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A photograph of a hall where several women in saffron and maroon sannyasini-style sarees with rudraksha malas hold small handfuls of yellow flower petals or offerings. In the foreground a smiling woman with a white forehead marking and nose ring stands beside a woman in orange with glasses, both holding offerings. Behind them other devotees in orange and red robes move through the room, a painted banner and framed images hang on the walls, and a colourful ceremonial umbrella stands at right.

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Indoor devotional gathering in a temple hall with pink walls and framed pictures. In the foreground, a woman in a rust-red sari with a black rudraksha mala and a gold pendant eats or receives food from her fingers while smiling. Beside her, a younger woman in an orange sari and rudraksha mala opens her mouth to receive, and another woman in a maroon sari with a rudraksha mala and gold pendant leans in to assist. A woman in an orange sari with a vertical tilak on her forehead sits at the lower right. Behind them, several people in orange and rust-coloured garments, some bare-backed in dhotis, stand or move about. Three women and a few others are visible; no a person candidate is clearly identifiable.2016-11-11 +1 copiesSeptember 30 20162016-09-30A photograph of a large hall where many people in orange and rust-coloured robes are offering food. In the foreground a smiling woman in a brown-maroon sari with a rudraksha mala holds a handful of yellow food toward a woman with long blonde dreadlocks wearing an orange top and orange shawl. Another woman on the left, with hair in a bun and a beaded mala, holds yellow food in both hands. Behind them, figures in orange shawls and bare upper bodies move through the crowd, and orange-toned banner panels hang on the wall. No single person is identified as a person in the visible frame.2017-03-14August 02 20162016-08-02Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +2 copiesAugust 02 20162016-08-02Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesSeveral smiling women in rust-red and orange sannyasi-style saris with rudraksha malas stand close together offering food in their cupped hands. A man with long dreadlocked hair in the centre wears a rust-red robe, a long rudraksha mala, a pendant with a trident and a ceremonial gold necklace; the appearance is consistent with a person, though the face is not used for identification. A woman in front right has her hair in a bun and vibhuti on her forehead, holding a food offering with eyes closed. Yellow rice-like food sits in small bowls and palms. A pink-walled hall with a red curtain and a blurred audience is behind them, matching a Maheshwara Puja ritual of food offering to the monastics.2016-08-02August 02 20162016-08-02Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a group of women in orange and rust-brown saris and kurtas gathered in a hall. In the centre, an older woman with grey hair and a red bindi wears a rust-brown sari and multiple dark rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, holding a yellow paste or prasad mixture in her hand and extending it toward another woman. To the right, a woman with light, tied-back hair in an orange sari and beaded mala holds yellow paste in both hands. To the left, a smiling woman with a white forehead mark and dark hair in a bun holds yellow paste. Other people in orange and saffron robes stand in the background, some with bare upper bodies, near orange and red framed pictures on the wall.2017-03-14Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copies