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A crowd of young girls and women in red and orange saris with gold borders eat sweets from small white paper cups during a distribution at an outdoor event. Several girls wear beaded wooden necklaces and mala-style strands, and one girl wears a red bindi. Behind them, older adults and women in white and red stand among flower garlands at the edge of the frame. No identifiable a person figure is visible, and the scene shows only devotees.

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A crowd of young girls and a boy in maroon and red-gold dresses and sarees with gold borders stand close together, eating from small white paper cups. Several wear long beaded necklaces and drop earrings; one girl in a bright orange saree with red border eats with her hand, and another in a red saree with gold trim wears a pink hair clip. Many more people in white and red clothes crowd behind them. The setting is an evening gathering with a warm blur of lights, and no speaker or a person candidate is visible in the frame.2013-07-13July 13 20132013-07-13 +1 copiesNovember 10 20132013-11-10A photograph of a line of young women in orange and rust-coloured saris with gold borders and red blouse bands, standing in a row and offering handfuls of pale yellow food to one another. Several wear rudraksha mala necklaces, bangles and earrings, and some have tilak or vibhuti marks on their foreheads. Green banana leaves with food lie on the floor in front. A woman at right holds out cupped hands of the offering, and a hand from the right edge reaches in. Behind them the hall is filled with more people in orange and white, and a white screen hangs at the back.2013-07-10 +2 copiesA crowd of young women in matching saffron-orange sarees and blouses stand close together during a ritual celebration. Several wear rudraksha malas, gold necklaces, earrings and white forehead markings. Some hold yellow-and-white rice or sweet offerings in cupped hands and feed or offer them to one another. One woman in the centre has her eyes closed and mouth open receiving an offering, and a girl beside her holds a handful of the offering. Ornate golden belts and bangles are visible, with other devotees blurred in the background.2017-08-14A photograph of a ritual feeding scene with several women in devotional clothing. In the foreground, a young girl in orange robes with a pink border and a rudraksha mala stands with her mouth open while a woman in a dark maroon sari with gold border feeds her from a hand. Behind them, other women in maroon and orange saris hold small handfuls of yellow food, offering it to girls and women, some with white tilak marks on their foreheads. An older woman with grey hair and gold earrings stands among them. Background shows a gold decorated altar area and a framed picture. No man is visible in the scene.2014-09-13September 11 20142014-09-11August 14 20172017-08-14September 13 20142014-09-13September 13 20142014-09-13Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA festive photograph of many people in a hall, centred on two young women in orange saris with rudraksha malas and gold jewellery. The woman on the right holds a leaf plate of yellow turmeric or sweet food and feeds the smiling woman before her, who has a white forehead mark and red bindi. Other orange-clad women stand around, and men in white dhotis with bare upper bodies move in the background. Framed photographs hang on the wall and orange curtains are visible. No appearance-based a person candidate is clearly visible.2019-01-01