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A photograph of young women in saffron-orange robes with red border bands seated on the floor during a meal or annadan-style serving. Several have white vertical forehead markings and wear rudraksha-style mala beads. One holds food with her fingers, and a leaf plate piled with rice, sweets and bread sits in the foreground beside a paper cup. Their eyes are lowered and their hands are busy with the meal. No a person candidate is visible in the frame.

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Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01A group of young women in matching saffron-orange saris with magenta borders and rudraksha malas serve food at a long line of banana-leaf plates on the floor. Several women in the foreground hold yellow rice or sweets toward their open mouths, while others reach forward with food. White vibhuti marks are on their foreheads. A man in white clothing works at the far left near steel vessels, and a projection screen hangs on the wall behind. This appears to be an annadan or prasad serving scene.2013-07-14 +1 copiesJuly 14 20132013-07-14Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a line of young women in orange and rust-coloured saris with gold borders and red blouse bands, standing in a row and offering handfuls of pale yellow food to one another. Several wear rudraksha mala necklaces, bangles and earrings, and some have tilak or vibhuti marks on their foreheads. Green banana leaves with food lie on the floor in front. A woman at right holds out cupped hands of the offering, and a hand from the right edge reaches in. Behind them the hall is filled with more people in orange and white, and a white screen hangs at the back.2013-07-10 +2 copiesSeptember 21 20162016-09-21A photograph of a row of young women seated on the floor during a ritual, wearing saffron-orange saris with red borders and rudraksha malas. Several have white vibhuti marks on their foreheads and hair pulled back, with one wearing a small orange flower. They sit with palms pressed together or hands resting on their laps, eyes closed in concentration. Silver-toned ritual trays and small lit oil lamps sit on the left in front of them.2014-09-12Rows of young women and girls in orange saffron robes sit cross-legged on a pale floor with palms pressed together in namaste before banana leaf plates of food. Many wear white vertical tilak marks on their foreheads, beaded rudraksha-style necklaces and bangles. White cups stand beside the leaves, which hold rice, curries, fried items and sweets.2013-07-14 +1 copiesA photograph of several young women in orange and saffron saris and salwar-style outfits gathered closely in an indoor hall with wooden paneling. Some wear rudraksha malas and white vertical tilak marks on their foreheads. The woman in the centre foreground in a deep orange sari with a rudraksha mala reaches out and handles small white puffed grains or prasad, while others in the group also hold out handfuls of the same grains. One woman at right wears an orange flower in her hair and a mala, and a woman at left holds her hand toward another's forehead. No single figure is clearly a person; the scene shows devotees distributing prasad during a gathering.2016-07-12Long rows of young women in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on the floor eating a communal meal served on green banana-leaf plates. Steel cups line the leaves, holding food such as rice and yellow curries. Several women wear their hair in high buns, some have rudraksha-style beads and bangles, and a server in orange leans in from the right to serve food. No swami or other ceremonial figure stands out as a clear candidate in this frame, so the scene reads as a sannyasini annadan-style meal rather than a satsang.2019-01-01A photograph of a row of women seated on the floor in matching saffron-orange saris, hands pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes closed in prayer. Banana leaves with metal tumblers and food offerings line the front of the row. Several women wear rudraksha bead bracelets, bangles, earrings and sindoor-style forehead marks. Many more devotees in orange are visible behind them. The scene reads as a devotional offering of food during a Krishna Janmashtami celebration.2017-08-14A photograph of a seated group of women in rust-red and orange saris with gold borders, sitting cross-legged on a floor at a meal or satsang. In the foreground, three women sit close together: the left one has her hands folded in her lap and a dark rudraksha-style mala with a pendant, the middle one wears a long beaded mala and sindoor-style forehead markings and gestures with her right hand, and the right one wears a bead mala and holds her hands together. Behind them, rows of women in orange robes with prayer beads sit on mats. Plates of rice, vegetables and bread are laid on green leaves in front of them, with cups nearby. Warm light falls through a window on the left.2014-09-13