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A photograph of a seated meal gathering (bhandara) in a pink-walled hall. A man in a teal shirt, dark vest and khaki trousers stands with palms pressed together in namaste while holding folded money, beside a woman in a red-and-black patterned headscarf and polka-dot top who smiles. A seated woman on the right wears a red-and-gold ceremonial sari, a heavy gold necklace and gold bangles and smiles with raised hands before a steel thali plate and water bottles. Several saffron-robed sadhus sit on mats along the wall behind leaf-plate meal setups. A red banner above reads the name of an ashram and a list of branch locations.

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March 13 20142014-03-13March 13 20142014-03-13Indoor bhandara feast in a pink-walled hall with marble floor and balloons and paper streamers hanging from the ceiling. Seated in a row on the floor at low wooden tables are saffron-robed sannyasis, several with orange turbans and one with a white beard. A standing saffron-robed sadhu in an orange turban and black boots stands at right facing the seated group, while a woman in a pink-and-white striped sari with a red headscarf approaches. A large red banner on the wall reads in Hindi with the name Swami Atmanand Puri Ji Maharaj. Steel plates and cups are set out before the seated monks, and currency notes lie on one table. Ordinary people are present in the room; no candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance.2014-03-13May 06 20162016-05-06March 13 20142014-03-13 +1 copiesA long row of seated sadhus in saffron-orange robes, many wearing marigold garlands, sit on the floor of a pink-walled hall during a bhandara. Elderly devotees in white clothes and white head coverings, one in a blue shawl, bend forward to offer lamps and small plates of food on wooden stools. A large red banner with white and gold Hindi lettering hangs on the left, and colourful balloons and garlands decorate the ceiling fans overhead. A bearded man in a red shirt stands at the back right, watching the scene.2014-03-13A long row of seated saints in saffron and orange robes eats a bhandara meal from metal thalis placed on low wooden tables along a pink-walled hall. In the foreground, a bald man in orange and a man with a red tilak sit cross-legged, one with hands folded. Beside them a smiling man wears a rudraksha mala and gold bangles over an orange wrap; an elderly bearded sadhu with white beard sits near him. A man in white kurta walks down the aisle carrying food, and red banner text hangs on the left wall above a painted image of deities. The scene shows a community feast of sadhus and Hindu leaders.2014-03-13 +1 copiesPhotograph of a bhandara meal gathering in a pink-walled hall with a marble floor. A red banner lettered in Hindi and English announces Mahamandaleshwar Swami Atmanand Puri Ji Maharaj. Saffron-robed sadhus sit cross-legged on the floor behind low wooden tables set with metal thalis and water bottles. A standing sadhu in an orange turban and robe gestures while speaking, and a man in dark striped clothing stands near the left. A seated figure in the centre holds a microphone; in the background are framed religious prints and a silver-framed photo on a side table. Seated devotees in the foreground, including a woman in a yellow top and another in pink, face the front. Several people are visible in total.2014-03-13 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated community meal (bhandara) in a pink-walled hall with a polished marble floor. In the foreground, a man with long dark hair, a full beard and a red tilak on his forehead, wearing an orange shawl, sits at a low wooden table with a steel thali and a small steel tumbler. Beside him, bearded men in saffron and orange robes sit in a row at low wooden tables with steel plates of food. Further back, a long line of saffron-robed sadhus and sannyasis sits along the wall beneath a red banner with white and gold lettering. A man in a cream kurta and dark vest stands at the right, gesturing toward the seated line. Several people are visible, all in saffron or orange clothing except the standing figure.2014-03-13 +1 copiesA seated row of saffron-robed sadhus and monks sits cross-legged on a wooden floor along a pink wall in an ashram hall, each behind a low wooden table holding papers, bottles of water and banana-leaf-style offerings. A red banner with white and gold text hangs on the left, and a framed painting of a deity hangs at the top right. Several men in orange turbans and robes stand at the right, and on the right foreground a man in a white kurta and maroon vest bends forward in respectful greeting. The seated figures include a bearded elder with a shaved head and a younger man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala. a person is not clearly identifiable by appearance here, so no specific candidate is named.2014-03-13A seated meal scene inside a pink-walled hall with a red and gold banner at upper left. In the foreground, a bald elderly man with a white beard and orange shawl sits at left, smiling faintly. Beside him, a man with long dark hair wears a red-brown dhoti, a thick beaded necklace with gold ornaments, and gold bangles, and reaches toward a steel tumbler on a low wooden table set with steel thalis of rice and curries. Behind them, several elderly sadhus in orange robes and orange turbans, some with white beards, sit along the wall at low tables with steel plates and water bottles, eating a bhandara meal.2014-03-13 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copies