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Large photograph inside a white tented pavilion hung with strings of orange and yellow tassels, showing a feast (bhandara) in progress. Rows of seated sadhus in saffron and orange robes sit on a long red carpet, each before a metal plate and bowl. White-clad attendants in dhotis walk between the rows serving food, some carrying pots. Sadhus wear grey and white turbans and saffron shawls. Screens are visible at the sides of the tent, and a green potted plant sits in the foreground. The scene is crowded with hundreds of people filling the length of the hall.

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May 05 20162016-05-05A large marquee filled with seated sadhus and devotees in saffron and orange robes, eating from metal plates arranged in long rows along a red carpet. Volunteers in white dhotis and white shirts move between the rows, serving food and carrying vessels, as part of a bhandara feast. Two screens hang above the rows and strings of marigold garlands and paper decorations line the tent ceiling. A cameraman stands at the right edge, and a potted plant sits in the foreground. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person from this distance.2016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05A large photograph of a bhandara feast in a big tent at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela camp. Rows of seated sadhus and devotees in saffron and orange robes sit on a long red carpet, with steel plates and bowls set before them. Volunteers in white dhotis and grey turbans walk between the rows serving food. Some serving figures wear white shawls, and a woman in a yellow sari with long black hair stands in the foreground beside a figure in a white dhoti. A red and gold throne-like seat appears at the far right edge, and a stage with red drapery is visible at the top. Crowd is dense with well over a hundred people visible.2016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05A large photograph of a bhandara feast in a white tent hall with a red carpet runner down the middle. Rows of seated sadhus and devotees in orange and saffron robes sit on the floor before steel thali plates. Attendants in white dhoti and white shirts walk along the rows carrying vessels and serving food, with some wearing white head coverings. A woman in a yellow saree stands in the right foreground. Banners and a screen are visible at the top of the hall.2016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05Large tented hall during a bhandara feast with many saffron-robed sadhus seated in rows on a red carpet, eating from metal thali plates with steel tumblers beside them. Many wear orange and saffron garments and orange or red turbans. Men in white dhoti-style clothing with white head coverings move among the rows serving food. Colourful paper streamers and hanging decorations line the tent ceiling. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this crowded view.2016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05