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A row of seated devotees in orange and saffron robes with bare upper bodies and white ash markings on their arms and chests sits with palms pressed together in namaskar along a long banquet line. Before them lie banana leaves with food offerings and rows of small brass lamps. Several have long matted hair coiled up and rudraksha malas. In the background a camera operator and seated attendees in white face a stage with a screen and an ornate golden shrine structure, with hanging decorations overhead. The scene suggests a ritual meal offering.

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Photograph of a long row of seated devotees in orange-saffron robes at an ashram hall, hands pressed together in anjali during a meal offering. Before them stretch rows of banana-leaf plates heaped with bananas and food, with metal tumblers and small cups set along the leaves. Many have dreadlocked or long hair, tripundra-style white markings on foreheads, and rudraksha malas; one man wears a leopard-print headband and a ribbed brown turban-wrapped figure sits near the back. In the background, a few figures stand in white and saffron near a golden shrine area with a lit screen.2019-01-01January 01 20192019-01-01A large seated group of devotees in saffron and orange robes sits in rows on a mat, hands pressed together in anjali mudra during a ritual meal or satsang. Many wear rudraksha malas and bindis or tilak, and some have shaved heads. Banana-leaf plates hold food, with small steel cups, water bottles and white flower-like offerings placed between them. Behind them, other people in white clothes sit in the hall, and an oil lamp glows at the left edge. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance cues alone, so the presence of a candidate is uncertain.2016-07-12September 30 20162016-09-30A photograph of seated devotees during a ritual meal in a large hall. In the foreground, a bearded man with long dreadlocked hair wrapped in a bun, white tripundra markings on forehead and arms, rudraksha malas, and an orange-brown shawl over a bare chest, sits with palms pressed in anjali. Beside him and along the row, similar sadhus in orange-red robes sit cross-legged with hands folded. In front of them, long rows of banana leaves hold food portions, with small brass cups and vessels lined along the floor. Others in white clothing sit at the left edge. The setting is a bright marble floor with lamps glowing.2018-01-08January 08 20182018-01-08May 17 20142014-05-17September 30 20162016-09-30September 14 20142014-09-14A row of saffron-robed sannyasis sits cross-legged on a hall floor with palms pressed together in namaskar during the Maheshwara Puja. Many wear rudraksha malas, white vertical tilak marks on their foreheads, and orange cloth wraps; some have bare upper bodies with white markings. Before them lie green banana-leaf plates set with rice, vegetables and cups, with a red curtain and a large colourful backdrop behind. Several people in the background stand near the stage.2016-08-02May 17 20142014-05-17Seated devotees in orange and saffron robes perform a ritual at a long low table covered with a purple cloth, with banana leaves, bowls of food and fruit, and water bottles in the foreground. Several shaved-headed men in the front row sit with palms pressed together in namaskar, with white and orange tilak marks on their foreheads and wooden rudraksha malas around their necks. Younger boys in orange clothes and red-and-orange shawls sit beside them with hands folded. A brass kalasha stands near the table. Behind them a large hall is filled with onlookers in white and red-orange clothing, some wearing saffron scarves.2014-12-28