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A man with dark shoulder-length hair tied back and clear-framed glasses sits on a light wooden chair and eats from a stainless steel thali tray holding rice and yellow-orange curried vegetables. He wears a white cloth draped over one shoulder with a gold border, a rudraksha mala of brown beads with a red and white lanyard-style strand, and a bracelet on his wrist. Behind him, other people in white garments stand in a hall, and a blue plastic chair is at the left edge.

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July 21 20132013-07-21 +1 copiesDevotees seated cross-legged on the floor of a hall with a red cloth mat, eating a shared meal from stainless steel thalis. In the foreground a young man with shoulder-length light brown hair, wearing a white kurta and a thin dark pendant necklace and wooden bead bracelet, picks rice and vegetable dishes from his tray. Behind him two men in white kurtas and red sashes eat from their own trays, and another man in white sits at the right edge. The setting suggests an annadan-style communal meal in an ashram hall.2014-09-13September 13 20142014-09-13September 30 20162016-09-30Three devotees in white with red-and-brown patterned shawls stand in a hall, each holding a white plate with a green leaf and a portion of yellow-orange rice. The woman on the left wears glasses, a bindi and a beaded mala, and the central man wears glasses and a rudraksha mala. The woman on the right wears a white-and-red sari, a bindi and bangles, and has a name badge on her shawl. Seated devotees in white fill the background, with a red curtain and a large screen at the back. The scene looks like annadan, food distribution to devotees. The central man's appearance does not clearly match the a person cues, so he is described only as a devotee.2015-05-23 +1 copiesA seated man with long hair swept back wears a white dhoti with a gold border and an orange-red rudraksha mala over his shoulder, eyes closed in meditation with a white tripundra and red bindi on his forehead. Surrounding him, several people in saffron and orange robes and red garments sit on a mat, some holding small oil lamps. Brass lamps and offerings lie on a low platform at right. Brass lamps, oil lamps and offerings suggest a puja. Seven or more physically visible people appear in the scene.2014-06-10A photograph of a seated communal meal in a white-walled hall with tiled floor. Rows of devotees sit on beige plastic chairs holding steel plates of food; many wear white clothing and red or maroon shawls with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Attendants in white, one with a red shawl, carry trays and a steel pail between the rows. A woman in a purple shawl eats at left, and a man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth sits at right holding a plate. Hair nets are visible on some serving staff.2014-09-13September 15 20142014-09-15Photograph of a ritual meal at a bhandara-style gathering. In the foreground a bare-chested man in white dhoti wears a rudraksha mala and sacred ash markings on his arms and forehead, eating from a silver-rimmed plate of rice, curry and vegetables set on a silver tray table. Several other men seated along the row in white dhotis with rudraksha malas also eat from similar plates. On the right a woman in a white sari with red-gold border serves food, and a blue bucket and metal pot sit nearby beside a golden pillar on a red carpet.2016-05-24July 15 20152015-07-15Photo of devotees seated on white plastic chairs eating a meal from stainless steel compartment trays. A woman in the centre wears white clothes, a red-orange shawl with a rudraksha-style mala, glasses, and a small pendant, and is holding a piece of fried bread. Beside her, a woman in green and white wears a red shawl and beads; an older woman with glasses wears white with a red shawl; a man in a white top with a red scarf is partly visible behind. Other people in white clothes and white head covers are in the background.2014-09-13September 12 20142014-09-12