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A photo of two shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes at a ritual gathering. The man on the left wears a rudraksha mala and a gold bangle and has white horizontal markings on his forehead and shoulder. The man on the right, with a copper-coloured beaded mala and a gold hoop earring, has white markings on his forehead and arms and reaches to touch the first man's cheek while holding yellow grains or prasad. Other saffron-clad devotees are visible behind them, with a red and white banner in the background.

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Annadhan in 20132013-01-01A photograph of a crowded ritual gathering in an indoor hall with orange and saffron-clad participants. In the foreground a smiling shaved-headed man in a rust-red shawl and dark rudraksha mala holds a handful of yellow turmeric paste and applies it to the face of a woman with long dark hair who wears a beaded necklace and bears yellow paste on her shoulder. Another bare-shouldered man with white tripundra marks and beads stands beside them. Behind, many people in orange robes move through the blurred hall, with a large colourful backdrop at the top. The scene suggests a turmeric-based blessing ritual among devotees.2017-03-14A photograph of four smiling men in red-orange monastic robes with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings. On the left, a man with a red bindi and white painted arm stripes feeds a sweet or food to a young person in an orange shawl and white forehead band, who is laughing with mouth open. A bald man in the centre with beaded necklaces watches, and another man on the right smiles, all in saffron clothing with beaded malas. The room has plain walls and a window at right.2013-10-04 +1 copiesA photograph of a group of young men and women in saffron-orange robes seated closely together indoors, many with white horizontal and dotted markings on their skin and rudraksha malas around their necks. In the foreground, a young man with long dreadlocks tied in a high bun feeds a sweet or prasad to a bare-chested man with a beard, who has his eyes closed and wears a saffron shawl and a rudraksha mala. Other participants sit behind them holding yellow flowers and wearing beaded bracelets, with a large red-lit screen visible in the background.2018-04-04November 10 20132013-11-10 +1 copiesMarch 14 20172017-03-14Three men in saffron-orange sleeveless robes stand in a bright hall. The two on the left and right, with white horizontal vibhuti stripes across their foreheads and rudraksha malas around their necks, hold handfuls of cooked yellow rice with green herbs. The man on the right offers rice toward the bare shoulder of a shaved-headed young boy in orange in the centre, who faces away from the camera. Seated devotees in orange and red are visible at the lower edges, and a yellow banner hangs in the upper background. The scene looks like prasad being distributed during a ritual.2014-09-13Several shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes stand close together in an indoor hall, sharing food by hand. Two men in front face each other: the one on the left wears a dark rudraksha mala and holds cupped palms out with a yellow prasadam offering, while the one on the right, bare-shouldered with a rust-red shawl and a beaded necklace, feeds from his own palms. White horizontal marks are painted on their shoulders and foreheads. Other devotees in similar orange cloth and white marks reach forward with offerings in the background, and a person in dark clothing stands at the right edge.2013-10-04 +1 copiesDecember 18 20162016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18November 10 20132013-11-10 +1 copiesTwo young male sannyasi-style devotees in saffron dhotis and bare torsos, marked with white vibhuti stripes, share food at a large pandal with draped white ceiling and hanging paper lanterns. The figure on the left, with long dark hair, has rudraksha malas and a gold necklace, holding a yellow food offering in his hands while another youth feeds him from the right, smiling and wearing rudraksha beads, earrings and a gold chain. Behind them, other bare-chested youths in saffron cloths sit at rows of banana-leaf food plates, and a bearded man in orange robes stands at the far right, all consistent with a food offering ritual such as pinda or annadan.2016-12-18