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Women in orange and red saris stand and kneel on a tiled floor, serving and receiving portions of yellow food from a steel tray and a large aluminium vessel in the foreground. A woman in an orange sari with a dark bun pinches yellow prasadam onto the tray, while a woman in a white and purple-bordered sari stands behind her. Several devotees hold yellow food in cupped palms, and some wear rudraksha malas. The scene suggests a communal food offering. No prominent a person candidate is visible.

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Indoor scene in a plain white-walled room with tiled floor, red-framed windows and a small table with a laptop. A bald man in orange-saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and orange shawl carries a steel tray of yellow prasad. Beside him a man in an orange dhoti and bare-chested with a shaved head and orange-striped cloth helps portion food from a steel container. Several women in orange and red saris, some with vibhuti marks and beaded necklaces, stand or kneel around steel pots and trays of yellow food. A figure seated on a red cushioned throne at the lower left wears an orange garland and is partly visible. Several people are gathered in the background, and a woman in a red sari with a smartphone is at the right edge.2013-11-15Indoor hall with white walls, tube lights and yellow-tinted windows. Devotees in white clothes with orange shawls sit and stand on striped mats around low tables holding banana leaves heaped with rice, vegetables and sweets, and steel bowls of food. A woman in a white sari with orange shawl eats from a leaf, a seated figure in orange robes sits at left, and a bearded man in orange stands center. A water dispenser stands at left wall. Several people are partially visible at the edges.2008-01-12A busy commercial-style kitchen where about a dozen women and a few men in rust-red and saffron-bordered sarees and dhotis work preparing food. Many wear white hairnets and rudraksha malas; some sit on the floor with steel plates and bowls, others stand at steel counters. A framed portrait on an easel shows a seated figure in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and long hair, labelled in the caption as a portrait of Paramahamsa Nithyananda. The scene suggests annadan-style communal cooking, though the image does not show a formal ritual.2013-11-15A photograph of a group of women and a few men gathered on a mat-covered floor in a plain white-walled hall with red-framed windows. Many women wear deep red and maroon saris with gold borders and rudraksha malas, while others wear white saris with gold borders. Several are holding small leaf plates or cups of yellow food offerings and eating or offering them. A woman in a white sari with grey hair leans forward holding a yellow offering. A bald man in an orange-and-red garment sits at lower left, and a man with a shaved head and mala sits in the foreground. A videographer with a camera on the right films the scene. Visible rudraksha malas and offerings suggest a prasadam or annadan style food offering.2013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15A photo of a ritual food-offering scene indoors. A man with his hair swept back and a bare upper body, wearing an orange-brown wrap, sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne, stirring a large steel pan of yellow rice with a ladle. Behind him, several women in orange-red saris with yellow borders stand and sit, holding handfuls of the yellow rice, some wearing beaded necklaces. Steel vessels and a patterned cloth lie on the floor in front. Some people visible at the frame edges hold rice as well. A plain fan appears at the upper left.2013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15Several women in saffron-orange robes with gold-edged borders sit on a concrete floor sorting white rice on a large round steel tray. Some wear white hair nets and rudraksha malas; one seated woman in the upper centre wears glasses, a kumkum bindi and a dark mala while gesturing with her hand. A bald, bare-shouldered devotee at the right holds a small white cup and rice, wearing red beaded necklaces. Steel tubs and robed figures stand in the background.2013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15November 15 20132013-11-15A group of devotees in orange and red saris and dhotis, many wearing rudraksha malas, stand in a hall holding small portions of yellow rice in their palms while a bare-chested priest in a gold-bordered cloth serves from a large steel vessel of yellow rice set on a low gold-edged platform. Several sannyasis in saffron-orange robes with shaved heads stand at the right, also holding rice. The scene suggests a distribution of prasad, possibly annadan.2013-11-15