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A long dining hall during a bandara feast, with many seated sadhus in saffron and orange robes and orange turbans lined along a red carpet. They sit on green mats before leaf plates holding food, small bowls and glasses. A man in a white vest walks along the row, carrying a tray. Red and maroon fabric canopies and a painted backdrop of a deity hang overhead.

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September 10 20152015-09-10 +2 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10 +2 copiesA large communal meal in a tented hall with red carpeting and striped tent poles. Many sadhus in saffron and orange robes and matching turbans sit cross-legged on the red floor, eating from leaf plates with small bowls, cups and metal vessels. Some wear rudraksha malas and tilak marks. A worker in a white vest and blue shorts carries a steel pot to serve them, and a few white-clad figures sit among the crowd. This scene is an annadan style meal at a Kumbh camp; no single individual is clearly identifiable as a person.2015-09-10 +2 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10 +2 copiesLarge indoor dining hall with red carpet where many saffron-robed sadhus sit cross-legged in rows eating from green leaf plates with rice, yellow sweets and small cups of water. Men in white and cream shirts move between the rows serving food and carrying bundles of white cloth. Several sadhus wear rudraksha malas, one wears a large beaded necklace, and some have orange tilak marks on their foreheads. Red and white draped fabric and warm lights hang along the back wall.2015-09-10A large feast hall with a long red carpet running down the centre, lined on both sides by rows of seated men in saffron and orange robes and turbans eating from stainless steel thali plates with small steel cups. Many attendees have grey or white beards and wear rudraksha malas. Staff in white clothing move along the rows serving food. A partial banner or sign hangs in the upper left corner. The scene is a bhandara feast for sadhus. Many hundreds of people are visible across the hall.2016-05-05A long tented dining hall with red fabric walls and striped canvas awnings, where rows of seated sadhus and sannyasis in saffron, orange and pink robes share a meal from metal thalis on the floor. Many wear white or orange turbans, some have long grey beards, and several hold glasses of water. Tied clothes hang along the tent wall at right. No individual figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance; the page refers to a meal served to sadhus at a Kumbh Mela camp.2013-02-15 +1 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10 +2 copies