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A photograph of a person in an orange saffron-coloured outfit with pink trim, seated cross-legged on a woven mat and bowed forward while eating from a banana leaf. Dark hair falls over the face, and one hand reaches toward the leaf. The leaf holds a meal of rice, yellow dal, orange chutney-style dishes, a fried vada, a white rice mound, pickle and papadam pieces. Paper cups sit at the edge, and a string of rudraksha-like beads lies on the mat. A second person in orange is partly visible at the left edge. The setting is a tiled floor, consistent with an ashram meal.

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Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01A photo of a seated meal scene. Several young men in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on mats in a row, bare-chested, with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and bodies and rudraksha malas around their necks. They are eating from green leaf plates piled with yellow rice, fried snacks, sliced fruit and small steel cups, their hands reaching to the food. Long dark hair is visible on the right foreground person. Behind them, other people in white and orange clothing move in the background of a hall with colourful striped cloth. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable by appearance here.2017-03-14May 25 20132013-05-25January 14 20082008-01-14A photograph of a seated bearded man in an orange-saffron robe with long dark hair, serving food from a banana leaf on a tray. He is seated on a floor covered with a white cloth printed with yellow flowers and green leaves, and offers rice to a young child in a gold embroidered outfit who holds out cupped hands. A standing man in white clothes with a saffron shawl and a rudraksha mala stands at left, holding a leaf plate. Brass bowls and small cups sit on the cloth, with a white cushioned stool at right and a shiny brass vessel on a floor mat in the background. The scene appears to be a food offering or annadan at an ashram setting.2008-01-14January 08 20182018-01-08September 21 20162016-09-21July 26 20142014-07-26 +1 copiesA long row of seated sannyasis in saffron-orange robes eat a communal meal on banana leaves laid along a white floor. Many wear tall black or dark topknots and saffron or patterned headwraps, some with rudraksha malas and forearm bands. Brass cups and bowls hold rice, sweets and curries, and several men reach toward the leaves. Some show white ash markings on their skin. Behind them, people in white and orange stand in a hall, and a banner reads Nithyananda Paramashivam and the credit2018-01-08A photograph of a community meal on a striped cloth floor, with people in orange robes seated in a row behind banana leaf plates heaped with rice, fried snacks and sweets. In the foreground a long-haired person with dreadlocks, wearing orange cloth, rudraksha mala beads, a wrist and arm band of rudraksha, and a yellow thread, eats from the leaf with their right hand. To the right a young person with white forehead markings, orange cloth and rudraksha necklaces looks on. Steel cups and small bowls sit among the leaves. Other seated people in orange are visible toward the left. The scene suggests a shared meal of prasadam or annadan.2018-01-14Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesWomen seated cross-legged on the floor in a hall eating a communal meal from banana leaves. They wear white clothes with orange-red shawls and red-brown rudraksha malas, and several have bangles and earrings. Each leaf holds rice, fried snacks, sweets and vegetables served in small steel bowls, and a plastic cup sits nearby. Some participants wear white head coverings, and a blue mat runs along the floor.2014-10-28 +1 copies