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Photograph of seated devotees in saffron and orange robes eating a communal meal from steel thalis on a red floor covering, at a large tent-like hall with red walls. Foreground: a young man with long dark wavy hair and a beard wears an orange kurta and a sash, seated cross-legged with a steel plate in front of him; beside him a younger man in an orange scarf and pale robe. Behind them an elderly man with white hair and beard and an orange garment eats, and a man in an orange turban sits nearby. Steel tumblers, plates of food, and a water bottle are on the floor. Other saffron-clad people and a server in white dhoti with gold border stand in the background.

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A seated communal meal inside a tent with a red floor covering. Many devotees sit cross-legged on the red cloth eating from steel thalis holding rice, yellow dal, vegetables, pickles and sweets, with small steel tumblers beside them. Most wear saffron and orange robes and some have orange turbans; a man in white dhoti and shawl sits at left with a red tilak, a woman in a pink sari stands among them with a serving spoon, and a man in a red shirt with a pink shawl sits beside the thalis. A bald man in white with a saffron scarf stands in the background. Several people are seated closer to the back and a bearded man in orange sits to the right.2016-05-06A photograph of a crowded annadan-style meal hall with a red carpet floor and red pillars. Seated devotees in saffron and orange robes and white kurtas eat from steel thalis and bowls of rice, dal and sweets. Several men with beards and orange clothing sit in the foreground, one with a rudraksha mala. Women in pink, yellow and green saris move among the rows serving food from steel vessels, and more standing people in orange and white fill the background under hanging marigold garlands.2016-05-06May 06 20162016-05-06May 10th 20162016-05-10 +1 copiesPhotograph of a large seated gathering of saffron-robed sadhus and sannyasis on a red mat under a striped tent canopy, sharing a meal from leaf plates with small brass cups and sweets. A man in the foreground wears a saffron kurta with a rudraksha mala and a red-and-pink head wrap, and another in the right foreground wears a peach turban and saffron shawl. Many others in orange and ochre robes sit in rows, while standing figures in white and yellow move among them, some carrying metal trays. No individual here is clearly identifiable as a person by the cues required, so the appearance is uncertain.2015-09-10May 05 20162016-05-05September 15 20152015-09-15 +3 copiesA long row of saffron-robed sadhus sits cross-legged on a red carpet during a bhandara feast, each before a steel thali with food and a small cup. Many wear orange and red turbans and some have long white beards and rudraksha malas. Behind them stand white-clad attendants with a white cloth and a grey head covering, and gold shrine decorations and a golden canopy frame the hall. A few devotees with phones are visible at the lower edge.2016-05-05Young men in saffron-orange robes with gold borders sit cross-legged on a red cloth eating from silver thali plates during a communal meal. Each has a white forehead mark, rudraksha malas, and copper-coloured armbands. Behind them, a crowd of devotees in colourful saris and kurtas sits and watches in a large hall. No clear a person candidate is visible.2016-08-21September 14 20152015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14April 23 20162016-04-23