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A group of saffron-robed sadhus and priests sits cross-legged on a white floor at low wooden tables, eating a meal from stainless steel plates and tumblers. In the foreground, a bald man in maroon and gold-bordered dhoti wears a long beaded garland with a large pendant, gold armlets, and a red tilak, eating from a small bowl with his right hand. Beside him, a man in orange cloth holds a plate. Behind them, a woman in orange head covering and a bearded man in red turban and maroon garb eat, with a white-bearded elder in orange robes and a bald man in red shawl further back. Water bottles stand among the plates against a tiled wall.

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September 10 20152015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated group of saffron-robed sadhus taking a meal in a tiled hall, each seated on a low wooden stool before a steel thali with flatbread, rice, a small bowl of curry, a fruit and a steel tumbler; plastic water bottles stand between the plates. Several men press their palms together in prayer, and the man in the foreground left has his hands folded and wears rudraksha beads. A man in a white garment with a yellow shawl sits at the right edge eating. Identification of a person is not possible from this image; the sadhus are described by role only.2015-09-11 +2 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10 +2 copiesFebruary 15 20132013-02-15A row of saffron-robed sadhus sits cross-legged on a green cloth-covered floor inside a white tent, eating a meal from white plates. The nearest monk in the foreground wears a gold-beaded mala and a saffron cloth, and eats rice and curry with his right hand. Beside him, another monk in glasses wears a rudraksha mala and saffron robes, and others further down wear orange turbans. Water bottles, small steel bowls, and scattered marigold petals lie on the cloth, with orange bunting strung across the tent ceiling. Seated devotees in white and blue shirts sit at the far right.2015-09-15 +2 copiesSeveral saffron-robed sadhus sit on low wooden stools in a plain room with peach walls, eating a meal from steel thalis and plates of fruit and food. The man at far left wears a rust-brown turban and shawl and eats; next to him an orange-robed sadhu with a red-orange head covering sits near a water bottle. A bald man in an orange robe with a red and dark rudraksha mala talks with a companion, while two more orange-robed men at right eat, one with a rudraksha mala and one with glasses. A patterned rug covers part of the floor.2016-05-05September 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11October 23 20152015-10-23