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Photo of four seated monastics in orange and saffron robes inside an orange tent at a meal gathering. Before them are low wooden tables with stainless steel compartment thali trays. The man at far right wears a rust-coloured turban, a gold and beaded necklace, a shawl and gold armlets, and smiles. Beside him sits a monk with a yellow-orange head covering and tilak. Two shaved-headed monks in orange robes sit at the left.

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April 21 20162016-04-21Three men sit in a row against a bright orange tent backdrop. The man on the left wears an orange shawl over a saffron garment with a small orange tilak on his forehead. The central man, in a reddish-brown turban with a red tilak, wears a brown rudraksha mala, a heavy gold garland with a gold pendant, gold armbands and a brown-orange robe, and sits with his hands folded. On the right, a bearded man with long dark hair wears an orange shawl and red shirt. Steel trays sit in the foreground. The central man shows appearance cues of a candidate for a person on this page, though identity is uncertain.2016-04-21April 23 20162016-04-23A photograph of saffron-robed sadhus seated in a row inside an orange tent, with steel meal trays set on wooden tables before them. The central figure wears a rust-red turban, a dark beaded mala with gold-toned beads, a gold armlet, and a saffron shawl. Beside him sit a man with a short beard in orange cloth, a bald man in orange with a rudraksha mala, a shaven-headed man with a yellow tilak smiling, and a figure with an orange head-wrap. A man with a light beard and grey hair sits at the far right in orange robes. Everyone faces left, attentive, as if at a shared meal.2016-04-21A long row of seated sadhus and monks in orange and saffron robes sits cross-legged on the floor of an orange-walled tent during a bhandara meal. Each seated person has a wooden low table with a stainless steel thali divided into compartments in front of them. In the foreground right, a man with a saffron-and-maroon turban, a gold chain with beaded necklaces and gold armbands sits near a seated man in orange with a shaved head. Standing volunteers in orange and pink saris and white shirts walk along the left aisle serving food. A small tumbler sits on one table.2016-04-21A long orange-draped tent hall with rows of low wooden tables set with steel thali plates, where seated sadhus and devotees wait for a bhandara meal. In the foreground, a man with a long-haired crown-style rust-orange turban, a rudraksha-style gold ornamental necklace, gold bangles and a rust-brown shawl sits smiling with hands folded; a seated figure in saffron robes sits beside him, and a man in orange with a beard and wristwatch kneels at the right edge. Standing devotees in pastel and colourful saris stand along the left, and a young boy in a blue shirt and dark trousers stands near the tables.2016-04-21April 23 20162016-04-23May 06 20162016-05-06 +1 copiesApril 21 20162016-04-21A night-time communal meal in an outdoor tent camp, with saffron-clad renunciants seated on floor mats at long wooden tables. A smiling man in the centre wears a maroon turban, a maroon shawl and a rudraksha-style beaded mala. Beside him, a man in orange robes and orange head cloth holds a beaded mala. At right, a shaved-headed man in orange robes wears red and white beaded necklaces. Steel thalis with flower garlands and food sit on the tables, and more orange-robed people fill the background under tent poles and lamps.2016-05-10A row of seated devotees and sannyasis in saffron and orange robes sits at low wooden tables inside an orange tent, each table set with a steel plate of marigold garlands and flowers. On the right, a smiling man wears a pink-rose turban, a brown rudraksha mala, a heavy gold-coloured necklace and a gold armlet over a rust-orange shawl, with hands pressed together. Beside him sit bald men in orange robes, one with a yellow tilak on his forehead. Other saffron-clad attendants stand at the left and in the background.2016-04-21Photograph inside an orange-draped tent with three seated people in saffron and orange robes. On the right, a smiling person wears a rust-orange turban with a tilak on the forehead, a rudraksha mala and ornate gold necklaces, and a long dark hair falling behind. A bald man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits to the left, and a woman in orange with a yellow tilak and orange shawl sits in the middle. Yellow marigold garlands lie in the foreground, along with a small orange-wrapped object. Their appearance matches the Swamiji (probable) presentation cues of a turban, saffron clothing and rudraksha with gold ornaments, so the central figure is a candidate.2016-04-23