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Photo of a feeding event at night under warm lights. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a rudraksha mala draped over his shoulder leans forward, pouring water from a steel bucket into a cup held by a seated sadhu in saffron-orange robes with grey hair, beard and glasses. Several other sadhus in orange and saffron sit in a row behind a long table with silver-patterned cloth, one wearing an orange turban and bead necklaces. Water bottles, steel plates and a golden ornate pillar stand nearby. Several other people sit in the background, and a leaf-shaped Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam logo sits at top left. The scene is a feeding of sadhus at the Kumbh Mela.

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September 14 20152015-09-14A seated group of saffron-robed sadhus and priests at a meal offering. In the foreground at right, a man with swept-back dark hair, rudraksha mala and gold necklace, wearing an orange silk garment, holds his palms together in front of a silver thali. A priest in a maroon and gold dhoti, with a red-beaded necklace and gold armlets, serves food from a steel plate on a silver tray. Behind them, bearded sadhus in orange robes, one with white beard and glasses, sit on a mat with water bottles and steel tumblers. Silver lamps and a carved brass stand are visible at upper right. The setting appears to be a Kumbh Mela sadhu feast.2015-09-14 +1 copiesSeptember 14 20152015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated row of saffron-robed sadhus being served a meal on a mat-covered floor at a tent event. In the foreground, a bearded sadhu in an orange-pink turban and a bead necklace sits beside others with tilak markings. A server in a white dhoti with gold border and a red-and-gold garland stands bent over a steel bucket, serving food onto steel plates, with water bottles and rice on the banana-leaf-style spread. Behind them, more orange-robed men and figures in white stand near a red curtain and a fan. Visible physical people number roughly a dozen or more.2015-09-14 +1 copiesA seated meal scene with several people in orange and saffron robes around a silver-topped low table. On the left, a bald man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala eats from a steel plate with a spoon. Beside him, a person in a red-maroon robe and a red turban, wearing heavy gold necklaces and gold bangles, sits turned toward a older woman in an orange sari with a dark rudraksha mala and gold necklace, who smiles and holds a steel plate of food. On the right, a bearded man with long grey hair wears orange robes and a gold chain. Steel tumblers, water bottles, bowls of food and a printed card reading Sarvapeetham sit on the table, and a gold-framed deity mural with pink flowers appears behind.2015-09-14 +1 copiesSeptember 14 20152015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14 +2 copiesA seated row of saffron-robed sadhus shares a meal at a long silver-plated table in a temple hall during the Kumbh Mela. In the foreground, a bearded elderly sadhu with grey hair, a red tilak on his forehead and a wooden rudraksha-style mala wears an orange shawl over pink-orange robes, with a steel thali of food in front of him. Beside him sits a smiling man in a maroon dhoti-style cloth with gold beaded necklaces and a gold armlet, and further along an older man with long grey hair wears orange robes and a beaded necklace. Steel cups, water bottles and small steel bowls of food sit on the tables, and a standing fan and gold-coloured deity figures are visible in the background.2015-09-14 +1 copiesSeptember 14 20152015-09-14 +2 copiesA photograph of a seated feast (bhandara) at a camp tent, with several sadhus in orange and saffron robes sitting in a row along a long table of silver plates and steel tumblers. A young man in white dhoti and shawl with a marigold garland and beaded armbands stands at left, pouring from a steel vessel onto a plate held by a seated sadhu in orange who has a long white beard and a rudraksha-style bead necklace. Another bearded sadhu with grey hair and a white beard sits nearby in orange, and a bald sadhu in orange sits in the middle. Several other people are seated in orange behind them, and a screen glows at the back of the tent.2016-05-05