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Evening outdoor gathering on a green carpet under a tent with string lights and saffron flags. Many seated men and women wear saffron and orange robes, some with white beards, turbans and rudraksha or flower garlands. A woman in a dark red-brown sari with a red turban and white flower garland smiles with hands pressed together. A man in a white kurta bends forward to greet seated saffron-robed sadhus at low wooden tables holding steel plates and cups. Another man in a blue striped shirt and a white-clad elder stand nearby. A figure in the foreground wears a saffron robe, white garland and long dark hair. A cushioned seat with a person candidate is not clearly visible; no one in the scene is confidently identifiable. Several people are visible, roughly twenty or more.

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May 16 20162016-05-16May 16 20162016-05-16May 16 20162016-05-16May 16 20162016-05-16Night-time outdoor gathering under a white tent with green carpet, where saffron-robed sannyasis sit on low wooden platforms receiving food from a man in a white vest with red and green logo and grey trousers who bends forward with a metal tray. A woman in a dark blue dress with a golden crown stands at left near a man in white dhoti clothing. Seated devotees in orange robes wear white flower garlands, and a woman in the center wears a red turban and garland. Steel plates, cups and small bowls sit on the wooden tables. Colourful flags, rangoli-style floral motifs and pale pink and blue walls frame the scene. Several people are seated in the background.2016-05-16May 10th 20162016-05-10Night photograph inside a tented pavilion with a green carpet and strings of warm lights overhead. Many seated people in orange and saffron robes sit on low wooden stools with brass plates and cups in front of them. A man in a pale green kurta and white dhoti stands in the centre, while a man in a white kurta, with a small white cloth in his hand, stands nearby. On the right, a tall figure in an orange robe with a red shawl stands with hands folded. A seated sadhu with a long white beard and rudraksha beads in the lower left wears an orange robe, and another with a pink-orange turban and white flower garland sits with hands pressed together. A uniformed official stands at the back. The scene appears to be an initiation or satsang event with devotees.2016-05-16May 16 20162016-05-16May 16 20162016-05-16May 16 20162016-05-16 +1 copiesMay 10th 20162016-05-10Evening meal (annadan-style seating) in a large open tent with a green floor mat and rows of seated saffron-clad sadhus and devotees eating from metal thalis and steel plates set on low wooden tables. In the centre-right, a man with a long dark beard wears a rust-red robe and a white flower garland, beside a figure with a tall dark-red turban and a white flower garland, smiling. Another seated person in an orange hood and orange robe with a jasmine garland sits in the foreground. On the left, a bald man in glasses and a light green shirt leans in toward the row, gesturing. A young man in a yellow-orange kurta walks through on the right. Decorative flags and colourful rangoli-style patterns decorate the tent walls, and string lights hang overhead. About thirty people are visible.2016-05-16