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Night-time photograph inside a large tent with a white canopy and green carpet, where a row of seated saffron-robed sadhus and devotees sit cross-legged at low wooden tables set with brass plates and steel tumblers. Several men wear white flower garlands and rudraksha beads. Behind them, attendants in orange and yellow move about, and decorative geometric rangoli-style designs and a framed picture are visible on the back wall. A figure at centre-right wears a red turban and dark-red robe; a bearded man in the centre wears orange clothing and a rudraksha mala. Lamps and string lights hang overhead, and a small saffron flag flies at the top right.

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A night-time outdoor meal under a white tent on green carpeting, with many people in saffron-orange robes seated cross-legged in long rows behind low wooden stools holding round steel thalis and steel tumblers. Several seated saffron-clad sannyasis wear white flower garlands. A standing man in a yellow top moves along the rows serving food. Decorative white-and-red walls, lights, and saffron flags frame the scene. Some seated people wear white or pink clothes. Several people are visible, some partly cropped at the edges.2016-05-16Outdoor evening ceremony on a green mat at night, with strings of lights and flags overhead. In the foreground, saffron-robed sannyasis sit cross-legged on rugs before low wooden tables set with steel plates, bowls, cups and small offerings of flowers and sweets. At right, a bearded man in a saffron robe with a long white beard and a rudraksha mala sits on a white cloth near a microphone. Standing behind them, a row of men and women in white and light clothing, some in saffron and a woman in a turquoise sari, stand with hands folded in respectful greeting. The setting suggests a large satsang or initiation gathering with many seated participants in orange robes.2016-05-16A night-time outdoor community meal at a festival camp, with long rows of seated saffron-robed sadhus and devotees eating from metal thalis and steel tumblers on low wooden tables set over a teal floor covering. In the foreground, white-bearded men in orange and peach robes sit cross-legged, one with a yellow tilak on his forehead. On the right, a tall bearded sannyasi with matted hair and an orange robe and a red-marked forehead walks past the rows, while a man in a yellow shirt stands nearby. Yellow-capped volunteers in orange serve food from steel buckets. Strings of lights, flags and a decorated canopy frame the scene.2016-05-16September 15 20152015-09-15September 15 20152015-09-15May 16 20162016-05-16A photograph of a large open-sided tent at a Kumbh Mela camp, with a yellow cloth floor and corrugated metal walls. Many saffron-robed sadhus and sannyasis sit in rows on low wooden trays laid with steel plates, small bowls and water bottles, as if for a shared meal (bandara). In the centre, a man in a peach kurta holds a small book and stands among seated monks, one of whom wears a rudraksha mala and a bead garland. A seated monk in an orange headwrap and robe eats from a steel bowl. A bald monk in saffron sits at the right foreground. Several men in white kurtas stand at the far right.2013-02-15 +2 copiesA photograph of a seated row of saffron-robed sadhus at a tent-covered Kumbh Mela event. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in orange sits beside a bearded sadhu with long grey hair, a red garland and a rudraksha mala, who sits at a low table with a metal thali and bowls. Further along, more sadhus in orange and one in a red turban sit at brass thalis on wooden tables along a green carpet. A man in white robes stands at the far right, and a painted backdrop of a red deity figure and lotuses covers the left wall. Scattered petals lie on the carpet.2015-09-15A row of saffron-robed sadhus and monks sits cross-legged on a green cloth floor before a large painted backdrop of a Hindu deity in red, mountains and lotuses. Several wear orange or maroon robes, rudraksha malas, and one central figure wears a red-orange turban and beaded necklaces. Brass thali plates and bowls sit on low wooden stools in front of them, with flower petals scattered on the floor. A standing man in orange robes stands at the right edge while another man in white walks past. The setting suggests a seated gathering or meal offering.2015-09-15September 15 20152015-09-15 +2 copiesNight outdoor scene of a large seated crowd of sannyasis and devotees in saffron and orange robes, many in orange turbans, sitting on bare ground in long rows before a white and orange-striped building lit with small orange lamps. In the foreground a bearded man in orange robes sits beside a man in white kurta, with brass plates holding offerings in front of them. Pale oil lamps glow along the rows, and a decorated orange tent with string lights stands at left.2016-05-07Night-time outdoor communal meal under a tent canopy at an event, with saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees seated on the ground and at low wooden tables laid with steel plates of food garnished with marigold flowers. A robed man in saffron stands bowing and serving food to a white-bearded elder in orange robes with a long white beard and a rudraksha mala, who sits at the front table. Behind them standing figures wear saffron, orange and white clothing, one holding a large palm-leaf fan and another a wooden staff. A colourful striped cloth backdrop and string lights hang in the background, with a man in a white kurta and blue lanyard standing at right and women in western clothes filming at left.2016-05-07