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A photograph of a ritual food offering in a hall with a checkered and striped floor mat. A seated person in a red sleeveless top and orange waist wrap, wearing a white flower garland and gold headband, shapes rice from a steel plate onto a green banana leaf. Beside them a person in white kurta with an orange shawl kneels, holding rice in cupped hands. Behind them a line of people in white clothes with orange shawls stands along a yellow line on the floor. A steel bowl of cooked rice sits in the foreground, and a dark-skinned woman in white with an orange shawl stands at the back. Several people are seated along the left edge. The scene resembles an annadan or prasadam distribution during a puja.

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December 27 20072007-12-27A seated man with long dark hair, a gold headband and a white flower garland, wearing a red sleeveless top and orange cloth, extends food from a leaf plate toward a kneeling young man in white with orange shawl and rudraksha mala. Behind them, several people in white and orange garments stand and serve, with seated devotees on the left. Steel platters of rice and a mixed rice dish sit on a striped mat in a hall. a person identity is not established from appearance. +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual feeding scene on a striped mat. A bearded man with long hair, wearing a white flower garland, orange dhoti and red sleeveless top, sits cross-legged on the left and offers food from his hand. Before him is a green banana leaf heaped with rice, and a steel plate of food sits in the foreground. A young woman in white with an orange shawl kneels with cupped hands to receive the food. Behind them, a line of devotees in white clothes and orange shawls stands waiting, some holding food. A microphone stand is visible near the seated man. The setting is an indoor hall with a colourful cloth backdrop. +1 copiesDecember 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual food offering inside a tented hall with a striped red and blue floor mat. A woman in an orange top and orange wrap sits on the left wearing a gold headband and a white flower garland, holding a microphone and a banana leaf. A man with long dark hair and a beard, in a white dhoti and orange shawl, bends forward to offer rice or prasadam from a steel bowl on the floor. Behind them, women and young girls in white clothes with orange shawls stand in a line, and a man in white on the right watches. Seated devotees sit along the back wall under a colourful cloth canopy. +1 copiesDecember 27 20072007-12-27A photograph of a hall during a Maheshwara Pooja style gathering. In the foreground a young woman in an orange top with a white and red flower garland sits on a striped mat, eating from a banana leaf with a steel bowl of food beside her. In front of her a man lies prone face-down on a striped mat, wearing white dhoti-style clothing with an orange shawl. Behind them several people in white clothes and orange shawls stand along yellow floor lines, with a row of brass lamps set on a mat in the middle distance. Seated children and adults line the left side of the hall, and a steel pot of rice sits at the lower right. +1 copiesIndoor photo of a seated ritual meal on a striped red-and-blue cloth. A figure with long dark hair, a gold headband and white flower garlands wears a red sleeveless top and orange cloth, and is seated on a cushion holding a handful of food, with a microphone on the cloth beside them. Facing them, a young man in white kurta and an orange shawl kneels and holds out cupped hands to receive food. A banana leaf with rice sits between them, a steel plate of yellow rice stands in front, and steel bowls with rice and a ladle sit at right. Seated devotees in white and orange fill the hall behind, with a mat and banana leaves further back. +1 copiesDecember 27 20072007-12-27December 27 20072007-12-27A 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