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A large indoor hall with a striped multicolour floor mat where a long line of men in white dhotis and white kurtas, each wearing an orange shawl, stands or moves between seated groups. In the left foreground a bare-chested figure with long swept-back dark hair and an orange cloth draped over the body sits cross-legged on a low wooden seat, holding a steel plate of food, possibly prasad being served. Banana leaves hold rice, fruit and sweets on the floor at right, and a steel tray with leaves, vegetables and rice sits in the foreground. A seated man in white with an orange shawl takes food from the tray. The setting appears to be a ritual meal or annadan.

A photograph of a Maheshwara Pooja offering inside a plain white-walled hall with a tiled floor. A figure with long dark hair in an orange robe sits cross-legged on a striped mat before a low wooden platform, with a brass vessel and a tray of offerings. A standing woman in an orange sari moves across the centre of the room. Rows of men and women in white clothes with orange shawls sit on striped mats, with banana leaves holding fruit, flowers and prepared food in front of them. Oil lamps and a framed mirror draped with a white cloth stand at the left, with a small kalasha-style vessel nearby. A man in white stands with a long staff at the right edge.

A photograph inside a hall with white marble floors and a small temple shrine at left, decorated with garlanded torans and a deity murti. Seven seated men in saffron/orange robes, many wearing white flower garlands, sit on mats with banana-leaf plates of food in front of them. A bare-chested man in orange cloth stands at right, holding a tray and facing the seated group, apparently offering or serving them. A man in white and a man in a white robe sit among the group, and another orange-clad figure walks near the shrine at back. Two standing men at right appear to hold cameras.

A marble-floored hall where a line of men in orange robes sits cross-legged on striped mats before banana-leaf plates of food, with steel tumblers in front of them. Seven or so seated men wear orange robes and garlands; one at the far left presses his palms together, while the man at the right in an orange robe stands and serves food with a bowl in hand. Men in white dhotis move about in the background, and a small fire glows near a side table. The scene resembles a communal meal or annadan after a ritual, and a stage with red chairs sits at the back.

Indoor annadhan meal in a plain room with white walls and a tiled floor. A long table covered with a green and pink printed cloth holds banana-leaf plates, steel tumblers and small bowls of food. Five or six men sit on the left side eating; one wears an orange-gold shawl and another a red cloth. A standing man in an orange robe and orange turban carries a steel tray along the table, appearing to serve food, with a bare-footed stance. Behind them devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls stand near a framed portrait garlanded with white and yellow flowers, beside a brass figure. A woman in a white sari at the right edge holds a steel vessel. Ceiling fans and a wall niche are visible.

A long row of seated men eats a meal from white paper plates along a covered colonnade with pale yellow walls and a grey floor. Most wear saffron-orange robes or white dhotis, and several have orange turbans or head cloths. In the centre, a barefoot man in a white dhoti and white shawl with a gold-bordered hem carries a metal pot and serves food. A man in a maroon kurta with an orange head wrap also serves along the line. On the right, a bearded elder in white sits beside an orange-robed man. At the far left, a photographer in grey trousers and a light shirt stands taking pictures. Sprigs of food and small cups sit on the plates.

2015-10-03 +1 copies

A seated annadaan meal session in a bright whitewashed hall with large windows. Rows of devotees sit on the floor before green banana leaf plates with small metal cups. A bald, bare-chested man in an orange dhoti and rudraksha mala walks down the centre aisle between the rows, while a man in white with an orange shawl stands behind him. Many participants wear white with garlands of white flowers, and staff in white serve food along the rows.

A photograph inside a marble-floored hall where orange-robed sannyasis sit cross-legged on striped mats before green banana-leaf plates and small metal cups. Several seated figures wear saffron cloth; one bald man in the centre wears orange robes and gestures with his hand, while a man in white with a white head cloth sits at the right edge. Standing men in white dhotis line the left wall, and a figure in white walks across the back of the hall past a decorated canopy with red and white floral garlands on the right. A raised dais edge runs across the middle. The swami identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, so the seated monks are described by role only.

March 14 2017

Large indoor hall where many devotees in orange-saffron robes and matching orange head wraps sit in long rows on striped woven mats, facing a kneeling priest in a white dhoti and shawl at the right edge who holds a small oil lamp. Banana-leaf plates heaped with food and small cups lie before the seated rows. Several participants have long braided hair and white markings on their bare upper backs. A large screen at the upper left shows a figure, and a wall of framed photographs and a lit display stand behind. The scene resembles a communal meal following a ritual, with the lamp lit as an offering.