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Three saffron-clad sadhus sit side by side at a dining table with silver-ornate legs, each with a steel thali of food before them. The man on the right, with a long grey beard and wrapped orange shawl, lifts food to his mouth; he wears a yellow-and-orange sash and a beaded necklace. The man in the centre has a full black beard, glasses, orange robe, rudraksha mala and orange shawl, his hand resting on the table. The man on the left has a shaved head and orange robe, eyes lowered. All three have tripundra marks on their foreheads. Behind them are gilded thrones and decorated deity murtis with garlands. Water bottles and a microphone sit on the table, and a small printed card lies in front.

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Three saffron-robed sadhus sit on ornate silver-and-wooden low seats at a formal feast in a decorated hall. Behind them, a gold-and-red throne and a shrine hold deity murti garlanded with orange flowers. The man on the right, with a long grey beard and horizontal yellow tilak on his forehead, wears an orange robe with a striped shawl and rudraksha mala, and eats from a silver thali of bread and food. The bearded man in the centre wears orange with a pale orange shawl, rudraksha mala and red tilak, his hand resting on a silver plate. A third sadhu at left wears orange with a tilak. A microphone, water bottles and a printed card sit on the carved tables.2015-09-11A row of saffron-robed sadhus sits seated at ornate, silver-embossed low tables during a meal service in a red-curtained pandal. The man at left wears orange robes, a long orange shawl with white stripes, a rudraksha mala, a dark beard and glasses, with a vertical tilak on his forehead and a small purple cap, and holds a plate. Beside him an older bearded sadhu with a sandal-coloured tilak eats from a silver thali, and further along white-bearded monks in orange garments eat from plates. A microphone and bottled water sit on the tables, and a deity murti stands in an ornate shrine niche behind them, with a gilded pillar and red cloth at the back.2015-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11September 11 20152015-09-11A photograph of several sannyasis seated in a row at a banquet, eating from metal plates on ornate silver-covered low tables. Most wear saffron and orange robes. The man in front right, with long grey hair and a beard, wears a saffron robe with a gold-yellow shawl, a rudraksha mala, an orange tilak and a steel spoon in hand. Beside him an older bearded sannyasi in orange with a yellow sash eats, and further left a figure in an orange-red turban and orange garment with a bead necklace sits near a man with a long white beard and a dark-red cloth. A person in white ceremonial dress stands in the background near a gilded throne-like structure with carved golden decor and red drapes. Water bottles sit on the tables.2015-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesAnnadhan during Nasik Kumbhamela 20152015-01-21September 11 20152015-09-11 +2 copiesA photograph of saffron-robed sadhus seated in a long row at low ornate silver tables during a bandara meal in a tent-like pavilion. A bearded man on the left wears orange robes, an orange shawl with red border, a rudraksha mala and a tilak, and holds a hand near the table. Next to him a sadhu with a grey beard and orange robes and forehead tilak is eating from a steel plate. Other elders in orange and white sit along the row, with steel plates, water bottles and a microphone in front. Behind them stands a silver-and-gold shrine with a deity murti and a red-and-gold canopy, and a small image sits in a glass-fronted niche.2015-09-11Three saffron-robed men sit on ornate gold thrones with lion-carved armrests and golden medallion faces, in front of a dark rocky backdrop with garlands of white and red flowers. The man on the left has a long white beard, a rudraksha mala, a red tilak and a saffron shawl. The man in the centre has a full dark beard, glasses, a saffron robe and shawl, and holds a small white object. The man on the right has a long white beard, glasses and a saffron shawl, with a small white block resting beside him. Two small white blocks sit on the armrests. A water bottle is at the lower right.2016-12-21September 17 20152015-09-17 +1 copiesDecember 21 20162016-12-21