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Photograph of a long row of devotees seated at low wooden tables inside an orange-draped tent, many bowing forward with heads lowered to touch the table or hands extended, placing hands on the heads of others. Men wear saffron and orange robes, some with yellow shawls; a figure at the right wears a rust-coloured turban and a yellow marigold garland, and another seated figure has a marigold garland and orange clothing. Brass plates and paper sheets sit on the tables, and a photographer with a camera and a man in white stand at the left. Orange fabric walls surround the scene. The image appears to show a ritual blessing or meal-serving setting.

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April 23 20162016-04-23May 11 20162016-05-11April 23 20162016-04-23Photograph inside an orange-draped tent with warm red-orange lighting. Several rows of people in saffron and orange clothing sit or stand at low tables holding steel plates with small oil lamps (diyas) burning. Saffron and marigold garlands hang along the rows. In the foreground a woman with dark hair, wearing an orange sari and a smile, reaches out to drape a marigold garland over a boy bowing forward with his hands on the table. Beside her a woman in orange sits with a silver tray before her. Behind them a bald man in orange robes sits among devotees. Lamps, plates and garlands suggest a puja or ritual offering rather than any named festival.2016-04-23Photograph of a long row of seated devotees in orange and yellow clothing at a communal meal, many bent over metal thalis heaped with yellow marigold garlands and food. A young man in a blue shirt reaches across to touch the head of a seated person wearing a large orange-red turban, a dark shawl and gold ornaments, who is smiling. Several other saffron-robed people sit along the row, and a bearded man in orange in the lower right faces the scene. Orange drapery fills the background.2016-04-23April 23 20162016-04-23April 23 20162016-04-23A long row of seated devotees in orange and saffron robes sits at wooden tables during a communal meal. Many wear marigold garlands. In the centre, a bald man in an orange turban and an orange garment is smiling, wearing a marigold garland, while a bearded man with long dark hair beside him also wears a marigold garland. Steel thali plates, folded leaf plates and small oil lamps lie on the tables, and a stack of flatbread sits in the foreground. Orange fabric hangs behind the row, lit warmly.2016-04-23April 23 20162016-04-23A photograph of a long row of seated people in saffron and orange clothing inside an orange-draped tent, with oil lamps on steel trays placed before them. Several seated men wear marigold garlands; one on the right wears a large orange-red turban with an orange shawl and a marigold garland. A bearded younger man in the foreground wears a garland and orange clothing. Other attendees in the background carry trays and lamps, and a bald-headed person sits in the centre. Oil lamps flicker on the metal plates. a person: the turbaned figure in the right foreground is a candidate for a person, based on the orange-red turban and garland, but the face and dress are not distinctive enough to confirm.2016-04-23A photograph of a long communal meal hall with orange fabric walls, where rows of seated devotees sit at low wooden tables. In the foreground a young boy in yellow and orange robes leans forward to place a small oil lamp on a steel thali. A seated woman in orange with a yellow tilak and bangles smiles while holding up a long marigold garland. Another seated figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a shawl sits nearby. Several young men in yellow and saffron clothing, some with marigold garlands, stand along the tables holding steel plates. Oil lamps flicker on the metal plates across the tables.2016-04-23A photo of an annadan style meal service in a long open-sided pavilion with corrugated metal walls. Seated devotees in orange and saffron robes sit at long wooden tables with steel plates, and several men in yellow and red shawls hold food trays and serve them. A seated sadhu with a long beard wears an orange cloth and a yellow marigold garland, beside a person in a maroon turban with gold necklaces and a shawl. Oil lamps and string lights glow along the tables, with marigold garlands draped over the seated rows. Several people stand in the background, one wearing white and a lanyard, and a child is visible at the left edge.2016-05-11