wall and framed colourful artwork above. A bare-chested man with a shaved head, white vertical tilak and red bindi, wearing an orange shawl and rudraksha mala, is eating from a handful of yellow food held in a younger person's hands. Around him, other orange-clad men with long dreadlocked hair, white forehead markings and beaded necklaces hold yellow food and stand close together. A cauldron-like steel vessel is visible at the left edge.

A photograph of a crowd of saffron-clad devotees at a naivedyam or prasada offering. The central bare-chested man has a shaved head, white tilak on his forehead, and a long rudraksha mala draped over his chest with a saffron shawl. He tilts his head back with his mouth open while a hand feeds him a yellow grain offering, and grains cling to his face and chest. Men around him wear orange or saffron turbans and wraps, rudraksha malas and beaded armbands. A hand at left holds a sweet offering, and a man at right with an orange turban also receives grains. The setting is indoors with a bright background.

Devotees in saffron-orange robes and orange turbans stand close together, many with rudraksha malas and white ash marks on their foreheads and arms. They hold up handfuls of yellow-green prasadam, a mixed sweet offering, some eating it and smearing it on their faces. A young boy in the center wears an orange turban, orange cloth and a rudraksha mala, and looks to his side while holding prasadam. The setting appears to be a festival offering with a bright backdrop.

August 14 2017

August 14 2017