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Several seated men in saffron and orange-red robes with gold-bordered shawls eat from steel-free paper plates at a long table covered with a green cloth, scattered marigold petals on it. Their wrists are banded with bangles and their necks with rudraksha malas. Plates hold rice and curried food, with water bottles and paper cups along the table. Behind them, turbaned devotees in orange and pink stand and sit under a white tent.

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A row of saffron-robed sadhus sits cross-legged on a green cloth-covered floor inside a white tent, eating a meal from white plates. The nearest monk in the foreground wears a gold-beaded mala and a saffron cloth, and eats rice and curry with his right hand. Beside him, another monk in glasses wears a rudraksha mala and saffron robes, and others further down wear orange turbans. Water bottles, small steel bowls, and scattered marigold petals lie on the cloth, with orange bunting strung across the tent ceiling. Seated devotees in white and blue shirts sit at the far right.2015-09-15 +2 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15 +2 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15 +2 copiesOctober 23 20152015-10-23September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesA photograph of seated monks and disciples sharing a meal on banana leaves on a marble floor. Many are dressed in saffron-orange robes with gold-bordered maroon and red shawls, and several wear long rudraksha malas. Their foreheads and arms bear white ash markings. Central figure in glasses and a maroon shawl with gold border eats with his right hand, while others laugh and eat around him. Small paper cups, fruit and rice sit on the leaves in front of them. Background shows more saffron-clad attendees and a white-clad person.2014-09-13A seated group of saffron-robed monastics sits on the floor along a long white cloth laid with banana-leaf plates of rice, yellow curry, strawberries, small bowls and water bottles. The central man in the foreground wears a saffron-orange shawl over his bare shoulders, rudraksha malas, bracelets and glasses, and holds a handheld microphone to his mouth while speaking. Beside him a man in a red-and-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead listens. Behind them more saffron-clad people, a child in white, and a seated attendee in a wheelchair appear in a hall. Some people hold plates of food. The scene reads as a satsang-style discourse over a shared meal.2015-12-20 +1 copiesSeptember 13 20142014-09-13Several seated men in saffron and orange-red ceremonial dhotis and shawls, many with rudraksha malas and white vibhuti stripes on their arms and foreheads, eat from banana leaves laid on a white floor. Plates hold rice, curry, papadam and fruit, with paper cups lined along the front. The man in the center wearing glasses lifts food to his mouth with his fingers, while the man at right sits cross-legged with a rudraksha mala and a gold-edged shawl, also taking food. Others behind them stand or sit in orange robes.2014-09-13Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesSeptember 13 20142014-09-13July 14 20132013-07-14 +1 copies