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February 11 2013

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Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01February 15 20132013-02-15September 15 20152015-09-15A photograph of a room with orange-robed sannyasis seated around a low table covered in a beige cloth, set with steel plates, bowls, cups and glasses. A bearded elder in orange sits on a sofa on the left, next to a younger man in orange and a man in a pink turban. On the right, a shaved-headed man in orange with a gold-beaded necklace is offering a plate of food to a seated figure in orange, while another bare-headed man in orange with a gold necklace stands beside him. A man in an orange turban and grey vest sits in the foreground, and a person in orange stands at the right edge. A large banyan tree backdrop covers the rear wall, with a red curtain at left and green carpet underfoot. Four or five people are visible.2013-02-11 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15A photograph of a large open-sided tent at a Kumbh Mela camp, with a yellow cloth floor and corrugated metal walls. Many saffron-robed sadhus and sannyasis sit in rows on low wooden trays laid with steel plates, small bowls and water bottles, as if for a shared meal (bandara). In the centre, a man in a peach kurta holds a small book and stands among seated monks, one of whom wears a rudraksha mala and a bead garland. A seated monk in an orange headwrap and robe eats from a steel bowl. A bald monk in saffron sits at the right foreground. Several men in white kurtas stand at the far right.2013-02-15 +2 copiesApril 22 20162016-04-22A photograph of a seated row of saffron-robed sadhus at a tent-covered Kumbh Mela event. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in orange sits beside a bearded sadhu with long grey hair, a red garland and a rudraksha mala, who sits at a low table with a metal thali and bowls. Further along, more sadhus in orange and one in a red turban sit at brass thalis on wooden tables along a green carpet. A man in white robes stands at the far right, and a painted backdrop of a red deity figure and lotuses covers the left wall. Scattered petals lie on the carpet.2015-09-15September 15 20152015-09-15 +2 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10September 20 20152015-09-20September 15 20152015-09-15 +2 copies