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February 23 20162016-02-23Photo of a Maheshwara Puja food-offering scene in a hall with pink walls and framed photo collages. In the foreground a bare-chested sannyasi with long dreadlocked hair, rudraksha mala and orange-red cloth sits on a striped mat, reaching into a steel tray of yellow rice. Beside him an older man in white dhoti and a red-orange shawl also handles rice, and a woman in a white hairnet and white sari with red border serves food. Behind them a line of women in white saris, red shawls and beaded necklaces walks past steel trays, with more saffron-robed monastics in the background.2016-02-23February 23 20162016-02-23February 23 20162016-02-23February 23 20162016-02-23A photo of a seated ritual food offering in a hall with a patterned mat floor. In the foreground, a bare-chested sannyasi with long dreadlocked hair wrapped in a dark turban and a reddish-brown wrap, seated and reaching into a large silver bowl of yellow rice. Around him, women in white saris with red-orange and gold borders, white head coverings, and lanyards kneel and stand, one kneeling woman holding a white paper plate and another extending her palms toward the offering. Steel trays of rice sit on the mat, and white paper sheets cover the floor. Behind them, devotees in white and orange move about near a wall of framed photographs, consistent with a Maheshwara Puja food offering.2016-02-23Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +2 copiesPhotograph of a devotional ritual in an indoor hall with white floor tiles. In the left foreground, a woman in an orange sari with dark red border sits on an orange cloth beside a steel bowl of cooked food, mixing or serving it. In the centre, a young girl in a white sari with gold border and a red-orange shawl kneels on an orange mat, holding yellow flowers in her cupped hands. Behind her, a woman in an orange sari kneels, and several people in white dhotis and orange cloths stand or kneel. In the right foreground, a man in an orange robe with maroon border bends forward in full prostration, forehead to the floor. A framed portrait with a garland of flowers stands at the left edge, and metal cups and banana-leaf offerings sit on the floor near the back.2011-03-05Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +2 copiesAugust 14 20172017-08-14A seated man with long matted dreadlocks wrapped in a dark turban and rudraksha beads, bare-chested under a rust-orange shawl, receives a handful of food from a woman with long dreadlocks wearing a red and gold sari and a gold top. Around them, many people in white dhotis and saris with red sashes and white head coverings stand at long tables with steel trays of food. A bowl and steel containers sit on striped mats in a plain room with framed pictures on the back wall. The scene matches a food-offering ritual with pinda, the rice-ball offering in Maheshwara Puja.2016-02-23A photo of a community meal during a Maheshwara Puja at a Haridwar ashram. In the foreground, a woman in a red blouse and white sari with a red-and-gold border sits on a white cloth beside a low wooden tray holding large green leaves with food. A bald man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala, kneels on a patterned red carpet and offers food from the leaves to the group. Behind him, seated devotees in white and red-bordered clothes receive leaf plates. A steel bowl of food and white paper plates sit on the floor. Standing figures in white and orange robes stand at the right and left edges.2014-07-26