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Seated devotees and sadhus at a long row of low silver trays heaped with orange marigold garlands during a ritual meal service. A man in front left wears white tilak marks and gold armlets and offers flowers. Centre right, a man in a rust-red robe with a gold necklace and a tall orange-red turban smiles, a probable Swamiji by appearance cues, with bearded sadhus in saffron robes beside him. An elderly man on the far right in a saffron silk garment and dark rudraksha mala sits with hands folded. Gold and ornate background with a standing lamp and a fan.

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September 14 20152015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14A seated row of saffron-robed sadhus and devotees inside a hall during a ritual meal offering. In the foreground, a bearded man with long grey hair wears an orange-peach robe with an orange shawl and a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace, hands folded in front of him. Beside him, a red-robed elder with a red crown-like headdress and beaded necklaces sits with hands joined. Further left, more seated sadhus in orange and red robes sit behind rows of silver-tone trays and low silver platters holding marigold garlands and offerings. A bearded man on the far right wears a peach kurta with a red tika. Ornate brass lamps and metal stands stand in the background. Roughly eight people are visible.2015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14A seated ritual gathering of saffron-robed sadhus in a tented hall. In the foreground, a man in a red-orange robe and red shawl leans over a silver tray heaped with orange marigolds, while a bald, bearded priest in orange and black-bordered cloth bends over the same altar. Behind them, a man in a red turban and gold beaded necklace sits beside a bearded sadhu in orange, and a bald man in a gold-bordered orange cloth sits at right. Brass lamps and a carved wooden seat stand at left, with a folded cloth on the floor and a gold deity murti visible in the background.2015-09-17September 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11 +2 copiesSeptember 14 20152015-09-14Photograph of a seated ritual gathering in orange and saffron robes at an Ashram event. Center-left, a man with long dark hair in a bun wears a rust-brown dhoti-style cloth, a heavy gold necklace and a gold pendant, and sits beside a man in a bright orange shawl with a dark rudraksha mala. Right foreground, a man in a light orange robe with red-striped border kneels and reaches toward a heap of red-orange rudraksha beads on a silver tray. Behind, bearded sadhus in orange robes and turbans sit among marigold garlands, flower-filled silver trays and brass lamps. A figure at far left, with a shaved head and rudraksha mala, looks down. Several people are visible.2015-09-14A long indoor hall where rows of seated sadhus and devotees face a line of silver thalis heaped with orange and yellow marigold garlands. Foreground left, an older bearded man in orange robes and wire glasses sits beside a long-haired sadhu in saffron with a beaded mala. Further along, sadhus in saffron and orange sit with hands near the trays. Right foreground, a bald man in white dhoti with gold border, rudraksha mala and tripundra marks sits with folded hands, next to a younger man in white with gold-bordered cloth and a mala. Several white-clad devotees sit in the background, and a pedestal fan stands at the left edge. Packets lie on the trays. Visible scene describes a seated prasad-offering gathering.2015-09-14 +1 copiesSeptember 12 20152015-09-12May 11 20162016-05-11 +1 copies