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A photo of a ritual distribution inside a hall with a striped red and blue mat and a white-and-red fan at lower left. A seated figure in orange clothing with a white flower garland and a gold headband offers food from a banana leaf to a kneeling woman in white with an orange shawl. Standing behind them, several devotees in white dhotis and white saris with orange shawls wait in a line. Metal plates of rice and yellow food sit in the foreground. Drummers sit against the far wall, and a banner hangs in the background.

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December 27 20072007-12-27A photograph of a festival meal service in a covered hall. In the foreground, a man with long dark hair, a headband and a white flower garland sits on a striped red-and-blue mat, wearing an orange-red sleeveless top and orange cloth, and serves food onto a green banana leaf. Beside him, a woman in a white outfit with an orange shawl kneels with cupped hands. Behind them, a line of people in white clothes with orange shawls and gold borders stand holding leaf plates of food, with a steel tray of rice in the lower corner. Striped hangings and a seated audience appear in the background.2007-12-27December 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copiesDecember 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copiesA photo of a seated figure in an orange dhoti and red sleeveless top, wearing a gold headband and a white flower garland, extending a handful of food toward a young woman kneeling on a striped mat. She wears a white and orange outfit with an orange shawl and holds out her cupped hands. Behind them, several people in white dhotis and saris with orange shawls stand in a tented hall, and a banana leaf with rice sits on a white cloth beside a metal bowl of food. A woman with blonde hair in a yellow-and-white outfit stands among them.2007-12-27Indoor photograph of a festival meal service during Brahmotsav Day-6. A seated figure in a red sleeveless top, orange cloth and a white flower garland with a gold headband sits on a striped mat, holding a microphone and food over a banana leaf. A woman in white with an orange shawl kneels on the mat, lifting rice from a steel plate. Behind her, several women in white clothes with orange shawls stand in a line, some holding food, while a large steel bowl of rice sits at the right edge. Colourful cloth hangings decorate the hall and a few onlookers sit at the far left.2007-12-27December 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copiesIndoor photograph of a ceremony in a plain concrete hall with white-curtained windows. In the lower right, a man with long dark hair, a gold headband and a white flower garland over orange clothing sits on a striped red-and-blue mat, holding a microphone and gesturing with one hand, with a banana-leaf offering and a plate of food and flowers before him. Around him, women in white saris with orange shawls and a kneeling child in white stand and sit, and a standing man in white kurta holds a camera. A seated man with grey hair is in the foreground at right. Three people stand in white at the upper right.2007-12-27December 27 20072007-12-27A photograph inside a large hall during a Brahmotsav festival meal. In the foreground a woman in a red sleeveless top and orange skirt, with a white flower garland and gold headband, sits on a striped red-blue mat serving rice onto a banana leaf from a steel tray. Beside her, a young man in white dhoti and an orange shawl holds a small food item and walks past. Behind them, several men and women in white clothes with orange shawls stand or move along yellow floor lines, with seated people and steel serving vessels in the background.2007-12-27A photo from a ceremony hall with a striped floor mat and yellow floor lines. A seated figure in an orange dhoti and bright red sleeveless top, with a long white flower garland, a gold headband and a microphone at his side, extends his hand to offer something from a banana leaf holding white and yellow offerings. In front of him, a man in white kurta and pants and an orange shawl bends forward with cupped hands to receive it. Behind him, several devotees in white garments with orange shawls stand in a line, some holding small offerings, while others sit on the far side of the hall. +1 copiesDecember 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copies