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Crowded hall with orange-robed devotees, many bare-chested with white forehead and body markings, rudraksha malas and bead armbands. In the foreground a young man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala feeds a sweet from his hand to another orange-clad youth, while others hold food pieces. Pink walls with maroon curtains and framed photo boards line the room, with more orange-robed people in the background.

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November 11 20162016-11-11A photograph of several shaven-headed, bare-chested men in orange dhotis and rudraksha malas during a group ritual. In the foreground, a young man with long dark hair, orange-framed glasses and a rudraksha mala tilts his head back with mouth open while another man in an orange dhoti feeds him a yellow food offering from his fingers. Other men beside them hold yellow offerings in their hands, and white horizontal body markings are visible on their arms and chests. Behind them, more participants in orange clothing and a golden decorative structure are blurred. No one is identified as a person by appearance cues here.2016-09-30December 18 20162016-12-18July 03 20172017-07-03A group of young male sannyasis in saffron and orange dhotis and shawls stand barefoot in a hall, many bare-chested with rudraksha malas and sandal or ash markings on their bodies. In the centre, a young man in an orange dhoti offers a small yellow food item to a small boy in orange clothing, with a braided rudraksha mala, who looks up at him. Other sannyasis around them hold similar yellow offerings, and seated devotees in white and red clothing watch from the left. A red curtain and a gold deity murti stand in the background, with the scene resembling a ritual sharing of prasad.2016-09-30February 23 20162016-02-23Annadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a crowded ritual hall during a Maheshwara Puja style food offering. In the centre, a man with curly dark hair, bare-shouldered and wearing an orange and gold saffron cloth, stands with his back to the camera and white ash lines on his upper arm, holding a rudraksha mala on his wrist. Around him, several boys and young men in orange and gold-bordered cloths and rudraksha malas hold and eat food offerings, one with a hand raised to his mouth. A bald man in orange on the right also wears a rudraksha mala. A tiled wall with a red-brown panel and a glimpse of a white-clad attendant appear in the background.2016-02-23December 18 20162016-12-18A photograph of a group of saffron-robed sannyasis in an indoor hall with a pale pink wall and framed colourful artwork above. A bare-chested man with a shaved head, white vertical tilak and red bindi, wearing an orange shawl and rudraksha mala, is eating from a handful of yellow food held in a younger person's hands. Around him, other orange-clad men with long dreadlocked hair, white forehead markings and beaded necklaces hold yellow food and stand close together. A cauldron-like steel vessel is visible at the left edge.2017-03-14July 14 20132013-07-14 +1 copiesMay 25 20132013-05-25