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A photograph of young men seated in a row on a floor mat with palms pressed together in prayer, eyes closed. They wear white kurta-style clothing and orange saffron shawls draped over their shoulders. In front of them, banana leaves hold portions of food, with steel tumblers placed among the leaves. Behind them, other seated people in white are partly visible in a hall with a plain concrete floor. No a person candidate is visibly present in the frame.Photograph of a row of young men seated on the floor of a hall, dressed in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls draped over their shoulders. Several have palms pressed together in namaskar, and some wear rudraksha malas. In front of them, banana leaves hold portions of food with small steel cups and bowls set between them. Behind them, more seated people in white and a few standing figures are visible in an open tent-like hall with a chair at the right edge. +1 copiesA seated group of devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls sits in rows on a red mat on a concrete floor during a ritual meal offering. Several people press their palms together in prayer, while others hold small brass vessels. In front of them, rows of banana-leaf plates hold rice, pieces of food and pappadam, each with small steel cups beside it. Wooden poles with orange and red cloth stand among the seated participants, and a large hall with more people in the background is visible. No one is identified as a person in the scene. +1 copiesDecember 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a row of men seated cross-legged on the floor of an open pavilion, eating from banana-leaf plates of rice, sides and sweets. They wear white dhotis and kurta-style shirts with orange saffron shawls draped over the shoulders. The nearest man on the right has long hair, a full beard and a wristwatch and is seated with hands folded. Brass oil lamps and kalasha-like vessels stand along the row, and spectators sit on red benches in the background. The scene resembles a communal meal following a ritual, shown in a sacred-arts style setting.2006-11-20Photograph of a seated group of devotees performing a ritual inside a tent-like hall with a red mat on the floor. In the foreground, several young men in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls sit cross-legged with eyes closed, hands folded in prayer or held in anjali. Brass kalasha pots and small metal cups stand before banana-leaf plates heaped with offerings of rice, sweets and fruit. Thin bamboo poles stand in the foreground. Behind them more devotees in white and orange sit in rows, and the background shows tent drapery and blue chairs. No a person candidate is clearly visible in this image. +1 copiesOctober 12 20062006-10-12A photograph of a large group of devotees seated cross-legged on red and striped mats in a hall, performing a ritual. Most wear white dhotis or kurtas with orange shawls draped over their shoulders. In the foreground, a bearded man in the left foreground holds a small brass vessel, while others hold brass vessels and long bamboo or cane sticks upright. Before them on the floor are green banana leaves heaped with rice and yellow food, with small brass bowls around them. A woman in an orange sari sits at the upper left. The crowd is large and extends into the background. +1 copiesA row of devotees sits cross-legged on a polished white floor, eating a meal from green banana-leaf plates with small paper cups of drink beside each one. Most wear white kurta-style clothing and red-orange scarves, some with rudraksha or red mala beads and bangles. A man in a white shirt and glasses leans forward near the centre, and an older man with grey hair sits in the background near a white staircase.2014-09-15A row of devotees sits cross-legged on a red-and-black striped mat on a concrete floor, facing a line of banana-leaf plates set with rice, pappadam-like wafers and small steel cups. The seated people wear white garments with orange-saffron shawls draped over their shoulders. Most have hands pressed together in anjali mudra with eyes closed. A yellow line runs along the floor, and more people sit in the background beneath a canopy with blue plastic chairs on a table. Several people appear to be women and men in matching white and orange attire. +1 copiesSeveral men sit cross-legged on the floor of a hall, eating a vegetarian meal served on green banana-leaf plates. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and a beige-grey shawl-less outfit with glasses and a wristwatch picks up food with his right hand, while a man in a white dhoti and a red shawl beside him eats similarly. Behind them, further men in white clothing wear orange lanyards and rudraksha-style beaded malas. Plates hold rice, papadum, pickles, sambar-like sides and sweets, with paper cups of drink and a pink bowl at the front. The floor is pale marble and the room has a blue-edged mat along the edge.2013-09-05 +2 copiesSeptember 21 20162016-09-21