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Children in saffron-orange turbans and orange robes sit cross-legged in long rows during a communal meal. In the foreground, a girl with white sacred ash markings on her forehead and arms holds a black microphone and smiles, and a boy beside her smiles and holds food. Rudraksha malas hang around their necks. Long banana-leaf plates with rice dishes, fruit, and steel cups line the floor in front of them, and more seated children and adults in white clothing fill the background.

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September 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11A row of young boys seated cross-legged on the floor during a meal, each wearing an orange-saffron turban and matching orange cloth draped over bare shoulders, with rudraksha mala beads around their necks. They eat from banana leaves and small steel cups arranged along a long white floor, with food and yellow items laid out before them. Behind the row, adults in white and cream clothing sit and move around the hall. Several boys' foreheads show white marks. The setting appears to be a large indoor hall with pink walls.2017-09-11 +1 copiesA long row of children and young boys in saffron-orange turbans and orange robes sit cross-legged on the floor, eating a meal served on green banana leaves. Food includes rice, yellow dishes, fried items and lime wedges, with steel tumblers set along the leaves. Several children hold pieces of food to their mouths or are reaching for dishes; one child wears a rudraksha mala and gold bangles, and another has white vibhuti marks on the forehead. Adults in white clothing sit further back in the blurred background.2017-09-11 +1 copiesA seated row of young children in saffron-orange dhotis and matching orange turbans sits cross-legged on a floor before a long line of banana-leaf meal plates with rice, fruit and small steel cups. In the foreground a smiling girl with white vertical forehead marks and a dark rudraksha mala holds a black microphone and eats from a leaf. Beside her, another child in orange wraps and a rudraksha necklace eats, and others sit along the row. Pale sacred ash marks show on their bodies and foreheads. Behind them, more orange-clad people sit in a hall. The scene suggests an annadan meal being served in a temple-style hall.2017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a group of young men in saffron-orange robes and orange turbans seated cross-legged on a white mat in a hall, eating a meal from banana-leaf plates. Their plates hold rice, yellow dal, fried items and sweets, with small white cups beside them. Several men have white sacred markings on their chests and arms, and many wear rudraksha malas and beaded necklaces. A bearded man in dark-framed glasses and a white shirt sits among them, and a child in an orange turban is at the right edge. Some seated figures have hands raised in a blessing-like gesture. Behind them are stainless steel counters and a pale wall.2017-09-19September 19 20172017-09-19 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated meal in a bright hall where several young devotees in saffron-orange dhoti-style wraps and matching orange turbans sit cross-legged on mats, eating from green banana leaves with paper cups of water nearby. Many wear rudraksha malas and beaded necklaces, and some have sacred ash markings on their bodies. A figure in the top left wears white with a yellow border and stands behind the row. Blurred heads in the foreground belong to people seated facing the group. Several seated figures are smiling or chatting. A swami-style person is not clearly visible, so no identity is asserted. Counted physically visible people are roughly two dozen, within the 6-20 to 21-100 band.2017-09-19 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11September 11 20172017-09-11A photograph of a long row of young men seated on the floor in saffron-orange clothing, wearing orange turbans and orange cloths over their shoulders, with sandalwood or vibhuti marks on their foreheads and arms. They sit cross-legged and eat from banana leaves laid along the floor, with cups, scattered food and yellow sweets visible. Behind them a woman in a white sari with a gold border stands at the left edge, and seated devotees in white are in the background near a red curtain. The scene suggests a communal meal with seated devotees in an ashram hall.2017-09-19 +1 copies