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A photograph of a long communal meal hall with orange fabric walls, where rows of seated devotees sit at low wooden tables. In the foreground a young boy in yellow and orange robes leans forward to place a small oil lamp on a steel thali. A seated woman in orange with a yellow tilak and bangles smiles while holding up a long marigold garland. Another seated figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a shawl sits nearby. Several young men in yellow and saffron clothing, some with marigold garlands, stand along the tables holding steel plates. Oil lamps flicker on the metal plates across the tables.

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Photograph inside an orange-draped tent with warm red-orange lighting. Several rows of people in saffron and orange clothing sit or stand at low tables holding steel plates with small oil lamps (diyas) burning. Saffron and marigold garlands hang along the rows. In the foreground a woman with dark hair, wearing an orange sari and a smile, reaches out to drape a marigold garland over a boy bowing forward with his hands on the table. Beside her a woman in orange sits with a silver tray before her. Behind them a bald man in orange robes sits among devotees. Lamps, plates and garlands suggest a puja or ritual offering rather than any named festival.2016-04-23April 23 20162016-04-23April 23 20162016-04-23A photograph of a long row of seated people in saffron and orange clothing inside an orange-draped tent, with oil lamps on steel trays placed before them. Several seated men wear marigold garlands; one on the right wears a large orange-red turban with an orange shawl and a marigold garland. A bearded younger man in the foreground wears a garland and orange clothing. Other attendees in the background carry trays and lamps, and a bald-headed person sits in the centre. Oil lamps flicker on the metal plates. a person: the turbaned figure in the right foreground is a candidate for a person, based on the orange-red turban and garland, but the face and dress are not distinctive enough to confirm.2016-04-23May 11 20162016-05-11April 23 20162016-04-23April 23 20162016-04-23May 11 20162016-05-11Photograph of a long row of seated devotees in saffron, orange and yellow robes at a long wooden table inside a tent with corrugated metal walls, eating from small steel plates lit by oil lamps. Marigold garlands hang around several necks. In the foreground a seated figure in a maroon-red turban, orange robe, gold ornaments and marigold garlands holds a leaf plate, while a man in yellow and red patterned cloth and another in orange sit nearby. Steel plates, orange cloths and lamps line the table.2016-05-11A photo of an annadan style meal service in a long open-sided pavilion with corrugated metal walls. Seated devotees in orange and saffron robes sit at long wooden tables with steel plates, and several men in yellow and red shawls hold food trays and serve them. A seated sadhu with a long beard wears an orange cloth and a yellow marigold garland, beside a person in a maroon turban with gold necklaces and a shawl. Oil lamps and string lights glow along the tables, with marigold garlands draped over the seated rows. Several people stand in the background, one wearing white and a lanyard, and a child is visible at the left edge.2016-05-11April 23 20162016-04-23April 21 20162016-04-21