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Wide photograph of a large red-carpeted hall during a feast ritual. Several white-clad priests with grey head coverings and marigold garlands serve food from buckets, bending toward silver plates set on low stands before rows of seated saffron-robed sadhus. A figure in orange with a shaved head sits at right near the far wall, and a dense crowd of saffron-clad participants fills the background under decorative paper lanterns and a white tent roof.

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Large outdoor-style tent feast at the Shuddhadvaitam camp in Ujjain, with a red carpeted stage where rows of saffron-robed sadhus sit cross-legged behind low silver-edged platters of food. A bald, bearded man in a red-orange robe with a long shawl stands at the centre of the stage facing them, while a man in a white dhoti and white head covering stands nearby. On the left, a man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala serves from a metal tray. Foreground figures in orange robes sit with their backs to the camera before meal plates. Hanging orange, yellow and green tassel decorations line the tent ceiling, and a crowd fills the background.2016-05-05A large tented hall during a bhandara feast, with a long row of seated sadhus in saffron and orange robes eating from silver thalis set on low tables over a red carpeted floor. Servers in white dhotis and white head caps move along the row carrying food and water, while a woman in a white sari with a marigold garland pours from a steel bucket. In the foreground, figures in red and orange robes and a rust-coloured turban sit facing the feast, with plates of food and water bottles before them. Strings of colourful flags hang from the tent ceiling above a crowd of many seated devotees.2016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 10th 20162016-05-10May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05A large seated gathering of sadhus and devotees in saffron and orange robes on a red carpet inside a tent, most with grey hair and beards, many wearing orange or saffron turbans. Brass plates and small bowls are set along the carpet in front of them. In the foreground, two men in white dhotis, one with a red sash, stand facing the seated rows. A screen above the crowd shows a pink-clad figure. Hundreds of people fill the hall, forming a dense crowd of ascetics at a feast setting.2016-05-05