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A night-time photograph of a line of devotees standing on sandy ground beside a low grey breeze-block wall. Several men and a woman hold flat wooden or brown plates and small vessels. Most wear white dhotis or white clothing; one man in the centre wears a white shawl, a saffron-orange sacred thread and a beaded necklace, and another wears a pink shirt with a checked lungi. A bare-chested man on the left wears a white dhoti and a sacred thread. A woman in a white sari-style dress wears spectacles and holds a metal cup. People stand in an orderly queue along a metal railing. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.

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Night photograph of a line of devotees queuing outdoors under floodlights for a meal service. Several men in white dhotis and shirts, a man in an orange top, and women in saris in teal, pink and magenta hold leaf or paper plates. On the right, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands at a steel serving counter with trays of food, while a man in a white shirt and grey trousers, carrying a blue cloth bag, reaches toward the counter. A woman in a white sari with a beaded necklace serves from behind the counter. Concrete ground, a brick wall and red steel posts frame the scene.2017-06-08A night-time photograph of a line of devotees walking along a reddish-brown dirt path. In the foreground a bald man in glasses and a white polo shirt with a green collar holds a plastic bottle and a small yellow-covered item, with a lanyard badge on his chest. Beside him a teenage boy wears a long white kurta with a high collar. Behind them an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a folded paper, and a man in a checked shirt and trousers walks further back. Several more people in white clothes are visible in the dark background, and stacked wooden planks or boards stand at the right edge.2006-12-17Night photo of a line of men in white dhotis and white shirts walking in single file across a reddish-brown dirt yard, past a potted shrub in the foreground. Several carry small white plates or trays with food or offerings; some wear identification badges on lanyards. Floodlights and a large multi-storey building with rows of windows light the scene, with a blue tarpaulin canopy and a parked white van at right. No one is clearly identifiable as a person in this image.2006-12-17December 15 20062006-12-15December 17 20062006-12-17September 04 20132013-09-04A photograph inside a large hall with pillars, ceiling fans and fluorescent lights. A line of men in white shirts and dhotis stands holding metal and white disposable plates, several with food on them; the man at left holds a plate of rice and side dishes. In the centre an elderly man with white hair and a white dhoti wears a string of white beads and a sacred thread, holding a steel plate. A man in a red and blue striped shirt stands beside him, and a young man in a pink shirt stands behind. The scene reads as a communal meal line at a programme. No one in the image is identified as a person.2006-12-15July 18 20162016-07-18July 18 20162016-07-18December 17 20062006-12-17A group of about a dozen men and women stand in a loose cluster outdoors in front of a white building with a red-framed doorway and a dark metal cabinet wall on the right. Most men wear white shirts with white dhotis, and several wear rudraksha or bead necklaces. A woman in a white sari with a gold border and a dark beaded necklace stands near the center, holding a small pink bag. An older man with a white beard on the far right wears a white shirt and dhoti with arms folded. Some are talking together, others are looking off to the side. Dry earth and a bit of greenery are visible in the background. The setting suggests a break between sessions at an ashram program.2006-10-07August 02 20172017-08-02