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A night-time outdoor meal at a tented event ground with green carpeting and warm lights. Seated on low wooden stools at low tables are rows of people in orange and saffron robes, several with long white beards and rudraksha malas. A man in a rust-red turban and white garland sits near the center. On the right, a man in a yellow shirt and orange dhoti bends forward, serving from a steel pot, while a man in white stands beside. Steel tumblers, plates and leaf bowls are set on the tables. Decorative white and colourful kolam-style motifs are painted on the back wall, with saffron flags on poles behind.

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May 16 20162016-05-16May 16 20162016-05-16Night-time photograph inside a large tent with a white canopy and green carpet, where a row of seated saffron-robed sadhus and devotees sit cross-legged at low wooden tables set with brass plates and steel tumblers. Several men wear white flower garlands and rudraksha beads. Behind them, attendants in orange and yellow move about, and decorative geometric rangoli-style designs and a framed picture are visible on the back wall. A figure at centre-right wears a red turban and dark-red robe; a bearded man in the centre wears orange clothing and a rudraksha mala. Lamps and string lights hang overhead, and a small saffron flag flies at the top right.2016-05-16 +1 copiesA night-time outdoor community meal at a festival camp, with long rows of seated saffron-robed sadhus and devotees eating from metal thalis and steel tumblers on low wooden tables set over a teal floor covering. In the foreground, white-bearded men in orange and peach robes sit cross-legged, one with a yellow tilak on his forehead. On the right, a tall bearded sannyasi with matted hair and an orange robe and a red-marked forehead walks past the rows, while a man in a yellow shirt stands nearby. Yellow-capped volunteers in orange serve food from steel buckets. Strings of lights, flags and a decorated canopy frame the scene.2016-05-16A night-time outdoor meal under a white tent on green carpeting, with many people in saffron-orange robes seated cross-legged in long rows behind low wooden stools holding round steel thalis and steel tumblers. Several seated saffron-clad sannyasis wear white flower garlands. A standing man in a yellow top moves along the rows serving food. Decorative white-and-red walls, lights, and saffron flags frame the scene. Some seated people wear white or pink clothes. Several people are visible, some partly cropped at the edges.2016-05-16Evening outdoor gathering on a green carpet under a tent with string lights and saffron flags. Many seated men and women wear saffron and orange robes, some with white beards, turbans and rudraksha or flower garlands. A woman in a dark red-brown sari with a red turban and white flower garland smiles with hands pressed together. A man in a white kurta bends forward to greet seated saffron-robed sadhus at low wooden tables holding steel plates and cups. Another man in a blue striped shirt and a white-clad elder stand nearby. A figure in the foreground wears a saffron robe, white garland and long dark hair. A cushioned seat with a person candidate is not clearly visible; no one in the scene is confidently identifiable. Several people are visible, roughly twenty or more.2016-05-16May 16 20162016-05-16Night-time outdoor gathering on a green mat with many saffron-robed sannyasis seated in rows. In the foreground a woman in a rust-brown robe and maroon turban, with white flower garland, sits with palms pressed together. Beside her a man in orange robe with a long white beard and rudraksha mala sits among other orange-clad sadhus. Steel plates, cups and small lamps sit on low wooden tables with orange napkins. On the right a man in white kurta holds currency notes while another man in blue shirt and white dhoti stands with hands folded. Strings of lights, a speaker and colourful floral wall art decorate the enclosure.2016-05-16September 15 20152015-09-15 +2 copiesOutdoor evening ceremony on a green mat at night, with strings of lights and flags overhead. In the foreground, saffron-robed sannyasis sit cross-legged on rugs before low wooden tables set with steel plates, bowls, cups and small offerings of flowers and sweets. At right, a bearded man in a saffron robe with a long white beard and a rudraksha mala sits on a white cloth near a microphone. Standing behind them, a row of men and women in white and light clothing, some in saffron and a woman in a turquoise sari, stand with hands folded in respectful greeting. The setting suggests a large satsang or initiation gathering with many seated participants in orange robes.2016-05-16A row of saffron-robed sadhus and monks sits cross-legged on a green cloth floor before a large painted backdrop of a Hindu deity in red, mountains and lotuses. Several wear orange or maroon robes, rudraksha malas, and one central figure wears a red-orange turban and beaded necklaces. Brass thali plates and bowls sit on low wooden stools in front of them, with flower petals scattered on the floor. A standing man in orange robes stands at the right edge while another man in white walks past. The setting suggests a seated gathering or meal offering.2015-09-15May 16 20162016-05-16