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A 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.

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May 16 20162016-05-16April 22 20162016-04-22A 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.2016-05-16Night photograph inside a tented pavilion with a green carpet and strings of warm lights overhead. Many seated people in orange and saffron robes sit on low wooden stools with brass plates and cups in front of them. A man in a pale green kurta and white dhoti stands in the centre, while a man in a white kurta, with a small white cloth in his hand, stands nearby. On the right, a tall figure in an orange robe with a red shawl stands with hands folded. A seated sadhu with a long white beard and rudraksha beads in the lower left wears an orange robe, and another with a pink-orange turban and white flower garland sits with hands pressed together. A uniformed official stands at the back. The scene appears to be an initiation or satsang event with devotees.2016-05-16Night-time outdoor communal meal under a tent canopy at an event, with saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees seated on the ground and at low wooden tables laid with steel plates of food garnished with marigold flowers. A robed man in saffron stands bowing and serving food to a white-bearded elder in orange robes with a long white beard and a rudraksha mala, who sits at the front table. Behind them standing figures wear saffron, orange and white clothing, one holding a large palm-leaf fan and another a wooden staff. A colourful striped cloth backdrop and string lights hang in the background, with a man in a white kurta and blue lanyard standing at right and women in western clothes filming at left.2016-05-07Night-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 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15 +2 copiesApril 22 20162016-04-22May 16 20162016-05-16A large outdoor tent with a striped red, green and orange canopy and green support poles hosts a bandara meal for many saffron-robed sadhus seated on yellow cloth at low white tables with steel thalis, water bottles and cups. A standing man at right with a full beard, orange long-sleeved top and orange dhoti wears rudraksha mala beads and a ceremonial gold chain with a pendant, and stands near a row of seated sadhus. Other devotees in orange and white move among the tents, and a plastic-wrapped bucket and a speaker sit at left. Tents and reed huts are visible beyond.2013-02-15May 16 20162016-05-16May 11 20162016-05-11