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A photograph of a temple food offering. In the foreground at left, a man with long dreadlocked hair, a pink flower garland and a red-and-gold cloth scoops rice from a large silver bowl of yellow-tinted rice. Beside him, a woman in a white and gold-bordered sari and blue hairnet serves from the bowl. At right, a bare-chested, bespectacled man in white dhoti and rudraksha mala takes a handful of the rice onto a banana leaf over steel trays. Behind them, women in cream kasavu saris stand on the floor, and a young girl in a green top and blue skirt watches. Saffron-robed devotees stand in the background. This appears to be a naivedyam offering for a festival.

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January 08 20182018-01-08August 14 20172017-08-14A busy indoor ritual setting showing devotees offering food during a naivedyam-style ceremony. In the foreground, a bare-chested, grey-bearded man in white dhoti with a red-orange shawl and rudraksha beads holds a handful of cooked rice toward a basket. A woman with long dark braids and a pink flower garland passes a bowl of rice, while women in cream and gold saris with red sashes and lanyards stand nearby. Several women in orange saris hold plates and stand around a floor with food offerings and banana leaves. A young girl in a green and orange dress stands at the right. The floor is covered with white cloths and small trays of food.2017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14January 08 20182018-01-08Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +3 copiesA photograph of a seated figure in an orange saffron robe with long dark swept-back hair, serving food from a large steel bowl of rice and vegetables onto the outstretched hands of a man in white dhoti and shawl with red border who is bowing low. The seated figure has a gold necklace. Orange cloth covers the floor. Behind them, several people in white dhotis and saris with orange and red borders sit near steel vessels of food and a banana leaf plate, and a golden deity murti sits at lower left. a person: the seated figure in orange with long hair and gold ornaments matches the candidate cues, serving prasad as a priest-like host. A microphone stands nearby. Overall a food offering or annadan scene in an ashram hall.2010-11-12February 23 20162016-02-23December 20 20152015-12-20 +1 copiesAnnadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesPhoto of a Maheshwara Puja food-offering scene in a hall with pink walls and framed photo collages. In the foreground a bare-chested sannyasi with long dreadlocked hair, rudraksha mala and orange-red cloth sits on a striped mat, reaching into a steel tray of yellow rice. Beside him an older man in white dhoti and a red-orange shawl also handles rice, and a woman in a white hairnet and white sari with red border serves food. Behind them a line of women in white saris, red shawls and beaded necklaces walks past steel trays, with more saffron-robed monastics in the background.2016-02-23