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Indoor photo of a kitchen or dining hall with white walls and a tiled floor. Two smiling men in saffron-orange robes stand at center; the man on the right holds a large steel tray of food, and the man beside him reaches into it. Several men in white dhoti-style garments with maroon borders move around the room, one holding green leaf plates at right. Bald or shaven heads, vibhuti marks on foreheads, and a wall-mounted electrical panel are visible. No candidate for a person is identifiable from the appearance cues in this image, so the robed men are described by role only.

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Indoor photograph in a plain white-walled hall with tiled floor, showing a row of saffron-clad sannyasis and white-clad male devotees in an ashram dining or serving line. A bald man in an orange saffron robe at centre holds a steel plate of food and smiles while extending it toward a man in white dhoti and shawl with a shoulder bag. Other men in white dhotis with yellow and maroon borders stand smiling along the line, several wearing rudraksha malas. A man in orange garments stands at the left edge; a seated figure in white bends over a leaf plate on the floor. Metal serving trays and a wall-mounted speaker are visible. No deity murti or throne is shown.2011-03-05September 13 20142014-09-13A group of shaved-headed male devotees in white dhotis with gold borders and bare upper bodies stand close together, sharing food from their palms. A man in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala and a bare torso stands in the center-left, offering rice or grain to a devotee in front of him. Several others wear white ritual cloths and some have sandalwood or vibhuti marks on their foreheads. A projector screen glows in the background. The scene appears to be a shared meal or prasad distribution.2011-11-07Several shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes stand close together in an indoor hall, sharing food by hand. Two men in front face each other: the one on the left wears a dark rudraksha mala and holds cupped palms out with a yellow prasadam offering, while the one on the right, bare-shouldered with a rust-red shawl and a beaded necklace, feeds from his own palms. White horizontal marks are painted on their shoulders and foreheads. Other devotees in similar orange cloth and white marks reach forward with offerings in the background, and a person in dark clothing stands at the right edge.2013-10-04 +1 copiesA smiling person with long dark hair, a red bindi, white tilak marks and a pink garment with beaded necklaces stands at the centre of a crowd, receiving offerings from a shaved-headed monk in saffron robes at right. A man in a white shirt presses his palms together at left, and a shaved-headed monk in orange with a rudraksha mala stands at left. Others stand behind with hands folded in devotion, and a metal tray of offerings is visible in the foreground.2011-10-25A photograph of a group of shaved-headed young men and boys in saffron-orange cloth and rudraksha malas, standing in a line and receiving or eating food from their hands during a ritual distribution inside a hall. Several have white tilak markings on their foreheads and gold hoop earrings. Some hold yellow rice or prasadam in cupped hands, and an adult in an orange shawl feeds a child. Other devotees in orange and red stand in the background of a plain pink-walled room.2014-09-13A photograph of a ritual scene indoors in a white-walled hall with a corrugated metal ceiling and exposed roof trusses. In the foreground, a bald man in a saffron-orange robe with a gold-edged border and a beaded necklace stands facing right, holding a plate of yellow flowers or grains with a hand raised toward a devotee. Behind him, two or more saffron-robed priests with shaved heads and white markings on their foreheads line a wall, also holding offerings. On the left, a devotee with close-cut hair wears only a white dhoti with red borders over his shoulder, and bead necklaces. The scene looks like an offering or blessing being given to devotees in a line.2011-03-05Several shaven-headed monastics in saffron and orange robes with red-and-gold borders stand in a ceremonial hall before a deep red curtain. Several wear rudraksha malas and wooden bangles and hold small handfuls of white rice or grain. The man at centre wears a long rudraksha mala, a pendant necklace and a tilak on his forehead, smiling as he holds grain. Another monastic on the right, with bare shoulders and white ash marks on his arms, offers grain. Behind them a colourful ceremonial umbrella or canopy is partly visible, and a mirror-like pole rises at the top of the frame. The scene resembles a maheshwara puja offering of food to sannyasis.2016-08-02September 13 20142014-09-13July 10 20132013-07-10 +2 copiesNovember 07 20112011-11-07Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copies