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Outdoor photo on a red-tiled entrance step beside a wooden door, with green shrubs behind. A bare-chested man with long curly hair, wearing an orange cloth, sits on the steps holding a small plate of sweets and eating; a brass staff-like ritual rod stands beside him. Behind him a woman in orange and glasses stands at the doorway. To the left, seated on the ground, a man in white dhoti with a sacred thread and a woman in white with a rudraksha mala hold metal plates. Another woman in orange sits on the step eating from a plate, and a young woman in white sits near the shrubs. A man in orange is partly visible at the bottom left. Several people are present; some are monastic trainees sharing prasad during a convention day.

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Outdoor photo at a tiled doorstep of a brown wooden-doored building, with green shrubs behind. A man in white clothes and an orange shawl, wearing glasses and a rudraksha mala, leans forward holding a steel plate of sweets toward seated people. Seated figures in white and orange include a young woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala, and a man in orange who holds a small plate of sweets. A woman in orange stands at the door holding a plastic bag. Brass ritual staff visible at right.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17Outdoor photograph at a temple-style entrance with a dark wooden door flanked by ornate brass hanging chains with elephant motifs. A bare-chested man with long swept-back curly hair and orange ceremonial shawl extends his arm toward a seated man in an orange shawl who holds a steel plate of food. A woman in white with orange shawl and glasses stands at the doorway. Behind them, seated devotees in white and orange sit near green shrubs and palm foliage.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17A photograph of a seated sannyasi on a red-cushioned wooden swing with brass chains, shirtless with an orange cloth wrap, long swept-back dark hair, and a rudraksha-style dark bead necklace. He is taking food from a large steel plate of yellow rice. Beside him a woman in a white top with an orange shawl and glasses holds the plate, and in the background two young women in orange robes sit on red steps near a steel bucket and a bowl. A wooden door, red window frame and garden plants are behind them. The seated man has long hair and distinctive adornments, a person cue, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone. Printed copyright and source text is overlaid at right.2006-08-17A photo of a monastic meal at the ashram. On the right, a young man with long dark hair and an orange saffron wrap sits on an ornate brass-and-wood chair with a red cushion, holding a piece of food. Beside him, a woman in glasses, a white top and an orange shawl serves from a steel bucket with a ladle, and steel bowls of rice and food sit on the red steps. Other people in orange robes sit on the left, one holding a plate and another tending orange cloth on the floor, in front of a wooden door.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17A photo of a seated man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl on a wooden swing with a red cushion, bare-chested with long, swept-back dark hair, one hand raised near his face. Beside him stands a woman in a white top with an orange shawl. Near the wooden door, steel bowls hold rice and food, with a steel bucket and small bowl nearby. Two men in white kurtas with orange sashes kneel in the foreground, one leaning forward, and an orange-clad person stands at left. A tropical plant and red-leaved shrubs frame the scene. A dark bowl with a small pale object sits on the step at right. a person: the seated figure's long swept-back hair, saffron garment and bare-chested adornment match the presentation cues, though the face is not used for identification; the page places him at this event.2006-08-17