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A large tented dining hall with red and white canvas walls and a patterned overhead canopy strung with bunting. Rows of seated sadhus and sannyasis in orange and saffron robes, many wearing orange turbans, sit on the ground eating from metal plates, as at a bandara meal. A man in a white kurta with an orange shawl stands in the central aisle, and a woman in a red wrap and dark bag walks with her back to the camera. Some seated figures wear pink or yellow turbans. A man in a black shirt stands at the right edge. Cloth hangs on lines along the tent walls. Watermarked-style copyright text is not transcribed.

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A long red-walled tent hall at a Kumbh Mela camp where many saffron-robed sadhus and sannyasis sit cross-legged on the floor eating from metal plates and bowls, as part of a bandara meal. Many wear orange and saffron turbans and robes; several have white beards. In the centre, a woman in a red shawl with a black shoulder bag faces away from the camera, and a man in white clothes with an orange shawl walks among the rows. Volunteers in white and saffron serve along the aisles, carrying vessels, with rows of brass plates stretching into the distance.2013-02-15Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA large red and multicoloured canvas tent at a Kumbh Mela camp, with many saffron-robed sadhus and sannyasis seated in long rows on the ground eating from metal plates during a communal meal. A standing saffron-clad figure with a shawl walks between the rows past a pillar, and a white-bearded elder in orange stands near the centre. Strings of small lights hang from the tent roof, and brass plates and cups are set before the seated monks.2013-02-15 +3 copiesFebruary 15 20132013-02-15 +1 copiesFebruary 15 20132013-02-15 +1 copiesA long tented dining hall with red fabric walls and striped canvas awnings, where rows of seated sadhus and sannyasis in saffron, orange and pink robes share a meal from metal thalis on the floor. Many wear white or orange turbans, some have long grey beards, and several hold glasses of water. Tied clothes hang along the tent wall at right. No individual figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance; the page refers to a meal served to sadhus at a Kumbh Mela camp.2013-02-15 +1 copiesA large white and red tented hall filled with hundreds of seated devotees in saffron and orange robes, sitting in long rows on the ground for a communal meal. Each person has a metal plate and steel cups, and water bottles line the rows. Some women wear red saris with garlands, and many men are bare-chested or in orange shawls. Strings of hanging lights run along the tent poles. The setting appears to be a sadhu encampment during the Kumbh Mela, with sannyasis seated for annadan-style feeding.2016-05-11February 15 20132013-02-15 +3 copiesAnnadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA large communal meal in a tented hall with red carpeting and striped tent poles. Many sadhus in saffron and orange robes and matching turbans sit cross-legged on the red floor, eating from leaf plates with small bowls, cups and metal vessels. Some wear rudraksha malas and tilak marks. A worker in a white vest and blue shorts carries a steel pot to serve them, and a few white-clad figures sit among the crowd. This scene is an annadan style meal at a Kumbh camp; no single individual is clearly identifiable as a person.2015-09-10 +2 copiesFebruary 15 20132013-02-15 +3 copiesFebruary 15 20132013-02-15