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A smiling man with long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and a small red bindi sits on a red cushion and serves food from a large steel bowl onto a banana leaf, holding up a handful of rice mixture. He wears saffron/orange robes and a tiger-print throne is visible to the right with an ornate gold frame and marigold flowers. Two seated devotees in saffron robes with rudraksha malas sit behind him on a red-and-white carpet, one with palms pressed together in namaste. Plates of food and paper cups sit on green leaves in front, with a white-draped table holding a small book and flowers behind. The setting appears to be an outdoor ashram courtyard. a person identity is uncertain from appearance alone, and the server is shown here serving food in an annadan-style offering.

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A seated man on an ornate gold-and-red throne with a carved gilt backrest is handling food from a large silver bowl of yellow rice on a green leaf. He wears a maroon-red robe, a long rudraksha mala with a tilak on his forehead, and his hands are scooping rice. To his left, a shaved-headed attendant in orange-saffron robe with a gold border kneels and holds out cupped hands for the offering, with a second attendant in an orange robe behind him. A vase of pink and white flowers stands nearby on a red cloth.2014-09-13November 12 20102010-11-12Photo of a seated ritual meal at a Kumbh Mela setting with red and gold upholstered chairs. On the left, a man in saffron-orange robes with grey hair bends forward, holding a silver plate up to his face. In the centre, a smiling bare-chested man wears a gold-bordered red shawl over an orange cloth. On the right, a younger man with long dark swept-back hair wears a rudraksha-bead necklace with a large gold pendant, red-brown robes, and a yellow thread on his wrist, and reaches toward a brass plate of yellow food on a red-draped table. A steel tumbler sits on the table.2015-09-14A photograph of an indoor gathering of shaved-headed monks and devotees in saffron and orange robes. In the foreground, a man in an orange wrap with a red and gold border, wearing a black skullcap and a long necklace of dark rudraksha beads, cups handfuls of yellow-green offering in his hands and looks upward while another monk in a red-orange robe reaches to place offering on his head. Several other monks in saffron robes stand behind, some holding offerings, with a gold and red ceremonial umbrella-like canopy and gold ornaments in the background. The man in the foreground has distinctive long rudraksha malas and a skullcap, but the cues are not strong enough to confirm a probable identity.2016-07-12Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesSeptember 14 20152015-09-14A smiling man with swept-back hair and a white-and-red tilak on his forehead sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne, wearing a rust-orange wrap over bare shoulders and a long rudraksha mala draped to his waist. He holds a handful of yellow-orange food in his right hand over a silver tray of similar food on his lap. Behind him, a floral arrangement of white roses and deep purple blooms stands on a brass stand against a pale wall. a person by hair, saffron wrap, rudraksha mala and the ornate throne, seated in the role of host distributing prasadam.2014-09-13September 13 20142014-09-13February 23 20162016-02-23A photograph of a ritual scene at an ashram stage. A man seated on a silver throne with a silver backrest wears a rust-brown robe, a long rudraksha mala, a gold chain, and a white horizontal forehead mark; his eyes are closed. He holds a handful of yellow food offering toward a large silver bowl heaped with the same yellow prasad, set on a silver stand over a green banana leaf. Two boys in saffron-orange dhotis and turbans stand at left, one with rudraksha malas offering prasad. Two girls in orange sarees sit at right. Painted murals of temple scenes decorate the background. This appears to be a prasad distribution during a ritual. Swamiji (probable): the seated man has long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas, a gold necklace and a ceremonial throne, consistent with the page reference.2018-01-08April 23 20162016-04-23