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Outdoor photo at a tiled doorstep of a brown wooden-doored building, with green shrubs behind. A man in white clothes and an orange shawl, wearing glasses and a rudraksha mala, leans forward holding a steel plate of sweets toward seated people. Seated figures in white and orange include a young woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala, and a man in orange who holds a small plate of sweets. A woman in orange stands at the door holding a plastic bag. Brass ritual staff visible at right.

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Outdoor photo at a doorway with a dark wooden door and red-tiled steps, surrounded by green shrubs and tropical foliage. A man in white dhoti and white shawl with a red thread holds a steel plate with a small cube-shaped offering, while a man in saffron cloth on the right extends his hand toward it. A woman in saffron shawl and glasses stands at the right, another woman in orange sari sits on the steps, and men in white and saffron are partly visible at the left. A brass staff with ornate top stands at the right edge, and a plate with dates and sweets sits at the bottom right.2006-08-17Outdoor photo on a red-tiled entrance step beside a wooden door, with green shrubs behind. A bare-chested man with long curly hair, wearing an orange cloth, sits on the steps holding a small plate of sweets and eating; a brass staff-like ritual rod stands beside him. Behind him a woman in orange and glasses stands at the doorway. To the left, seated on the ground, a man in white dhoti with a sacred thread and a woman in white with a rudraksha mala hold metal plates. Another woman in orange sits on the step eating from a plate, and a young woman in white sits near the shrubs. A man in orange is partly visible at the bottom left. Several people are present; some are monastic trainees sharing prasad during a convention day.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17A photo of a monastic meal at the ashram. On the right, a young man with long dark hair and an orange saffron wrap sits on an ornate brass-and-wood chair with a red cushion, holding a piece of food. Beside him, a woman in glasses, a white top and an orange shawl serves from a steel bucket with a ladle, and steel bowls of rice and food sit on the red steps. Other people in orange robes sit on the left, one holding a plate and another tending orange cloth on the floor, in front of a wooden door.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17A photograph of a seated sannyasi on a red-cushioned wooden swing with brass chains, shirtless with an orange cloth wrap, long swept-back dark hair, and a rudraksha-style dark bead necklace. He is taking food from a large steel plate of yellow rice. Beside him a woman in a white top with an orange shawl and glasses holds the plate, and in the background two young women in orange robes sit on red steps near a steel bucket and a bowl. A wooden door, red window frame and garden plants are behind them. The seated man has long hair and distinctive adornments, a person cue, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone. Printed copyright and source text is overlaid at right.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17