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Overhead view of a large open-air courtyard where many monks in orange and saffron robes sit in long rows on the ground, facing inward around a central space. Many of them hold up or sit beneath orange, black and blue-and-white umbrellas. Round metal plates or thalis are set before the seated monks, and some are being served. Concrete pillars and a white balustrade frame the courtyard, with a few people in white and orange clothing standing at the edges. The scene looks like a communal meal or annadan at a sadhu gathering.

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September 11 20152015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11Overhead view of a courtyard where a large seated gathering of saffron-robed sadhus and monks sits in long rows on the ground, many holding and sheltered by orange, black and blue-and-white umbrellas. Metal plates with food sit in front of the rows, and a few people in white and pink clothing move along the edges. Pale stone pillars and railings frame the open courtyard. The scene suggests a communal meal served to the akhada participants during a festival gathering.2015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11 +2 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11 +2 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11 +2 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11April 21 20162016-04-21 +1 copiesA large orange-and-white striped tent filled with hundreds of saffron-robed sadhus seated on the ground in long rows for a bhandara meal. Many hold or sit before silver thali plates of food, and a silver jug stands at the left. Several people in orange and white serve food along the aisles. Standing and seated figures in saffron, orange and red fill the tent, with pedestal fans and white poles visible. A few men with white turbans and white beards sit in the foreground near the plates. The scene shows a communal feast in a sadhu camp, with no clearly identifiable a person in the frame.2016-04-21A large outdoor tent filled with rows of people seated on the ground eating a communal meal from steel plates, a scene of mass annadan (free food). Most seated people wear saffron-orange robes and some wear orange turbans or head wraps; a few men wear cream and white kurtas and a man in a purple shirt in the foreground eats from a thali of rice and curry. Orange tent poles and white canopy frame the hall, with water bottles and steel plates set along the floor. Hundreds of people are visible, and an orange-clad figure in the foreground with white beard sits near the centre-left. No printed names or event captions are readable apart from a copyright line on the image.2016-05-07