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A large outdoor tent filled with seated saints and devotees at a communal meal, sitting in long rows on a dirt floor under orange and yellow canopy poles. Most wear saffron and orange robes, with some in white, pink and red garments. Many hold steel plates of food, rice, dal and chapati, with glasses of water set before them. In the foreground a bearded man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala eats from a plate beside a man in a plain orange shirt. A bearded elder in orange with a yellow turban sits nearby, and a small group of sadhus in saffron with long grey hair and beards fills the right side. The scene suggests a bhandara feast for ascetics.

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A large tented dining hall where many saffron-robed sadhus sit in long rows on a dirt floor, eating from steel thalis of food with small steel bowls and cups. Orange cloth canopies overhead and orange-clad attendants walk between the rows carrying buckets, serving the seated diners. Many men wear orange or saffron robes and orange turbans, several have long grey beards and white hair. The scene shows communal anna daan style food service for a crowd of ascetics.2016-05-07April 21 20162016-04-21A large outdoor tent filled with seated sadhus and devotees in orange and saffron robes at a communal meal, seated on the ground with metal plates of food, paper cups and water bottles in front of them. Several men in the front row wear orange robes, some with orange turbans and rudraksha malas, and a few wear pink or white. Volunteers in orange and white stand between the rows carrying steel buckets to serve. Long white tent poles and an orange canopy frame the scene. A white-bearded sadhu in an orange robe sits near the centre of the row.2016-04-21April 21 20162016-04-21February 15 20132013-02-15February 15 20132013-02-15 +2 copiesFebruary 15 20132013-02-15A large orange tent filled with seated sadhus and sannyasis taking a communal meal, known as a bhandara, in rows on the bare ground. Many wear saffron and orange robes, some with white or orange turbans and beards, others in white kurta-style clothes. Each person has a steel or paper plate of food with small bowls of curry, flatbread and glasses of water or milk placed before them. Standing attendants in white move between the rows serving food. The warm orange light of the tent canopy fills the scene, and a few people wear rudraksha malas. No single person is identifiable as a person in this scene.2016-04-21A seated communal meal in a hall with white walls and a framed devotional picture on the wall. Several bearded men in saffron, orange and peach sadhu robes sit in a long row on a striped mat, with steel and paper plates of food, flatbread and bowls before them and plastic water bottles along the table. In the foreground a bearded sadhu in peach robes and a shawl looks toward the camera, while beside him a sadhu in deep orange with a rudraksha mala and red tilak eats. Others in white kurtas and orange turbans sit farther down, and more people stand in the background.2015-09-10April 23 20162016-04-23September 10 20152015-09-10 +1 copiesA large outdoor tented dining hall filled with seated sadhus and monks dressed in saffron and orange robes, many wearing orange turbans. They sit in long rows on the ground eating from metal plates of food, with water bottles and steel cups beside them. In the foreground, a bearded man with long dark hair wears an orange sleeveless top, rudraksha beads and a white bead necklace. An elderly bearded sadhu with white beard and glasses sits in pale peach robes with a rudraksha mala. A figure in a red and gold garment walks down the aisle between the rows. Attendants in orange move along the lines serving food.2016-04-21