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Photograph of a large indoor ritual meal or annadan-style gathering in a hall with a stage screen. Rows of seated men and women sit on a floor covered with a long grey mat, many bare-chested men in white dhotis with rudraksha malas and sandalwood marks, others in orange robes. Brass plates and small lamps sit before them, and people in white and orange serve food. A large projected portrait of a bearded man with a tilaka-marked forehead hangs at upper right, and a smaller screen shows a speaker. A trident stands near the back wall, and a camera on a tripod records the scene. Approximately dozens of people are visible.

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January 01 20192019-01-01A photograph of a seated devotee gathering in a bright hall with polished white floors. In the foreground, a woman in a white and blue patterned outfit with an orange-red shawl presses her palms together in anjali, and a woman in white with a red shawl sits beside her. A man in white with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a red cushion, hands folded, with an older man in white and a small child beside him. Brass oil lamps (aarti lamps) sit on a tray at left, and banana-leaf plates of offerings line the floor at right. Behind them, rows of people in saffron and orange robes and white-clad attendants stand with folded hands, and a cameraman in white films the scene. A framed portrait hangs on the back wall beside a red and white banner.2014-05-17January 01 20192019-01-01July 04 20172017-07-04 +1 copiesA large hall filled with hundreds of seated people, mostly men in white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas, sitting on orange and blue mats before brass plates of offerings, small lamps and flowers. In the foreground, several monks in saffron/orange robes sit cross-legged with open books, plates and small brass vessels in front of them. Some are holding a flower or small ritual item. On the left, a camera on a tripod films the gathering, and rows of women in colourful saris sit at the back. Orange and yellow drapes hang from the ceiling, with decorated deity figures at the upper right. The mood is a structured group puja or satsang with participants following ritual items on their mats.2010-10-22May 20 20172017-05-20March 30 20162016-03-30Devotees in white dhotis and kurtas with orange-red shawls and orange turbans sit cross-legged on floor mats in a hall with pink walls and gilded deity figures and ornate golden shrines behind them. Several men hold small cups and the scene suggests a meal or ritual offering, with a steel bucket in the foreground. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a white head covering stands at upper right, and a figure in white bends near the center. Many men wear rudraksha malas and orange-red shawls. The mood is festive and orderly.2013-05-28 +2 copiesOctober 23 20152015-10-23A large dining hall where rows of devotees in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on the floor, eating from green banana-leaf plates arranged end to end along a long line of brass cups. Many have white sacred marks on their foreheads and bodies. Behind them, attendants in white dhotis and white saris serve food from steel trays, and a figure in a white robe stands near the front. A screen in the upper left shows a person in saffron. An ornate golden shrine and framed pictures line the back wall. This looks like an annadan style communal meal.2019-01-01 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20162016-09-21September 11 20152015-09-11 +2 copies