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A row of seated sadhus in saffron and orange robes is served a meal from steel plates and bowls at a long table. Several elderly men have long white beards and some wear spectacles; one has a shaved head with tilak. A younger man at left wears an orange robe and dark beard, eyes lowered. Bottled water bottles, metal cups and foil-covered trays sit in front of them, and a server's bare arm with bangles reaches in from the right to serve food. Behind them a gilded altar background is partly visible. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance cues here.

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September 14 20152015-09-14Photograph of a seated meal service with several saffron-robed sadhus eating from silver thali plates at a long row of low tables. In the foreground a woman in orange robes with an orange head-wrap and rudraksha mala looks to the side. Beside her a bearded young man in orange cloth holds food near his mouth. Behind them older bearded men with white beards and glasses, one with a shaved head and tilak, sit in orange robes, some with rudraksha malas and bronze bangles. Steel tumblers, small bowls of food and sealed water bottles are on the tables, with a large steel pot at right and a golden pillar behind. Setting appears to be a dining hall during a Kumbh Mela Samashti feeding.2015-09-14 +1 copiesAnnadhan during Nasik Kumbhamela 20152015-01-21September 14 20152015-09-14 +1 copiesA seated row of saffron-robed sadhus shares a meal at a long silver-plated table in a temple hall during the Kumbh Mela. In the foreground, a bearded elderly sadhu with grey hair, a red tilak on his forehead and a wooden rudraksha-style mala wears an orange shawl over pink-orange robes, with a steel thali of food in front of him. Beside him sits a smiling man in a maroon dhoti-style cloth with gold beaded necklaces and a gold armlet, and further along an older man with long grey hair wears orange robes and a beaded necklace. Steel cups, water bottles and small steel bowls of food sit on the tables, and a standing fan and gold-coloured deity figures are visible in the background.2015-09-14 +1 copiesSeptember 14 20152015-09-14 +2 copiesAnnadhan during Nasik Kumbhamela 20152015-01-21 +1 copiesA seated meal scene with several people in orange and saffron robes around a silver-topped low table. On the left, a bald man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala eats from a steel plate with a spoon. Beside him, a person in a red-maroon robe and a red turban, wearing heavy gold necklaces and gold bangles, sits turned toward a older woman in an orange sari with a dark rudraksha mala and gold necklace, who smiles and holds a steel plate of food. On the right, a bearded man with long grey hair wears orange robes and a gold chain. Steel tumblers, water bottles, bowls of food and a printed card reading Sarvapeetham sit on the table, and a gold-framed deity mural with pink flowers appears behind.2015-09-14 +1 copiesA row of seated Hindu sadhus and priests dines at a long bank of ornate silver-finished serving tables at a bandara. On the left, a bearded sadhu with grey hair and a yellow-orange cloth holds a spoon over a silver plate. Next to him, a white-bearded man in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha beads and a tilak on his forehead eats from a plate. Further along, several elders in orange and pink robes sit and eat, while on the far right a bald man in orange-red robes and a bracelet leans forward over his plate with hands folded. Water bottles, small bowls of food and silver platters sit on the tables; red-draped backdrop curtains fill the background.2015-09-11September 14 20152015-09-14 +1 copiesA seated group of saffron-robed sadhus and priests at a meal offering. In the foreground at right, a man with swept-back dark hair, rudraksha mala and gold necklace, wearing an orange silk garment, holds his palms together in front of a silver thali. A priest in a maroon and gold dhoti, with a red-beaded necklace and gold armlets, serves food from a steel plate on a silver tray. Behind them, bearded sadhus in orange robes, one with white beard and glasses, sit on a mat with water bottles and steel tumblers. Silver lamps and a carved brass stand are visible at upper right. The setting appears to be a Kumbh Mela sadhu feast.2015-09-14 +1 copiesA row of seated sadhus and devotees at a long meal inside an ornate golden-pillared hall during the Kumbh Mela. Saffron and orange robes dominate: a bearded elder with long grey hair and a grey beard in an orange robe and rudraksha mala sits near the centre, and beside him a bald man in orange wears a beaded mala. Further along, a man with a long white beard and flowing white hair wears a saffron shawl and mala. At the front right, an older man with long grey hair and beard in a saffron shawl and wooden beads sits beside a bearded man in pale peach-pink clothing. Each seated person has a silver-rimmed plate of food, steel tumblers and water bottles on low silver-trimmed tables. Behind them, brass lamp stands and a golden throne-like seat with flower garlands appear, and a fan is visible above.2015-09-14 +2 copies