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A 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.

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December 27 20072007-12-27A 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 copiesPhotograph 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 copiesPhotograph 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 copiesDecember 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a row of men seated cross-legged on a floor during a communal meal. Each wears white dhoti-style clothing and an orange shawl over the shoulders. They eat from banana-leaf plates arranged in a line, with brass kalasha-style vessels and small metal cups beside them, and several hold long bamboo sticks upright. Behind them, a few onlookers stand under an open-sided pavilion. The seated men appear to be brahmacharis taking part in an offering or feeding ritual. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance alone, so the central figures are described by role only.2006-11-20A row of young men in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls sit cross-legged on a floor along a long line of banana-leaf plates heaped with rice and food. Brass vessels and oil lamps sit before them, and several men hold long thin wooden sticks or rods upright beside them. The men appear to be taking part in a seated communal meal or ritual serving, with spectators visible in the background under a pavilion roof.2006-11-20September 21 20162016-09-21A 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.2006-11-20December 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copiesOctober 12 20062006-10-12A photograph of a long row of seated devotees in white dhotis and white shirts with orange-saffron shawls draped over their shoulders, sitting cross-legged on a concrete floor under an open pavilion. In front of them are banana leaves holding food such as flatbreads and fruit, small brass pots and steel tumblers, and tall bamboo poles run along the row. A shaven-headed man in the foreground looks forward while others eat or wait. A man in white bends over at the left edge, and white plastic chairs and tables are visible in the background under a thatched roof.2006-08-23