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May 28 2016

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May 28 20162016-05-28May 28 20162016-05-28June 08 20172017-06-08A large crowd of devotees sits cross-legged on a red floor covering inside a white tent, eating from white paper plates during a communal meal. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt, with a bare-shouldered wrap, serves food from a blue bucket with a ladle. Many seated people wear shirts, kurtas, saris and churidars in blue, red, white and striped colours. No one is identifiable as a person in the frame, so no appearance-based candidate is claimed.2016-04-30January 31 20152015-01-31A covered open-sided hall with corrugated metal walls and red-orange roof beams, where many men in white shirts and white dhotis sit cross-legged on a concrete floor eating from metal plates. Several standing attendants in white shirts and dhotis move among them, one holding a white cloth. Large plastic water jugs and steel containers sit on a table at left, and a child stands near the entrance by bougainvillea. This appears to be a communal meal serving line, with no identifiable figure presented as a person.2019-01-20A large tented pandal with white walls and red flags on a red carpet, where rows of seated devotees sit in lines on the floor facing each other with leaf plates in front of them, as if for a communal meal. A woman in a red salwar kameez walks down the central aisle carrying a plate or bowl, while other attendants move among the rows. Devotees wear white kurtas, checked shirts, saris and salwars; a child sits among them. Ceiling fans hang beneath white cloth canopies, and a carved wooden structure stands at the far end. The setting suggests annadan, a community meal served at a camp during a Kumbh Mela event in Ujjain. a person is not clearly visible in this scene.2016-04-24January 04 20122012-01-04September 21 20162016-09-21September 04 20112011-09-04 +1 copiesNovember 19 20092009-11-19A large feast hall with a red carpet where many sadhus in orange and saffron robes sit cross-legged on the floor eating from steel thali trays. Several attendants in white dhotis and white head cloths move among the rows serving food. Many seated men wear orange turbans, rudraksha malas and vibhuti; some have long grey beards and matted hair. Strings of orange and yellow marigold-style garlands hang from the tent ceiling above. Steel cups and bananas sit near the trays. The scene is a bhandara feast for sadhus. a person is not clearly identifiable among the seated figures.2016-05-05