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A photograph of a long communal meal in a tent with orange fabric walls, where rows of wooden benches hold seated devotees in orange and saffron robes. A bald man in orange in the right foreground holds a white smartphone to his ear and smiles. Beside him, a woman in a maroon robe with long dark hair sits at the table. On the left, a bald man in orange leans forward, and an older woman in a pale yellow headscarf wears a yellow marigold garland. Further back, a man in white with an orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads stands among the seated sannyasis. Small plates of marigold flowers and steel tumblers line the tables, and white paper sheets rest on the wood. Many seated monks wear vertical tilak marks and orange garments, with at least a dozen visible people in total.

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May 07 20162016-05-07April 23 20162016-04-23February 15 20132013-02-15Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesMay 04 20162016-05-04May 07 20162016-05-07February 15 20132013-02-15A photograph inside a red tent at a Shuddhadvaitam camp, showing a seated ritual gathering in saffron and orange robes. A central figure with a long orange-brown turban and bare upper body sits cross-legged, hands extended toward a bald man in brown-orange clothes who bows forward with palms pressed together. Around them, other saffron-clad sannyasis and devotees sit behind brass-rimmed trays holding flower petals, small cups and offerings. Marigold garlands hang from the tent poles and a rudraksha mala is visible on one man. Several people are visible, including those partly cropped at the edges.2016-05-06May 06 20162016-05-06April 23 20162016-04-23February 15 20132013-02-15 +2 copiesA seated row of saffron-robed sadhus and sannyasis sits on a yellow cloth at a long line of low white tables, each holding a steel plate piled with orange marigold garlands. In the foreground, a shaven-headed sannyasi in orange with a rudraksha mala sits at right, looking to the side, beside a seated woman in orange with a beaded mala and another orange-robed person in a saffron head wrap. Behind them, devotees in orange, white and pink stand along a green-and-white rope barrier, and a man in a grey jacket stands at far left. Appearance cues for a candidate are insufficient to name anyone, so the foreground sannyasi is described by role only.2013-02-15