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Photograph of a long communal meal in a large tent with a red mat floor, where rows of seated sadhus in orange robes and orange or pink turbans eat from leaf plates. Servers in white vests and grey or dark lower garments bend along the rows, one ladling food from a steel bucket and another carrying a second steel pot, with small glasses and spoons set on the leaves. A man with grey hair and a rudraksha mala in the foreground serves food. Red and white hanging decorations line the tent above. The scene shows an annadan style bandara feeding of sadhus.

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September 10 20152015-09-10 +2 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10 +2 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10 +2 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10A large communal meal in a tented hall with red carpeting and striped tent poles. Many sadhus in saffron and orange robes and matching turbans sit cross-legged on the red floor, eating from leaf plates with small bowls, cups and metal vessels. Some wear rudraksha malas and tilak marks. A worker in a white vest and blue shorts carries a steel pot to serve them, and a few white-clad figures sit among the crowd. This scene is an annadan style meal at a Kumbh camp; no single individual is clearly identifiable as a person.2015-09-10 +2 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10 +2 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10A large hall filled with seated sadhus in orange and saffron robes, many wearing orange turbans, sitting in long rows on striped red, green and blue mats. Leaf plates holding food are set before them. In the foreground a young man in white shirt and white trousers, barefoot, bends forward carrying a steel bucket and serving the seated sadhus. Several white-clad attendants stand among the rows, and a golden shrine or deity murti is visible at the upper right, with a woman in a white sari nearby. Scattered orange and yellow lamps hang from the ceiling. The scene suggests a communal meal served to sadhus at a camp.2015-09-11 +1 copiesA long open-sided tent is filled with seated devotees in orange and saffron robes taking a communal meal on the sandy ground. Rows of steel plates hold food, with small glasses of water and milk set in front of them. In the centre, a man in an orange dhoti and shawl bends forward holding a large steel ladle over a metal bucket, serving food along the row. Several seated men wear rudraksha malas and turbans in orange, red and pink. The white tent poles and fabric canopy frame the scene, which appears to be an annadan style feeding. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable among the seated figures, so the identity is treated as unsure.2016-04-23A long dining hall during a bandara feast, with many seated sadhus in saffron and orange robes and orange turbans lined along a red carpet. They sit on green mats before leaf plates holding food, small bowls and glasses. A man in a white vest walks along the row, carrying a tray. Red and maroon fabric canopies and a painted backdrop of a deity hang overhead.2015-09-10 +1 copiesA large communal meal in a striped tent with red carpeting. Many seated sadhus in saffron and orange robes sit on the floor before leaf plates and small brass bowls. In the foreground a bearded sadhu in orange sits with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace and a tilak, while a younger man in a white sleeveless vest carries a steel bucket and serves. A red-and-white striped pillar stands in the middle. At left, a gilded ornate structure and a row of seated sadhus at a raised dais, some with headwear and orange garments. Gold-trimmed draped fabric and bunting decorate the tent.2015-09-10September 15 20152015-09-15 +2 copies