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Aerial view of a large bhandara feast in a hall with a red carpet runner. Rows of seated people in saffron, orange and peach robes eat from metal thali plates. White-clad volunteers in white dhotis and white caps walk between the rows serving food from steel pots and ladles. Many people wear orange and saffron clothing with shaven heads. The floor is covered with long red strips dividing the seating lines.

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A large bhandara feast in a hall with a red floor covering, where hundreds of seated people in saffron and orange robes and turbans eat from metal thali plates. Several men in white dhotis and shawls walk between the rows carrying vessels to serve food. Some seated attendees wear white. Banners and screens are visible at the top edge of the hall.2016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05A large feast hall with a long red carpet running down the centre, lined on both sides by rows of seated men in saffron and orange robes and turbans eating from stainless steel thali plates with small steel cups. Many attendees have grey or white beards and wear rudraksha malas. Staff in white clothing move along the rows serving food. A partial banner or sign hangs in the upper left corner. The scene is a bhandara feast for sadhus. Many hundreds of people are visible across the hall.2016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05A large photograph of a bhandara feast in a big tent at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela camp. Rows of seated sadhus and devotees in saffron and orange robes sit on a long red carpet, with steel plates and bowls set before them. Volunteers in white dhotis and grey turbans walk between the rows serving food. Some serving figures wear white shawls, and a woman in a yellow sari with long black hair stands in the foreground beside a figure in a white dhoti. A red and gold throne-like seat appears at the far right edge, and a stage with red drapery is visible at the top. Crowd is dense with well over a hundred people visible.2016-05-05May 05 20162016-05-05Large tented hall during a bhandara feast with many saffron-robed sadhus seated in rows on a red carpet, eating from metal thali plates with steel tumblers beside them. Many wear orange and saffron garments and orange or red turbans. Men in white dhoti-style clothing with white head coverings move among the rows serving food. Colourful paper streamers and hanging decorations line the tent ceiling. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this crowded view.2016-05-05A large photograph of a bhandara feast in a tented hall with a long red carpet running down the centre. Rows of seated devotees in saffron and orange robes sit on the floor before steel thalis and cups. White-clad volunteers in white dhotis and head coverings walk between the rows serving food from pots and buckets. Many people are visible in the foreground and middle distance, with a dense crowd filling the background.2016-05-05Large photograph inside a white tented pavilion hung with strings of orange and yellow tassels, showing a feast (bhandara) in progress. Rows of seated sadhus in saffron and orange robes sit on a long red carpet, each before a metal plate and bowl. White-clad attendants in dhotis walk between the rows serving food, some carrying pots. Sadhus wear grey and white turbans and saffron shawls. Screens are visible at the sides of the tent, and a green potted plant sits in the foreground. The scene is crowded with hundreds of people filling the length of the hall.2016-05-05